Reflections on the book of Genesis
At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goyim, these kings went to war against Bera king…
Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord . The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where…
Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were…
So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him. Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in…
Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. As he was about to…
So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. He took his wife Sarai,…
The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great…
Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both…
After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. This is the account of Terah’s family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor…
This is the account of Shem’s family line. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad. And after he became the…
But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun…
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, “Come,…
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