The Book of Genesis, the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, is an account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, Israel's ancestors, and the origins of the Jewish people. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word,
Chapter 1 consists of 36 verses and gives an overview of how God created the world in 6 days. The[...]
Chapter 2 It introduces the completion of creation where God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden to[...]
Chapter 3 describes how the serpent deceived the woman. The serpent convinced Eve to eat the[...]
Chapter 4 covers the whole story of Cain and his brother Abel- sons of Adam and Eve. After God[...]
Chapter five describes the generations of Adam, from Seth to Noah. Adam lived to 930 years.[...]
Those who take a Nazarite vow to separate themselves unto the Lord. NO alcohol, no cutting hair or[...]
God commanded Noah and his household to enter the ark and take seven pairs of clean animals,[...]
The wind passed over the earth, and the floods abated. Noah sent a raven and two doves out of the[...]
Chapter 9 talks of how God blessed Noah and his family and blessed them to be fruitful and multiply[...]
Chapter 10 covers Noah's descendants and how the nations grow and spread across the earth. His[...]
In this chapter, the tower of Babel is built. God saw the tower and the city and observed that[...]
Chapter 12 is the beginning of Genesis's patriarchal history, telling the story of the earliest[...]
Abram goes back to Bethel, where he built an Ark. God promised to fulfill his promise, and he's[...]
Four kings in Sodom and Gomorrah go to war and capture Lot. Abram rescues Lot, and a priest named[...]
Deep darkness surrounds Abram at night, and God's word comes to Abram. The Lord tells him that his[...]
Abram's wife Sarai is barren, and God gives Abram an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar. Hagar[...]
God made a covenant with Abram renaming him Abraham and renaming Sarai Sarah. He promises them a[...]
Three visitors appear to visit and introduce themselves as angels. Abraham invites them in to have[...]
Two angels appear to Lot in Sodom, where he invites them as his guests. The inhabitants demand to[...]
Abraham says that Sarah is his sister in Gerar. King Abimelech took Sarah, but God warned him in a[...]
As promised, Sarah bore a son named Isaac. She ordered Hagar and Ishmael to be sent away, but the[...]
God instructed Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. Abraham obliged, and when he was about to, the angel of[...]
Sarah died at the age of 127 at Kiriath-Arba. Abraham bought the field of Ephron to use the cave as[...]
Abraham doesn't want Isaac to marry a Canaanite and dispatches a servant to Nahor to find his son a[...]
Abraham marries Keturah and later dies and is buried in Ephron, next to Sarah. Isaac and Rebekah[...]
There's a great famine, and the Lord tells Isaac not to go to Egypt but to remain in Gerah with[...]
Jacob and Rebekah tricked Isaac into giving Jacob his blessings. Angered by the betrayal, Esau vows[...]
Jacob sleeps in Bethel using a stone for a pillow. He has a vision of a long ladder from heaven to[...]
Jacob went to Laban to marry one of his daughters Rachel. Laban agreed on the condition that Jacob[...]
Out of frustration, Rachel gives her maid Bilhah to Jacob, who bears two sons- Dan and Naphtali.[...]
Laban and his sons are jealous that Jacob has all the best sheep, forcing them to chase Jacob away.[...]
Jacob learns that Esau is coming to meet him. He sends his servants to take gifts to him. He[...]
Jacob and Esau meet and are reconciled. Esau accepts Jacobs's gifts, and Jacob moves to Succoth and[...]
Shechem, son of Hamor, a local prince, rapes the daughter of Leah, Dinah. Hamor negotiates a[...]
God commands Jacob to build an altar at Bethel and disband all foreign gods. The Lord reaffirms his[...]
Esau marries Adah, Bashemath, and Aholibamah from Canaan. He sires children, gets many cattle, and[...]
Joseph, Israel's favorite son, dreams that his brothers are jealous of him. They then lie to their[...]
Judah sleeps with Shuah and gives birth to Er, Onan, and Shelah. Er marries Tamar, and after his[...]
In Egypt, Joseph prospers and is made an overseer in Potiphar's palace. Potiphar's wife tempts[...]
Pharaoh's butler and baker are also thrown into prison, where Joseph interprets their dreams. True[...]
Pharaoh had a strange dream and called for Joseph to help interpret it. The dream predicted a[...]
Jacob sends all of his sons except Benjamin to Egypt to buy corn. On reaching, they bow down to[...]
When their grain ran out, Judah convinced his father to allow Benjamin to go with them to Egypt.[...]
Joseph placed his silver cup in Benjamin's sack and sent a steward after them. He finds the cup and[...]
Joseph reveals himself to his brothers, who are very afraid. Joseph assures them that he won't get[...]
Together with his entire household, Israel went to Egypt, and Joseph reconciled with his father.
Pharaoh meets Joseph's family and gives them the best land in Goshen, Egypt. The famine worsened,[...]
Jacob became ill, and Joseph took his sons Manasseh and Ephraim. Jacob blessed them and said the[...]
Jacob gathers all his twelve sons, commands, blesses, and prophecies about them. He instructs them[...]
Jacob is mourned and embalmed. Joseph, his family, and the Egyptians move to bury Joseph in Canaan.[...]