Category: Genesis

9 But the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him. Setting the Scene for Genesis 8:9 In…

13 In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry. Setting the Scene for Genesis 8:13 After the great flood…

1 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation. 2 Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the…

6 And Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.” 7 And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 21:6-7 In Genesis chapter 21, we find…

9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. 10 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. 11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with…

1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he…

1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. 2 Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created. 3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own…

8 “Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you. Setting the Scene for Genesis 49:8 In Genesis chapter 49, we find Jacob, also known as Israel, on his deathbed. He calls his twelve sons to his side to bless…

17 Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that his rider falls backward. Setting the Scene for Genesis 49:17 In Genesis 49:17, we find the scene where Jacob, also known as Israel, is blessing his sons on his deathbed. The setting is a…

11 Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. Setting the Scene for Genesis 47:11 In Genesis chapter 47, we find Joseph, the son of Jacob, who had risen to…