1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. Coming off of the first of several genealogies, as a prologue to the flood narrative, Scripture…
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. 2 Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created. This begins the second “generations of _______” section in Genesis. Whereas the previous…
1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. Having been banished from Eden, Adam and…
Melkizedek is one of the most enigmatic characters of the Bible. A priest of God, a King of a major city-state, and a portrait of Christ to come, in a world where there were very few who still worshiped God. We do not know much about Melkizedek, other than what the Bible says. He appears…
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” This is of course the passage of scripture where God’s “very good” creation, paradise on earth…
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on…
Few figures in the Bible have garnered as much speculation as Enoch, Noah’s great-grandfather. Enoch’s appearance in the Bible is limited to a few verses, stuck in the middle of one of the many genealogies of the Old Testament. This paticular genealogy focus on Adam’s early decedents leading up to Noah, and can be quite…
One of the things I find fascinating about Scripture are the people who only get a passing mention: The individuals who appear in only a couple of verses, yet can still offer so much. Understanding the stories of these men and women requires some informed imagination, and an understanding of the context within Scripture. Take…
1 In the Beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. If you were to ask people the first thing God Created, they may respond by saying “light.”…