Category: Genesis

27 Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 29:27 In Genesis 29:27, we find ourselves in the midst of a dramatic scene in the ancient land of Paddan-aram.…

11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud. Setting the Scene for Genesis 29:11 In Genesis 29:11, we find Jacob arriving in the land of Haran. Jacob had left his home in Beersheba and was on a journey to find a wife from his mother’s family. As he reached the outskirts of Haran, he came…

17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.” Setting the Scene for Genesis 28:17 In Genesis chapter 28, we find Jacob on the run from his brother Esau after deceiving their father, Isaac, to receive…

27 So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, “See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed! Setting the Scene for Genesis 27:27 In Genesis chapter 27, we find Isaac, the aging patriarch…

34 When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Setting the Scene for Genesis 26:34 In Genesis chapter 26, we find Isaac, the son of Abraham, living in the land of Gerar with his wife Rebekah.…

6 but to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country. Setting the Scene for Genesis 25:6 In Genesis 25:6, we find ourselves in the midst of a poignant scene involving Abraham, the patriarch of the…

34 So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant. 35 The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys. 36 And Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was old,…

1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall…

15 And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven 16 and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the…

19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. Setting the Scene for Genesis 21:19 In Genesis chapter 21, we find the story of Hagar and her son Ishmael in the desert. After being cast out…