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GenesisGarden of Eden, Cain and Abel, The Flood, Sodom & Gomorrah...
38 stories with 593 illustrationsCreation
Genesis 1:1-2
In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was formless and empty with darkness covering the deep. And the spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Genesis 1:1-3
And God said, 'Let there be light.'
Genesis 1:3-4
And there was light. And God saw that the light was good.
Genesis 1:4-5
God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light 'day', and called the darkness 'night'. And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
Genesis 1:6
Then God said, 'Let there be a vault to separate the waters from the waters.'
Genesis 1:7-8
And God made the vault, and separated the waters under the vault from the waters above the vault. And God called the vault 'sky'. And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, 'Let the waters under the sky be gathered to one place, and let the dry ground appear.'
Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land 'land' and the waters that were gathered together he called 'seas'. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:11
And God said, 'Let the land produce seed-bearing plants and fruit-bearing trees of every kind.'
Genesis 1:11-13
And the land produced seed-bearing plants and fruit-bearing trees of every kind. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
Genesis 1:14-15
Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night. And let them be signs to mark seasons, days, and years.'
Genesis 1:15-16
And it was so: God made the greater light to rule over the day.
Genesis 1:16, 18-19
And God made the lesser light to rule the night, and the stars. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
Genesis 1:20
Then God said, 'Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.'
Genesis 1:21
And it was so—God created the great sea monsters, and creatures of every kind with which the waters swarm, and winged birds of every kind.
Genesis 1:21-23
And God saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying, 'Breed and multiply. Fill the seas. And let birds multiply on the earth.' And there was evening and there was morning—the fifth day.
Genesis 1:24
Then God said, 'Let the land produce living creatures—livestock, creeping things, and wild animals of every kind.'
Genesis 1:24-25
And it was so—God made wild animals of every kind.
Genesis 1:25
And livestock of every kind.
Genesis 1:25
And creatures that creep along the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, 'Let us make humans in our image—in our likeness. And let them rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the livestock, and all the creatures that creep along the ground.'
Genesis 1:27
And God created humans in his image. In the image of God he created them. Male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them, saying, 'Breed and multiply. Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every creature that moves on the ground.'
Genesis 1:29
And God said, 'Look! I give you every seed-bearing plant and every fruit-bearing tree on the face of the earth to be yours for food.'
Genesis 1:30
'And to all the animals of the earth, all the birds of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground, I give every green plant for food.'
Genesis 1:31
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
Genesis 2:1-3
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished. And on the seventh day God rested from all the work that he had done.
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This is cute...
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Wow, this forum has long been forgotten. TS is trying to revive it. Very confusing. Sometimes want to go to "Eternal no hope" but end up at "Eternal hope." So don't blame me.
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god should make a shaver on the 7th day..
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Wad's next? Lego Koran?
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That's making an image of God. Idoltry. We dunno wad God looks like. God is not like Lego.
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Originally posted by ChoCoChips:
god should make a shaver on the 7th day..
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Originally posted by ~PEPPER~:
That's making an image of God. Idoltry. We dunno wad God looks like. God is not like Lego.
pls lor. even the written word and the spoken word cannot be so sure to convey G_d without any mistakes
why not u say don't even write and speak about G_d ?
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The Garden of Eden
Genesis 2:4 -3:24 with 36 illustrations
The Garden of Eden
Genesis 2:4-5
On the day Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens, no plant or shrub had yet sprung up because Yahweh God had not caused it to rain, and there was no man to work the ground.
Genesis 2:7
And Yahweh God formed man from the dirt of the ground.
Genesis 2:7
And he breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.
Genesis 2:7
And man became a living being.
Genesis 2:8-9
Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, causing to sprout every tree that is pleasing to look at and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:15
Yahweh God took the man, and put him in the garden of Eden to look after and maintain it.
Genesis 2:16-17
Yahweh God commanded the man, 'From every tree of the garden you may freely eat, but from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, you may not eat. For the day that you eat from it you will surely die.'
