Joseph is the Romans 8:28 of the Old Testament, “For God works everything together for good to them that love God and are called according to His purposes.” The story of Joseph is a lesson of God’s sovereignty and human responsibility. His brothers are responsible for theactions they ...
The Garden of Eden - Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had
Chapter 32 Chapter 48 Chapter 50Genesis does not begin with any counsels nor even with the existence of God, though both are given in the New Testament."In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth": this is the opening of the creation. There is nothing of counsels, but you ...
You get into bed, snap on the light, prop yourself up with pillows and start reading. In the first chapter there are two or three murders, with several bodies lying around. The whole of the story begins to fo- Page 2 GENESIS: The Method of Faith cus on "who done it." Clues appear...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionThen the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.New Living TranslationThen the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breat...
To some, the idea may be new that God created human beings other than Adam and Eve. The biblical text shows us, however, that the couple’s oldest son Cain was aware of humans other than those of his immediate family. He was worried they would attack him when God drove him away from...
It is clear that Jacob loves only Rachel, but by the time chapter 30 concludes, Jacob is the father of eleven sons and at least one daughter. God has blessed the man!Jacob Negotiates with Laban (30:25-36)The birth of these children apparently took a total of fourteen years or more (...
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the