When we left off with Jacob last week, he and Esau were on bad terms. Jacob was also heading back to Canaan (where he was from) to separate from Laban.…

We first read about Jacob prior to his birth. In Genesis 25:23-28, God tells Rebekah that “two nations are in [her] womb.” Nothing like that for a prediction of sibling…

I ended last week’s blog pointing out that Abraham was a man just like you and me. In the same vein, he and his wife, Sarah, faced a lot of…

The God of the Bible is called the God of Abraham. Abraham was called the friend of God. Hebrews tells us, “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a…

The first half of the book of Genesis is about four great events: Creation, the Fall, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel. Babel means confusion. God is not the…

Noah’s ark is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible. While the flood is often known as a sweet children’s story, it is really a story about judgment.…

The Bible, although made up of many books, is one story. Genesis is the first book that begins this story. It is foundational. If we don’t understand Genesis, we will…

The word “Genesis” means beginning. In Genesis, we find the fundamental foundational truths for life. Psalm 11:3 says, “If the foundations are destroyed what can the righteous do?” It’s so…