Genesis 2:18
Then Yahweh God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper—his counterpart.'
Genesis 2:19
So from the dirt Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky.
Genesis 2:19-20
He brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called them, that was its name. But no suitable helper was found for the man.
Genesis 2:21
Then Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man. And while he slept, he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in its place .
Genesis 2:22
And from the rib Yahweh God had taken from the man, he made a woman.
Genesis 2:22-23
He brought her to the man, and the man said, 'This at last is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh! She will be called woman, because she was taken out of man.'
Genesis 2:24
This is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Genesis 2:25
And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
Genesis 3:1
Now of all the animals of the field that Yahweh God had made, the snake was the most clever. He said to the woman, 'Has God really said, "You shall not eat from any tree of the garden"?'
Genesis 3:2-3
The woman said to the snake, 'We may eat from the trees of the garden, but of the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, "Do not eat from it, and do not even touch it, or else you will die."'
Genesis 3:4-5
The snake said to the woman, 'Surely you will not die! For God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil.'
Genesis 3:6
The woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasing to the eyes, and desirable for the knowledge it could give
Genesis 3:6
And she took fruit from it and ate it.
Genesis 3:6
She gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of both them were opened, and they knew that they were naked.
Genesis 3:7
So they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves loincloths.
Genesis 3:8-9
Then they heard the sound of Yahweh God walking about in the garden in the breeze of the day. The man and his wife hid themselves from Yahweh God among the trees, and Yahweh God called to the man, 'Where are you?'
Genesis 3:10
The man said, 'I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid myself.'
Genesis 3:11
God said, 'Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?'
Genesis 3:12
The man said, 'The woman you gave me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate it.'
Genesis 3:13
And Yahweh God said to the woman, 'What have you done?'
Genesis 3:13
The woman said, 'The snake convinced me, and I ate.'
Genesis 3:14-15
Yahweh God said to the snake, 'Because you have done this, you are cursed! On your belly you shall go, and eat dirt all the days of your life. I will put hostility between you and the woman. Her offspring will strike at your head, and you will strike at her offspring's heel.'
Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, 'I will greatly increase your suffering during childbirth. In anguish will you bring forth children. You will desire your husband, and he will dominate you.'
Genesis 3:17-19
To the man he said, 'Cursed is the ground because of you! It will yield you thorns and thistles. In painful toil will you eat from it all the days of your life until you return to the ground from which you were taken. For you are dirt, and to dirt you will return.'
Genesis 3:21
Yahweh God made leather garments for the man and his wife, and clothed them.
Genesis 3:22-23
Then Yahweh God said, 'The man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must be prevented from reaching out his hand to take from the tree of life, lest he eat from it and also live forever!'
Genesis 3:24
So he drove the man away and stationed cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and a whirling flaming sword to guard the way to the tree of life.
Genesis 3:23
Yahweh God sent him away from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. -
Cain and AbelGenesis 4:1 -4:16 with 21 illustrations
Cain and Abel
Genesis 4:1
The man had sex with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.
Genesis 4:2
She gave birth again, to Cain's brother Abel.
Genesis 4:2
Abel was a shepherd of the flocks.
Genesis 4:3
Cain was a worker of the soil.
Genesis 4:4
After some time, Cain brought some of the produce of the soil as an offering to Yahweh.
Genesis 4:4
And Abel, he also brought some of the firstborn of his flock, the fat ones.
Genesis 4:4
Yahweh looked with favor on Abel and his offering.
Genesis 4:5
But Yahweh did not look with favor on Cain and his offering. This was upsetting to Cain, and his face was fallen.
Genesis 4:6-7
Yahweh said to Cain, 'Why are you upset and why is your face fallen? If you do good, isn't it lifted? If you do not do good, error, she is crouching at the opening. His desire is to you, and you will dominate him.'
Genesis 4:8
Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let's go into the field.'
Genesis 4:8
And they were out in the field.
Genesis 4:8
And Cain attacked his brother Abel.
Genesis 4:8
And killed him.
Genesis 4:9
And Yahweh said to Cain, 'Where is your brother Abel?'
