Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering! I put my slave in your arms, and when she saw that she was pregnant, I became contemptible to her. May the LORD judge between me and you.” (Genesis 16:5 CSB) Since Sarai was not getting pregnant, she thought...
When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals. (Genesis 15:17 CSB) In Old Testament times, a covenant was sealed by cutting animals in half and having both parties walk between the animals; this implied...
Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine; he was priest to God Most High. (Genesis 14:18 CSB) Other passages in the Bible show us that this reference to the king of Salem is more relevant than we may first think. David is referred to as “priest forever in...
Isn’t the whole land before you? Separate from me: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left. (Genesis 13:9 CSB) Abram could have had the land of his choice. Knowing that God wanted to...
The LORD said to Abram: “Go from your land, your relatives, and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless...
And they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky. Let’s make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered throughout the earth.” (Genesis 11:4 CSB) The story of the Tower of Babel is a story of mankind’s failure to depend...
The Canaanite border went from Sidon going toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and going toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim as far as Lasha. (Genesis 10:19 CSB) The Canaanites, cursed by God (chapter 9), received the better portion of the land along the Mediterranean Sea. Now it appears they...
I establish my covenant with you that never again will every creature be wiped out by floodwaters; there will never again be a flood to destroy the earth. (Genesis 9:11 CSB) God made this covenant with Noah, not because God felt He had made a mistake in flooding the earth,...
So Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove from the ark again. When the dove came to him at evening, there was a plucked olive leaf in its beak. (Genesis 8:10-11 CSB) Noah had been in the ark with his family and the animals for about 370...
Those that entered, male and female of every creature, entered just as God had commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in. (Genesis 7:16 CSB) God gave Noah and his family the opportunity to be saved from condemnation by instructing him to build an ark. We live in the light...