Category: Genesis

2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”…

1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2 The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the…

5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will…

24 If Cain’s revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech’s is seventy-sevenfold.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 4:24 In Genesis chapter 4, we find ourselves in the midst of a tense and dramatic scene involving Lamech, a descendant of Cain. Lamech is speaking to his two wives, Adah and Zillah, in a moment of great emotion and…

20 and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 32:20 In Genesis chapter 32, we find Jacob preparing to meet…

9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre, Setting the Scene for Genesis 25:9 In Genesis chapter 25, we find ourselves in the midst of a solemn and poignant scene. The focus is on the…

22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Setting the Scene for Genesis 2:22 In Genesis chapter 2, we find the scene where God creates Eve as a companion for Adam. The setting is the Garden of Eden, a…

17 The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, 18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? Setting the Scene for Genesis 18:17-18 In Genesis chapter 18, we find Abraham sitting at the…

31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Setting the Scene for Genesis 1:31 In Genesis chapter 1, the scene is set at the very beginning of creation, as described in the Bible. The setting is the…

15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 3:15 In Genesis chapter 3, we find ourselves in the Garden of Eden, a paradise created by God for Adam and Eve.…