'I don't know,' he replied.
Genesis 4:9
'Am I my brother's keeper?'
Genesis 4:10
Yahweh said, 'What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.'
Genesis 4:11-12
'You are cursed from the ground which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood. Now when you till the ground, it will not yield its strength to you. You will be a drifter and a wanderer on the earth.'
Genesis 4:13-14
Cain said to Yahweh, 'My punishment is too great to endure. Today you have driven me from the face of the land, and from your face I will be hidden. I will be a drifter and a wanderer of the earth, and anyone who finds me will kill me.'
Genesis 4:15
Yahweh said to Cain, 'In that case, whoever kills Cain, a sevenfold vengeance will be taken on him.'
Genesis 4:15-16
And Yahweh set a mark on Cain, so that anyone who found him would not attack him. Then Cain went away from the presence of Yahweh.
Genesis 4:16
He settled in the land of the Nod, east of Eden. -
The Descendants of Seth and of CainGenesis 4:25 -5:32 with 21 illustrations
The Descendants of Seth and of Cain
Genesis 4:25
Adam had sex with his wife again.
Genesis 4:25, 5:3
And she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, 'God has given me another offspring in place of Abel because Cain killed him.' Adam was 130 years old when he fathered Seth.
Genesis 5:6
Seth was 105 years old when he fathered a son and named him Enosh.
Genesis 4:17
Cain had sex with his wife.
Genesis 4:17
She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch.
Genesis 4:17
And Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
Genesis 5:9, 4:18
[Seth's son] Enosh fathered Cainan. And to [Cain's son] Enoch was born Irad.
Genesis 5:12, 4:18
[Seth's grandson] Cainan fathered Mahalalel. And [Cain's grandson] Irad fathered Mehuyael.
Genesis 5:15, 4:18
[Seth's great grandson] Mahalalel fathered Yered. And [Cain's great grandson]Mehuyael fathered Methushael.
Genesis 5:15, 4:18
[Seth's great great grandson] Yered fathered Enoch. And [Cain's great great grandson] Methushael fathered Lamech.
Genesis 5:21, 4:19
[Seth's great great great grandson] Enoch fathered Methuselah. And [Cain's great great great grandson] Lamech took two wives, the first named Adah and the second named Zillah.
Genesis 5:22
After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch walked around with God for 300 years.
Genesis 5:23
And then he was no more, for God took him.
Genesis 4:19-22
Lamech's first wife Adah gave birth to Yabal and his brother Yubal. And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-Cain and his sister Naamah.
Genesis 4:20
[Cain's great great great great grandson] Yabal is the ancestor of all those who live in tents and raise livestock.
Genesis 4:21
[Cain's great great great great grandson] Yubal is the ancestor of all those who play the harp and flute.
Genesis 4:22
[Cain's great great great great grandson] Tubal-Cain made all types of bronze and iron tools.
Genesis 4:23
Lamech said to his wives, 'Adah and Zillah, listen to me! I have killed a man for a wound, a young man for my injury. If Cain is to be avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold!'
Genesis 5:25
[Seth's great great great great grandson] Methuselah was 187 years old when he fathered Lamech.
Genesis 5:28-29
[Seth's great great great great great grandson] Lamech was 182 years old when he fathered Noah, saying, 'This one will bring us relief from our labor and the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the Lord has cursed.'
Genesis 5:32
[Seth's great great great great great great grandson] Noah was 500 years old when he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -
Humankind CorruptedGenesis 6:1 -6:7 with 10 illustrations
Humankind Corrupted
Genesis 6:1
And so humankind became abundant on the earth.
Genesis 6:1
And daughters were born to them.
Genesis 6:2
The sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were good.
Genesis 6:2
And they took for themselves any women they chose.
Genesis 6:3
And Yahweh said, 'My spirit will not remain in humankind forever since they are flesh. Their time will be 120 years.'
Genesis 6:4
The sons of God had sex with the daughters of humankind.
Genesis 6:4
And they bore them children.
