Category: Genesis

This chapter is called the “Table of Nations” – it contains names of 70 patriarchs that are direct descendants of Shem, Ham and Japheth (Noah’s three sons). Though the list is not exhaustive, these 70 names were hand-picked by the compiler/editor of Genesis (probably Moses) since they were forefathers to the current nation of Isreal,…

” ‘Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every…

This chapter is the account of the flood duration and recession. “Then [Noah] sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in…

This chapter really speaks of the Lord’s role as protector and provider, and our role of obedience. “On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark. They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all…

“The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. So God said to Noah, ‘I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence…

This chapter contains the genealogy of Adam to Noah – it records ten patriarchs, sometimes called the “deluge-patriarchs” or “pre-flood patriarchs”, their applicable lineage and their years on earth. “When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. After Seth was…

This chapter contains a broad history of Cain, Abel, their falling out, and several generations of Cain’s family. There is also mention of Seth and his first son. The topic that jumped out at me is our heart condition. “Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time Cain brought…

It is in this chapter that we read of sin’s introduction (rebellion against God) and the ensuing curse. “Then the Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’ The woman said, ‘The serpent deceived me, and I ate.’ So the Lord God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this,…

This chapter reminds me that one day we will experience paradise in an even greater way than Adam and Eve did in the beginning. “Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow…

Though it’s probably a familiar chapter, I tried to look at it with a fresh perspective. There is so much to talk about, though I’ll try not to get carried away. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the…