Genesis (Tower of Babel)Scattered for a Purposepeople refused to scatter, God confused languages and scattered them, place called Babylon
Genesis 6-9I Could Wish Myself Accursedused as an example of chiastic construction in the flood narrative, tracing the structure from Noah's introduction through God remembering Noah and back
Genesis 1-2Checking Our LensesGod created male and female, it was good, not good for man to be alone, two becoming one flesh
Genesis 1:2By the Will of Godcited to counter the claim that the Trinity was invented at a later council, noting the spirit of god hovering over the waters in the beginning
Genesis 1:26-28By What Authority Are You Doing These ThingsGod made mankind in his image, used to draw out the implication of whose image we bear in the Caesar and coin discussion
Genesis 2Let Us Fear, Let Us Be DiligentGod rested on the seventh day from all His creative works; no closing of the seventh day mentioned
Genesis 2Let Us Fear, Let Us Be Diligentidentified as the somewhere the author of Hebrews quotes about God resting on the seventh day from all his works
Genesis 2:15I Am the Vine, You Are the Branchesquoted to show God placed man in the garden to work and care for it, establishing God as creator and sustainer
Genesis 3:14Shameless Persistencequoted to show the biblical hatred of snakes, God cursing the serpent to go on its belly
Genesis 3:15WWW Be Right (14)first mention of Christ in the Bible, the seed that would bruise the serpent's head
Genesis 3:15It Is Finishedreferenced as the earliest scripture pointing to Satan being crushed at the cross
Genesis 3:16Play Your Part in the Bandcross reference for wives submitting, the longing after the husband after the fall
Genesis 3:16Straight Down the Middle of the Platecross reference on wives submitting, noting the marginal reading that desire may be against rather than for her husband
Genesis 3:22Forgiveness Is Your Path to FreedomGod says the man has become like one of us knowing good and evil, used to establish that all mankind knows right from wrong
Genesis 3:22Forgiveness Is Not OptionalQuoted to establish that humans know good and evil, providing the framework for understanding wrong and the need for forgiveness
Genesis 4:3-5By Faith, We UnderstandCain brought fruit of the ground, Abel brought firstlings of his flock, God had regard for Abel and his offering but not for Cain
Genesis 4:6-8By Faith, We UnderstandGod pleading with Cain asking why he was angry, warning that sin was crouching at the door, then Cain killing Abel
Genesis 5:21-23By Faith, We UnderstandEnoch lived sixty-five years, became father of Methuselah, walked with God three hundred years, all his days were three hundred sixty-five years
Genesis 6:5-8By Faith, We Understandman was exceedingly evil, earth filled with violence, God regretted making them, but Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord
Genesis 6:9By Faith, We UnderstandNoah was a righteous man, blameless in his time, Noah walked with God
Genesis 6:13-14By Faith, We UnderstandGod warning Noah that the end of all flesh had come, commanding him to make an ark of gopher wood
Genesis 6:22By Faith, We Understandthus Noah did according to all that God had commanded him
Genesis 6:22By Faith: Abel, Enoch, and Noahquoted to show Noah's obedience: 'thus Noah did according to all that God had commanded him, so he did'
Genesis 12Your Path Is a Reckless OneReferenced to explain God's promise to Abraham that whoever blesses his people will be blessed and whoever curses them will be cursed
Genesis 12:1-3A Light to the Gentilesreferenced as the earliest statement of God's intent to bless all peoples through Abraham
Genesis 12:1-3Many Parts, One BodyGod's promise to Abraham: I will bless you and those you bless I will bless, and those you curse I will curse, connected to the command not to curse persecutors
Genesis 12:1-3The Spreading CircleGod's call to Abram, promise to bless him and make him a great nation so all families of the earth would be blessed
Genesis 12:1-3Silver and Gold Have I NoneGod tells Abram to leave his country; promises to bless him and that all families on earth will be blessed through his descendants
Genesis 12:1-3Silver and Gold Have Nonequoted as God's promise to Abraham that all families on earth would be blessed through his descendants
Genesis 12:1-3Jesus Christ Really Is That AwesomeGod calls Abram to leave his country, promising to bless all families of the earth through him
Genesis 12:2-3No Longer Strangers and AliensGod promises to bless Abraham and that all families of the earth shall be blessed through him
Genesis 12:3Women's Bible Study - October 11th, 2023God's promise to bless those who bless Abraham and curse those who curse him, and that all families on earth will be blessed through him
Genesis 12:3Women's Bible Study - October 19th, 2022God's promise to Abraham to bless those who bless him and curse those who curse him, and that all families of the earth will be blessed through him
Genesis 14He Is Able to Save Forevercited as the Old Testament source for Melchizedek receiving tithes and giving a blessing
Genesis 14:17-20Pay Closer Attention to What It Saysthe Old Testament source text the writer of Hebrews draws from, describing Melchizedek meeting Abraham after the slaughter of the kings
Genesis 14:17-20King of Righteousness, King of PeacePrimary Old Testament text about Melchizedek meeting Abraham, receiving tithes and blessing him
Genesis 14:18Christ Be All Around MeMelchizedek, king of Salem, bringing out bread and wine and blessing Abraham
Genesis 15You Stubborn PeopleGod telling Abraham his descendants would be oppressed as slaves for four hundred years
Genesis 15God Is Just and the JustifierGod's promise of a son to Abraham, where his belief was credited as righteousness, three chapters before circumcision
Genesis 15In Hope Against Hope, He BelievedGod's covenant with Abraham, the star-counting promise, and Abraham believing God who reckoned it to him as righteousness
Genesis 15God Keeps Making a WayGod telling Abraham his descendants would be slaves for four hundred years
Genesis 15:1-6Jump: Giving Glory to God Through FaithGod promises Abraham a son from his own body, descendants like the stars, Abraham believed and it was credited as righteousness
Genesis 15:5-6No Longer Strangers and AliensGod takes Abram outside to count the stars and promises descendants; Abram believes and it is reckoned as righteousness
Genesis 17In Hope Against Hope, He BelievedGod appearing to 99-year-old Abraham, renaming him, and promising he would be father of a multitude of nations
Genesis 17:1-8Jump: Giving Glory to God Through FaithGod appears to 99-year-old Abraham, establishes covenant, promises he will be father of a multitude of nations
Genesis 17:6-8No Longer Strangers and AliensGod promises to make Abraham exceedingly fruitful and establishes an everlasting covenant
Genesis 17:9-11No Longer Strangers and AliensGod instructs Abraham and his descendants to keep the covenant through circumcision as a sign
Genesis 22:15-18Jesus Christ Really Is That Awesomeangel of the Lord swearing to bless Abraham and his seed because he did not withhold his son
Genesis 22:16-17The Basis of Our Spiritual SecurityGod swore by Himself to Abraham because he did not withhold his son, promising blessing and multiplying his seed
Genesis 29Women's Bible Study - October 19th, 2022Leah's story, naming her sons Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, used to illustrate the breakthrough that comes from praise
Genesis 37:17Open My Eyes That I May SeeReferenced via center column to identify Dothan as the place where Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers
Genesis 50:20WWW Be Right (32)Joseph tells his brothers they meant evil but God meant it for good to preserve many people alive
Genesis 50:24-25When He Was Called, He ObeyedJoseph telling his brothers God would bring them up from Egypt to the promised land and making them swear to carry his bones
Genesis 50:24-25When He Was Called, He ObeyedJoseph told his brothers God would bring them up from Egypt and made them swear to carry his bones