Genesis 6:4
And there were giants on the earth in those days—and afterwards too. These were the famous mighty men of old.
Genesis 6:5-6
Yahweh saw that the wrongdoing of humankind was abundant on the earth, and their thoughts were only toward wrongdoing at all times. And he regretted having made humankind on earth, and it pained his heart.
Genesis 6:7
And Yahweh said, 'I will wipe out humankind from the face of the earth. Humans,
animals, creatures, and birds. For I regret having made them.' -
The FloodGenesis 6:8 -9:12 with 31 illustrations
The Flood
Genesis 6:12, 11
God looked at the earth, and it was corrupted in the eyes of God, for all fleshly beings had become corrupt. And the earth was full of injustice.
Genesis 6:8-9
But Noah found favor in Yahweh's eyes. Noah was a just man, and perfect among his generation. He walked around with God.
Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, 'I have decided to kill all fleshly beings, for the earth is full of injustice because of them. I will destroy them along with the earth.'
Genesis 6:14, 7:4
'I am about to bring waters to flood the earth and destroy every living creature under the heavens. Everything on the earth will die. I will send rain for 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe out every living thing from the face of the earth.'
Genesis 6:18, 14
'But I will make my pact with you. Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. And you shall go into the ark: you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives.'
Genesis 6:22, 13, 15
Noah did all that God commanded him to do. God said, 'Here is how you should make it: 450 feet long, 75 feet wide...'
Genesis 6:15-16
'...and 45 feet high, with a lower, middle, and upper deck. Make a roof extending to 18 inches above the sides, and put a door in the side.'
Genesis 6:19-20
'You will bring into the ark two of every type of living creature, male and female, to keep them alive with you. Two of every kind of livestock...
Genesis 6:19
'Two of every kind of bird.'
Genesis 6:20
'Two of every kind of every creature that moves on the ground.'
Genesis 7:8-9
And pairs of clean and unclean animals entered the ark.
Genesis 6:13, 21
God said to Noah 'Gather up and take every type of food that is eaten to serve as food for you and them.'
Genesis 7:1, 7
Yahweh said to Noah, 'Come into the ark, you and all your family.' And Noah entered the ark with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives.
Genesis 7:16
Then Yahweh shut him in.
Genesis 7:11
In the 600th year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth.
Genesis 7:11-12
The windows of heaven were opened and rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.
Genesis 7:18
The waters rose and greatly increased on the earth and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
Genesis 7:19
And the waters increased more and more, and all the high mountains were covered. The waters rose 20 feet above the mountains.
Genesis 7:21
And all the living things on earth died: the birds, livestock, wild animals, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all humankind.
Genesis 7:23, 22
Yahweh wiped out every living thing on the face of the earth: human and animal, creatures that move along the ground, and the birds of the sky. Everything on dry land with the breath of life in its nostrils died.
Genesis 7:24
And the waters dominated the earth for 150 days.
Genesis 8:1
Then God remembered Noah and all the living things and the livestock that were with him on the ark.
Genesis 8:3-4, 15-17
The waters gradually receded from the earth, and the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. And God said to Noah, 'Come out of the ark. Bring out every living thing and let them breed and multiply on the earth!'
Genesis 8:18-19
Noah went out, along with his sons, his wife, his sons' wives, and every living thing.
Genesis 8:20
And Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took some of every clean animal and every clean bird, and offered them as burnt sacrifices on the altar.
Genesis 8:21
And Yahweh smelled the soothing smell and said in his heart, 'Never again will I curse the soil because of humankind. Never again will I kill every living thing as I have done.'
Genesis 9:1-3
God blessed Noah, saying, 'Breed, multiply, and fill the land. Every living thing on land, in the sky, and in the sea will be terrified of you, for every living thing I am giving you as food to eat.'
Genesis 9:4
'Just do not eat flesh with its life — its blood — still in it.'
Genesis 9:6
'And whoever spills the blood of a human, by a human must his blood be spilled.'
