Category: A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Genesis
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Genesis, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 10
What does Genesis Chapter 10 mean? Genesis 10 is sometimes called the table of nations. It describes the generations that followed from Noah’s three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with the nations that came from them and the regions in which they settled after the Tower of Babel. This chapter…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Genesis, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 9
What does Genesis Chapter 9 mean? Genesis 9 describes God’s dealings with Noah and his sons in a world remade by the flood. It can be divided into three sections. First, God gives blessings and commands to Noah and his sons which very closely echo His words to Adam and Eve…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Genesis, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 8
What does Genesis Chapter 8 mean? After the global devastation caused by the flood as described in chapter 7, Genesis 8 opens with quietness, waiting for the floodwaters to recede. This passage begins with a comforting idea: God remembered Noah (Genesis 8:1). God also remembered the animals. He would fulfill His promise…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Genesis, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 7
What does Genesis Chapter 7 mean? Genesis 7 tells the story of the coming of rain, and the terrible destruction God’s flood brought on the world. In the prior chapter, Noah is given instructions for building a massive box—an ark—meant to hold a small number of people and a massive number…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Genesis, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 6
What does Genesis Chapter 6 mean? Just a few chapters ago, God looked at all He had made on the earth and called it good (Genesis 1:31). Several hundred years after Adam and Eve walked out of Eden, God sees a very different world. Human sinfulness has made it far…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Genesis, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 5
What does Genesis Chapter 5 mean? This is the book of the generations of Adam. Chapter 5 serves to link the history of creation and the earliest of the humans with the time of Noah and the flood. It accomplishes this with a simple genealogy of Adam’s descendants through his…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Genesis, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 4
What does Genesis Chapter 4 mean? Even as God continues to provide for the first few generations of humans, the consequences of human sin and spiritual separation from God become obvious. Adam and Eve start having children, including Cain and his brother Abel. Eve knew she was directly responsible for…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Genesis, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 3
What does Genesis Chapter 3 mean? After the triumph of the creation of the universe and all life, as described in Genesis 1—2, chapter 3 turns to the tragedy of paradise lost. As chapter 2 ends, the first humans, Adam and Eve, are naked and unashamed, blissfully free from any experience…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Genesis, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 2
What does Genesis Chapter 2 mean? Genesis 2 begins by describing the end of God’s week of creation. Chapter 1 described what God had created day by day, for six days. The first verses of chapter 2 explain the seventh day, in which God rested from His work. The remainder of…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Genesis, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 1
What does Genesis Chapter 1 mean? The first chapter of Genesis describes the most extraordinary event in the history of the universe: its creation. Given what this moment represents, and what we know of science and nature, this is often referred to as the greatest of all possible miracles. The…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Genesis, (ESV) with Irv Risch.
Survey of Genesis Book Type: Book of Law (or Book of Moses); first book of the Old Testament; first book of the Bible; first book of the five-part Jewish collection known as the Torah. Author: Moses is the traditional author of this book; Genesis is part of the “Law of Moses.” Audience: Moses…
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