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 […]
Download Audio Genesis Chapter 1, verses 20 through 23 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their […]
Download Audio PART ONE The Early History of God’s Gracious Dealings with Mankind in the Original World (1:1–11:26) Commentary The creation of the world (1:1–2:3) Nobody can be considered truly wise who has not learned the answers to the basic questions of life. Who am I? A chemical accident? A creature up from the jungle […]
Download Audio INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS Name and purpose Genesis is the name given to the first book of the Bible, the first of the five books of Moses. In the Hebrew Bible, this book is named after the first word of the book, “in the beginning.” Genesis is a Greek word meaning “origin,” and that’s […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Genesis by John C. Jeske, published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1991. Editor’s Preface The People’s Bible is just what the name implies—a Bible for the people. It includes the complete text of the Holy Scriptures in the popular New International […]