Genesis 9:8-12
'Look, I am making my pact with you, your descendants, and every living thing that came out of the ark. Never again will all life be wiped out by a flood. This is the sign of the pact: I have set my bow in the clouds.'
Genesis 9:12
'Whenever the bow is seen, I will remember my pact between me and you and every living fleshly creature on the earth.' -
Noah's CurseGenesis 9:18 -9:29 with 13 illustrations
Noah's Curse
Genesis 9:18-19
The sons of Noah who went out from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. From these three, the whole earth was populated.
Genesis 9:18
Ham was the father of Canaan.
Genesis 9:20
Noah was a farmer and began to plant a vineyard.
Genesis 9:21
He drank from the wine and got drunk.
Genesis 9:21
And he uncovered himself in his tent.
Genesis 9:22
Ham saw his father's nakedness.
Genesis 9:22
And he told his brothers outside.
Genesis 9:23
Shem and Japheth took the garment, walked backward with their faces turned, and covered the nakedness of their father. They did not see their father's nakedness.
Genesis 9:24
Noah woke up from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
Genesis 9:25
And he said, 'Cursed is Canaan! A servile slave he will be to his brothers!'
Genesis 9:26-27
And he said, 'Blessed be Yahweh, God of Shem, and Canaan will be Shem's slave! God will enlarge Japheth, and he will dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be Japheth's slave!'
Genesis 9:28-29
Noah lived 350 years after the flood. Noah lived a total of 950 years.
Genesis 9:29
Then he died. -
The Tower of BabelGenesis 11:1-11:9 with 8 illustrations
The Tower of Babel
Genesis 11:1-2
Now all the earth had one language and spoke the same dialect. When they moved to the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 11:2-4
They settled there and said to each other, 'Let's form bricks and bake them. Let's build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky. Let's make a name for ourselves, for otherwise we'll be scattered across the face of the earth.'
Genesis 11:3
They used bricks instead of stone, and asphalt for mortar.
Genesis 11:5-6
And Yahweh went down to see the city and the tower that the sons of humankind were building, and said, 'Look! A single people with a single language, and this is what they start to do! Now nothing they plan will be impossible for them!'
Genesis 11:7
'Come, let's go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another.'
Genesis 11:8
And Yahweh scattered them from that place across the face of the earth.
Genesis 11:8
And they stopped building the city.
Genesis 11:9
That is why it was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. And Yahweh scattered them from that place across the face of the earth. -
The Call of AbrahamGenesis 11:31-12:4 with 5 illustrations
The Call of Abraham
Genesis 11:31
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot of Haran, and his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram, and made them leave Ur of the Chaldaeans to go to the land of Canaan. But on arrival in Haran they settled there.
Genesis 11:32
Terah's life lasted two hundred and five years.
Genesis 11:32
Then he died at Haran.
Genesis 12:1-3
Yahweh said to Abram, 'Leave your country, your kindred and your father's house for a country which I shall show you; and I shall make you a great nation, I shall bless you and make your name famous; you are to be a blessing! I shall bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you...'
Genesis 12:4
So Abram went as Yahweh told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions they had amassed and the people they had acquired in Haran. They set off for the land of Canaan, and arrived there. -
Abraham in EgyptGenesis 12:10-20 with 8 illustrations
Abraham in Egypt
Genesis 12:10-13
There was famine in the country, and Abram went down to Egypt to stay there for a time, since the famine in the country was severe. When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, 'Look, I know you are a beautiful woman. When the Egyptians see you they will say, "That is his wife," and they will kill me but leave you alive. Therefore please tell them you are my sister, so that they may treat me well because of you and spare my life out of regard for you.'
Genesis 12:14
When Abram arrived in Egypt the Egyptians did indeed see that the woman was very beautiful.
Genesis 12:15
When Pharaoh's officials saw her they sang her praises to Pharaoh.
Genesis 12:15
And she was taken into Pharaoh's household.
Genesis 12:16
And Abram was very well treated because of her and received flocks, oxen, donkeys, men and women slaves, she-donkeys and camels.
