Download Audio God emphasizes his promise by giving covenant seals Genesis Chapter 17, verses 1 through 8 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said: “I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless. I will confirm my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your […]
Download Audio Genesis Chapter 14, verses 1 through 4 At this time Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela […]
Download Audio Part Two The Early History of God’s Gracious Dealing with Mankind among the Patriarchs (Genesis Chapter 11, verse 27 through chapter 50, verse 26) The sixth account: Terah (11:27–25:11) Commentary With the first five of the ten accounts that make up the book of Genesis, Moses has sketched God’s saving activity among the […]
Download Audio The fifth account: Shem (Genesis Chapter 11, verses 10 through 26) Commentary God has promised that his plans for his people will not end in the darkness of ignorance and of false religion—and of damnation. The fourth of Moses’ ten accounts, the account of the sons of Noah, closed on a dismal […]
Download Audio The fourth account: the sons of Noah (10:1–11:9) The table of nations Genesis Chapter 10, verse 1 This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood. Commentary A question everyone wants to know the answer to is this: Where did I come from? […]
Download Audio Genesis Chapter 8, verses 1 through 4 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. Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been […]
Download Audio The third account: Noah (Genesis Chapter 6: verse 9 through Chapter 9, verse 29) Genesis chapters 6–8 tell the story of the great flood. It’s interesting to note the name Moses gives to this section of his book. He doesn’t call it “the disaster of the flood” but “the account of Noah.” […]
Download Audio The second account: Adam’s line (Genesis Chapter 5, verses 1 through Chapter 6, verse 8) This second of Moses’ ten minihistories, the account of Adam’s line, provides a list of the Savior’s ancestors from Adam to Noah. These are the Sethites, whose loyalty to Jehovah was documented in the closing verses of […]
Download Audio The first announcement of God’s plan of rescue Genesis Chapter 3, verses 14 and 15 So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the […]
Download Audio PART ONE The first account: the universe Commentary The opening chapter of the book of Genesis has drawn us a picture of the beautiful world the Creator designed and put together at the beginning of time. You can’t read the description of that world without comparing it with the world in which we […]