Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold…And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together, and there was strife between the […]

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, and when the Egyptians see you, they

Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those

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. (11:10) Shem was one of the three sons of Noah (and one of the two who showed honour to his

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.

Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard. He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid 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 the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark; it is for

And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” (9:1) Note that God repeats the above commandment that he had given Noah and his sons in verse one again in verse seven, “Be fruitful and multiply, teem on the earth and multiply on it.” We

But God remembered… (8:1) God always remembers and does what he says. His plans will come to pass. He made a wind blow over the earth and the waters subsided, so that Noah, his family, and the animals were able to leave the ark. But it did take time. They were in the ark a

And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him. (7:5) …as God had commanded Noah. (7:9) …as God had commanded him. (7:16) In the last chapter we saw the utter wickedness of all of mankind…except Noah, who “was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God” (6:9).   The above verses