Genesis 12:17
But Yahweh inflicted severe plagues on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram's wife Sarai.
Genesis 12:17
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, 'What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me she was your wife? Why did you say, "She is my sister," so that I took her to be my wife? Now, here is your wife. Take her and go!'
Genesis 12:20
And Pharaoh gave his people orders about him; they sent him on his way with his wife and all his possessions. -
Yahweh's PromiseGenesis 15:1-17 with 12 illustrations
Yahweh's Promise
Genesis 15:1
Some time later, the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision: 'Do not be afraid, Abram! I am your shield and shall give you a very great reward.'
Genesis 15:5
Then taking him outside, he said, 'Look up at the sky and count the stars if you can. Just so will your descendants be.'
Genesis 15:8
'Lord Yahweh,' Abram replied, 'how can I know that I shall possess it?'
Genesis 15:9
He said to him, 'Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old she-goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a pigeon.'
Genesis 15:10
He brought him all these...
Genesis 15:10
...and split the animals down the middle, placing each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide...
Genesis 15:11
And whenever birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, Abram drove them off.
Genesis 15:12
Now as the sun was on the point of setting, a trance fell on Abram, and a deep dark dread descended on him.
Genesis 15:13
Then Yahweh said to Abram, 'Know this for certain, that your descendants will be exiles in a land not their own, and be enslaved and oppressed for hundreds of years.'
Genesis 15:16
'In the fourth generation they will come back here, for until then the iniquity of the Amorites will not have reached its full extent.'
Genesis 15:17
When the sun had set and it was dark, there appeared a smoking firepot and a flaming torch passing between the animal's pieces. -
Ishmael is BornGenesis 16:1-15 with 12 illustrations
Ishmael Is Born
Genesis 16:1
Abram's wife Sarai had borne him no child, but she had an Egyptian slave-girl called Hagar.
Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to him, 'Listen, now! Since Yahweh has kept me from having children, go to my slave-girl. Perhaps I shall get children through her.'
Genesis 16:2
And Abram took Sarai's advice.
Genesis 16:4
He went to Hagar, and she conceived. And once she knew she had conceived, her mistress counted for nothing in her eyes.
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, 'This outrage done to me is your fault! It was I who put my slave-girl into your arms but, now she knows that she has conceived, I count for nothing in her eyes.'
Genesis 16:6
'Very well,' Abram said to Sarai, 'your slave-girl is at your disposal. Treat her as you think fit.'
Genesis 16:6
Sarai accordingly treated her so badly that she ran away from her.
Genesis 16:7-8
The angel of Yahweh found her by a spring in the desert, the spring on the road to Shur. He said to her, 'Hagar, slave-girl of Sarai, why have you come here, and where are you going?'
Genesis 16:8
'I am running away from my mistress Sarai,' she replied.
Genesis 16:9
The angel of Yahweh said to her, 'Go back to your mistress and submit to her.'
Genesis 16:11
Then the angel further said to her, 'Now, you have conceived and will bear a son, and you shall name him Ishmael...a wild donkey of a man he will be, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him...'
Genesis 16:15
Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave his son born by Hagar the name Ishmael. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael. -
The CovenantGenesis 17:1-18:15 with 10 illustrations
The Covenant
Genesis 17:1-3
When Abram was ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to him and said, '...I shall grant a covenant between myself and you, and make you very numerous.' And Abram bowed to the ground.
Genesis 17:4-5,8
'For my part, this is my covenant with you: you will be the father of many nations. And you are no longer to be called Abram; your name is to be Abraham...and to your descendants after you, I shall give the country where you are now immigrants, the entire land of Canaan, to own in perpetuity.'
Genesis 17:9-10
God further said to Abraham. 'You for your part must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you, generation after generation. This is my covenant which you must keep between myself and you, and your descendants after you: every one of your males must be circumcised.'
Genesis 17:11-12
'As soon as he is eight days old, every one of your males, generation after generation, must be circumcised, including slaves born within the household or bought from a foreigner not of your descent.'
