The Meaning of Genesis Table of Contents



Introduction to the Meaning of Genesis

Commentary: The Meaning of Genesis

Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning God created ...
Genesis 1:2 - Now the earth was formless and empty ...
Genesis 1:3-4 - "Let there be light" and there was light ...
Genesis 1:5 - God called the light day and the darkness ...
Genesis 1:6-8 - "Let there be an expanse between the waters ...
Genesis 1:9-10 - "Let the water under the sky ...
Genesis 1:11-13 - "Let the land produce vegetation ...
Genesis 1:14-19 - "Let there be lights in the expanse ...
Genesis 1:20-23 - "Let the water teem with living creatures ...
Genesis 1:24-25 - "Let the land produce living creatures ...
Genesis 1:26-27 - "Let Us make man in Our image ...
Genesis 1:28 - "Be fruitful and multiply ...
Genesis 1:29 - "I give you every seed-bearing plant ...
Genesis 1:30 - And to all the beasts of the earth ...
Genesis 1:31 - God saw all that He made ...
Genesis 2:1-3 - Thus the heavens and the earth were completed ...
Genesis 2:4-6 - This is the account of the heavens ...
Genesis 2:7 - The LORD God formed the man ...
Genesis 2:8 - Now the LORD God had planted a garden ...
Genesis 2:9 - And the LORD God made all kinds of trees ...
Genesis 2:10-14 - A river watering the garden flowed ...
Genesis 2:15 - The LORD God took the man ...
Genesis 2:16-17 - And the LORD God commanded, "You are free ...
Genesis 2:18 - "It is not good for the man to be alone ...
Genesis 2:19 - Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground ...
Genesis 2:20-22 - So the man gave names to all the beasts ...
Genesis 2:23-25 - The man said, "This is now bone of my bones ...
Genesis 3:1-5 - Now the serpent was more crafty than ...
Genesis 3:6 - When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good ...
Genesis 3:7 - Then the eyes of both of them were opened ...
Genesis 3:8 - Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD ...
Genesis 3:9-11 - But the LORD God called to the man, "Where are you?" ...
Genesis 3:12 - The man said, "The woman you put here with me ...
Genesis 3:13 - Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this ...
Genesis 3:14 - So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have ...
Genesis 3:15 - And I will put enmity between you and the woman ...
Genesis 3:16 - "I will greatly increase your pains ...
Genesis 3:17-19 - To Adam He said, "Because you listened to your wife ...
Genesis 3:20 - Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become ...
Genesis 3:21 - The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam ...
Genesis 3:22 - And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like ...
Genesis 3:23 - So the LORD God banished him from the Garden ...
Genesis 3:24 - After He drove the man out, He placed on the east side ...
Genesis 4:1 - Adam lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant ...
Genesis 4:2-7 - Later she gave birth to his brother Abel ...
Genesis 4:8-12 - Now Cain said to his brother Abel ...
Genesis 4:13-15 - Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment ...
Genesis 4:16-26 - Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant ...
Genesis 6:1-4 - The Nephilim were on the earth in those days ...
Genesis 6:5-7 - "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created ..."
Genesis 6:13-21 - "I am going to put an end to all people ..."
Genesis 7:1-4 - "Go into the ark, you and your whole family ..."
Genesis 8:16-17 - "Come out of the ark, you and your wife and sons ..."
Genesis 8:21-22 - "Never again will I curse the ground because of man ... "
Genesis 9:1-7 - "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth ..."
Genesis 9:9-18 - "I now establish my covenant with you and with your ..."
Genesis 11:1-7 - "If as one people speaking the same language ...."
Genesis 12:1-3 - "Leave your country, your people and your father's ..."
Genesis 12:6-7 - "To your offspring I will give this land. ..."
Genesis 13:14-17 - "All the land that you see I will give ..."
Genesis 14:18-20: "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator ..."
Genesis 15:1 - "Do not be afraid, Abraham, I am your shield ..."
Genesis 15:4-5 - "This man will not be your heir ..."
Genesis 15:7 - "I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur ..."
Genesis 15:8-9 - "Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three ..."
Genesis 15:13-16 - "Know for certain your descendants will be ..."
Genesis 15:18-21 - "To your descendants I give this land ..."
Genesis 17:1-6 - "I am God Almighty; walk before Me ..."
Genesis 17:7-8 - "I will establish my covenant as an everlasting ..."
Genesis 17:9 - "As for you, you must keep My covenant ..."
Genesis 17:10-14 - "Any uncircumcised male, who has not been ..."
Genesis 17:15-16 - "As for Sarai you wife, you are no longer ..."
Genesis 17:19-21 - "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, ..."
Genesis 18:1-19 - The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees ...
Genesis 18:20-21 - "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah ..."
Genesis 18:23-33 - "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it ..."
Genesis 20:1-7 - "Now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet ..."
Genesis 21:12-13 - "Do not be so distressed about the boy ..."
Genesis 22:1-2 - "Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering ..."
Genesis 22:15-18 - "I swear by myself, declares the LORD ... "
Genesis 26:2-5 - "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land ..."
Genesis 26:24 - "I am the God of your father Abraham ..."
Genesis 28:11-18 - "I am with you and will watch over you ..."
Genesis 32:-25-30 - So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled" ..."
Genesis 35:1 - "Go up to Bethel and settle there and build an altar ..."
Genesis 35:10-12 - "Your name is Jacob but you will no longer be ..."
Genesis 46:3-4 - "I will go down to Egypt with you ..."
Genesis 48:3-4 - "I will make you a community of peoples ..."