God Running

Genesis 14:15-16 Partnering with God

During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with… Read More

Genesis 14:13-14 When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan

A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshkol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. When… Read More

Genesis 14:1-12 They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom

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 of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah,… Read More

Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife?–Genesis 12:10-20

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 enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I… Read More

The Tower of Babel: Let’s make a name for ourselves–Genesis 11:1-9

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, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead… Read More

Genesis 8:1 — God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark

But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. Genesis 8:1 God spoke with Noah when… Read More

Genesis 7:11-16 — Then the LORD shut him in.

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. And rain fell… Read More

Genesis 7:1-5 — Go into the ark, you and your whole family. Noah did all that the LORD commanded him.

The LORD then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and… Read More

Genesis 6:13-22 — I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens. But I will establish my covenant with you

So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. So make yourself… Read More

Cain and Abel–The Blood Cries Out: Genesis 4:10-16

The LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from… Read More

Genesis 2:18 — It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.

The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone.”… Read More