Category Archives: Genesis

After Jacob’s death, the other 11 brothers come to Joseph in supplication, concerned that he will now take revenge upon them, just as they acted in jealousy in selling him into slavery. If we were to, again, look for a … Continue reading →

Near the end of Genesis, Jacob dies. If there is only one passage you remember about Jacob, it should be this, from  Genesis 48:15-16, as he blesses Joseph and his sons:           And he blessed Joseph, and said:           “God, … Continue reading →

At this point we leave the story of Abraham, and go on to his descendants. But I want to make a last point about Abraham. If there is one phrase to remember about Abraham, it should be Genesis 15:6:        … Continue reading →

In Genesis 3:21 it says: Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. Remember what God said to Adam…you shall surely die. Well, Adam and Eve did die a spiritual death. But … Continue reading →

Above all else, we need to get this one thing right. Here [Genesis 3:15] is the first glimpse of the Gospel, what theologians call the ‘proto-evangel’, the proto-Gospel. The crushing of the serpent’s head by the Seed of the woman. The … Continue reading →

The next day on that dry ground God brought forth plants. Do you see the progression here? From the midst of the waters of chaos Yahweh brought forth the order of dry land. And now, in the midst of that … Continue reading →

Then, God brings forth the dry land from the waters of chaos: Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. And God called … Continue reading →