Genesis 17:14
'The uncircumcised male, whose foreskin has not been circumcised - that person must be cut off from his people: he has broken my covenant.'
Genesis 17:15,18, 18:10
Furthermore God said to Abram, 'As regards your wife, you must not call her Sarai, but Sarah. Yes, your wife Sarah will bear you a son whom you must name Isaac. I shall come back to you next year, and then your wife Sarah will have a son.'
Genesis 18:10-12
Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well on in years, and Sarah had ceased to have her monthly periods. So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, 'Now that I am past the age of childbearing and my husband is an old man, is pleasure to come my way again?'
Genesis 18:10-12
But Yahweh asked Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh and say, "Am I really to have a child now that I am old?" Nothing is impossible for Yahweh.'
Genesis 18:15
Sarah said, 'I did not laugh,' lying because she was afraid.
Genesis 18:15
But he replied, 'Oh, yes, you did laugh.' -
Sodom & GomorrahGenesis 19:1-26 with 21 illustrations
Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 19:1
Two angels came to Sodom in the evening. Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom.
Genesis 19:2
Lot said, 'My lords, I beg you, please come into your servant's house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then early in the morning, you can be on your way .'
Genesis 19:2
They said, 'No, we will spend the night in the square.'
Genesis 19:3
But Lot urged them greatly, and they came in with him, entering his house.
Genesis 19:3
He made them a meal and they ate.
Genesis 19:4
But before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every part of the city.
Genesis 19:5
They called to Lot, and said to him, 'Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, so that we may have sex with them.'
Genesis 19:6-7
Lot went out the door, and shut the door behind him. He said, 'Please, my brothers, do not be evil.'
Genesis 19:8
'Look, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you. You may do whatever you please to them, just do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.'
Genesis 19:9
'Stand back!' they said, 'This one came here as a foreigner and appoints himself a judge? Now we will deal with you worse than with them!'
Genesis 19:9-10
They pressed hard against Lot, nearly breaking down the door. But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot inside the house, and they shut the door.
Genesis 19:11-13
The men said to Lot, 'Do you have anybody else here? Whoever you have in the city, take them out of the here, for we will destroy this place. God has sent us to destroy it.'
Genesis 19:14
Lot went off and spoke to his future sons-in-law who were to marry his daughters. 'Hurry!' he said, 'Get out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city!'
Genesis 19:14
But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
Genesis 19:15
When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, 'Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away with the city's wickedness!'
Genesis 19:16
But he lingered, so the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. They lead him out and, Yahweh being merciful to him, set him outside of the city.
Genesis 19:17
When they had taken them outside, they said, 'Run for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay anywhere in the plain. Flee to the mountains, or you will be destroyed!'
Genesis 19:24
Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.
Genesis 19:25
He overthrew those cities, the whole plain -- all the inhabitants of the cities, and everything that grows on the ground.
Genesis 19:26
Behind him, Lot's wife looked back...
Genesis 19:26
...and she became a pillar of salt. -
The Seduction of LotGenesis 19:30-36 with 8 illustrations
The Seduction of Lot
Genesis 19:30
After leaving Zoar, Lot settled in the hill country with his two daughters, for he dared not stay at Zoar. He lived in a cave, he and his two daughters.
Genesis 19:31-32
The elder said to the younger, 'Our father is an old man, and there is no one here to marry us in the normal way of the world. Come on, let us ply our father with wine and sleep with him. In this way we can preserve the race by our father.'
Genesis 19:33
That night they made their father drunk.
Genesis 19:33
And the elder slept with her father though he was unaware of her coming to bed or her leaving.
Genesis 19:34
The next day the elder said to the younger, 'Last night, I was the one who slept with our father. Let us make him drunk again tonight, and you go sleep with him. In this way we can preserve the race by our father.'
Genesis 19:35
They made their father drunk that night too.
Genesis 19:35
And the younger went and slept with him, though he was unaware of her coming to bed or leaving.
Genesis 19:36
Both of Lot's daughters thus became pregnant by their father.