Abram’s Call Genesis 12:1–9 Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. Genesis 12:1 God’s call to Abram probably came to him on at least two occasions, which suggests that Abram started out after receiving the first call but faltered or stopped along the […]

The Tower of Babel Genesis 11:1–9 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city.” Genesis 11:4 There are two different uses of the word “come” in this story. The first was spoken by man to man against God. The second was spoken by God to God (another early intimation of the Trinity) against

Escaping God’s Curse Genesis 9:24–10:20 Cursed be Canaan. Genesis 9:25 It is interesting that, in this particular branch of Ham’s family, we have a reversal (probably deliberate) of God’s judgment on Canaan for Ham’s sin in ridiculing Noah. God had pronounced a curse on Canaan through Noah, saying, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves

The Way of Sacrifice Genesis 8:18–22 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. Genesis 8:20 Noah’s offering was both a thank offering for the deliverance he and his family had received and a sin offering by which Noah confessed need of atonement for his and his family’s transgressions. If life was to begin anew,

Shut In by God Genesis 7:1–24 And the Lord shut him in. Genesis 7:16 Consider these three lessons. First, when the Lord shut Noah and his family up in the ark, they were totally secure and thereby become an illustration for us of the believer’s perfect security in Jesus Christ. The rains would come. The