Genesis 18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
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Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God;
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After God affirms the covenant with Abram, the Bible now moves on to tell us more about Sarai, his wife. Sarai had not, at this point, had any children with Abram. This is a source of stress for Sarai.
Genesis 16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
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After Abram rescued Lot and was blessed by Melchizedek, the word of the Lord came to him saying:
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At this point, a war breaks out between several kings, “four kings with five.” Genesis 14:9
The kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fell in battle and their goods and “victuals” were taken away. Thus, Lot and his goods were also taken, as he lived in Sodom. When Abram got word of this, he mounted a response with “his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.” Genesis 14:14
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Genesis 13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
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Here the Lord tells Abram to get out of his country and to go to a land which the Lord will show him.
Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
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Genesis 11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
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The descendants of Canaan were the nations and families and areas that were a part of the land promised to Abraham and his descendants.
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This next chapter introduces a concept and a story that has been used to justify and support enslavement of human beings and it is just wrong.
The Bible indicates that, from the sons of Noah, “was the whole earth overspread,” after the flood. The sons of Noah are listed as: Shem, Ham and Japheth. The sons of Ham were Ethiopia (Cush),…
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When God puts you on the other side of the storm, are you just as committed to serving Him as you were during the storm? What kinds of behaviors got you through the storm?
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God calls Noah into the ark, he and all his household because he sees righteousness in Noah. The Bible tells us that “Noah walked with God” and that he was a “just man and perfect in his generations.” (Genesis 6:9). God chooses Noah to establish his covenant (Genesis 6:18) and calls all of his household into the ark during a time of trouble.
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The Bible introduces Cain and Abel into the story. Cain is a “tiller of the ground” and Abel “a keeper of sheep.” Cain eventually brings an offering to the Lord of the “fruit of the ground”, which he had tilled and Able brought an offering from among “the firstlings of his flock and the fat thereof.”
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In this next chapter, God sets Adam in the garden of Eden. There he commands him to eat of every tree of the garden except for the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for in the very day that he eats of it, he would surely die.
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You are a divine reflection of God.
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