Jacob's Dream of a Stairway to Heaven Scripture: Genesis 28(NIV) 1 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman. 2 Go at once to Paddan Aram, to the house of your mother’s...
Jacob gets Esau's Blessing Scripture: Genesis 26:34-27:46(NIV) 34 When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 They were a source of grief to Isaac and...
Jacob, Esau and the Birthright Scripture: Genesis 25:5-11, 19-34(NIV) 5 Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. 6 But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land...
Abraham Finds a Wife for Isaac Scripture: Genesis 24(NIV) 1 Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. 2 He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand...
God provides a Ram Scripture: Genesis 22:1-19(NIV) 1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you...
The Birth of Isaac Scripture: Genesis 21:1-21(NIV) 1 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. 2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God...
The Destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah Scripture: Genesis 19(NIV) 1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the...
Abraham Pleads for Sodom Scripture: Genesis 18(NIV) 1 The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. 2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby...
The Covenant of Circumcision Scripture: Genesis 17(NIV) 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. 2 Then I will make my covenant between...
Hagar and Ishmael Scripture: Genesis 16(NIV) 1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my...