Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans. And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’sContinue reading “Genesis 11: 27-32…..Some family history of Abraham.”
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Genesis 11: 10-26…..Shem leads to Semitic.
These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters.When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah. ……….When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah. And Nahor livedContinue reading “Genesis 11: 10-26…..Shem leads to Semitic.”
Genesis 11: 1-9…..The world’s tallest building
Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.Continue reading “Genesis 11: 1-9…..The world’s tallest building”
Genesis 9: 18-25…..Man’s weakness
The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed.Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard. He drank ofContinue reading “Genesis 9: 18-25…..Man’s weakness”
Genesis 9: 26 – ch10 v32……Names galore!
He also said,“Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem;and let Canaan be his servant.May God enlarge Japheth,and let him dwell in the tents of Shem,and let Canaan be his servant.”After the flood Noah lived 350 years. All the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.These are the generations of the sons ofContinue reading “Genesis 9: 26 – ch10 v32……Names galore!”
Genesis 9: 7-17….. A God instituted agreement.
And you, be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it.”Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, “Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of theContinue reading “Genesis 9: 7-17….. A God instituted agreement.”
Acts 6: 15 -ch 7 v 4a…. Remember the accusation.
And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” And Stephen said:“Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,Continue reading “Acts 6: 15 -ch 7 v 4a…. Remember the accusation.”
Genesis 9: 1-6….What is this about blood?
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish ofContinue reading “Genesis 9: 1-6….What is this about blood?”
Genesis 8: 20-22….A covenant with Noah.
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intentionContinue reading “Genesis 8: 20-22….A covenant with Noah.”
Genesis 8: 14-19….A new beginning.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had dried out. Then God said to Noah, “Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animalsContinue reading “Genesis 8: 14-19….A new beginning.”
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