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Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.”

Verse ConceptsWaters DividedWaters DividingExpanse [The Firmament]God SpeakingGod's CreationThe Biblespace

Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

Verse ConceptsContinentsDry LandCreation Of The EarthGod SpeakingThe OceanGod's Creationcrusades

Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” And it was so.

Verse ConceptsAccording To Its KindVegetationTreesSprouting PlantsLand ProducingSproutingGod SpeakingHerbsreproductionReproduction, After Kind

Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.

Verse ConceptsAnimalsAccording To Its KindEvolutionCattleLand ProducingCrawlingLiving SoulsGod SpeakingLiving ThingsAnimals Having A SoulreproductionReproduction, After Kind

God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This food will be for you,

Verse ConceptsNutritionBearing Bad FruitSeedFood DefinedGod Giving FreelyDinosaursHerbsAntibioticsGod's CreationPlanting SeedsSeedsTaking Care Of The EarthSowing SeedsveganismMarijuana

The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden.

Verse ConceptsFood DefinedFood PermittedNASB

But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’”

Verse ConceptsDeviousnessSin Producing DeathNot TouchingSin Produces DeathAdam and eveGardensNASB

So the Lord God asked the woman, “What is this you have done?”

And the woman said, “It was the serpent. He deceived me, and I ate.”

Verse ConceptsEveSin, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InThe Ancient SerpentWhat Do You Do?Eating Forbidden FoodAdam and eveAdam and eve disobey god

Then the Lord God said to the serpent:

Because you have done this,
you are cursed more than any livestock
and more than any wild animal.
You will move on your belly
and eat dust all the days of your life.

Verse ConceptsSatanticRetributionSerpentsSnakesStomachsLifelongCrawlingThe Ancient SerpentGod CursingNoting What Animals EatAdam and evePunishmentPunishmentscatsfatedust

Lamech said to his wives:

Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
wives of Lamech, pay attention to my words.
For I killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for striking me.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainPay Attention To People!

Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for she said, “God has given me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

Verse ConceptsAdam, After The FallAbelAbel and CainMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenExchange Of IndividualsKilling Named IndividualsPeople With Apt NamesAdam and evepremarital

Then the Lord said, “I will wipe off from the face of the earth mankind, whom I created, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I made them.”

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeFlood, TheAnimals, religious role ofAirThe DelugeDestruction Of All CreaturesGod KillingBoth Men And Animals KilledGod Killing All PeopleMan's Relationship With His CreatorRegretting

Then God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.

Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthFlesh, Description OfFilling PlacesViolenceDestruction Of All CreaturesThe Universe DestroyedGod KillingPeople EndedGod Killing All PeopleThe End Of The WorldFloods

Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before Me in this generation.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheGenerationsBoatsRemnantNoah's ArkRelatives Also InvolvedEntering The ArkPeople Who Did RightFamiliesFamily Problems

And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations:

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahGenerationsThe Eternal CovenantThe RainbowRainbowcovenant

God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have confirmed between Me and every creature on earth.”

Verse ConceptsThe RainbowRainbow

he said:

Canaan will be cursed.
He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.

Verse Conceptsslavery

He also said:

Praise the Lord, the God of Shem;
Canaan will be his slave.

Verse ConceptsBless The Lord!

He was a powerful hunter in the sight of the Lord. That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a powerful hunter in the sight of the Lord.”

Verse ConceptsHuntingRecreationLike People In CharacterOld Sayingsfearless

They said to each other, “Come, let us make oven-fired bricks.” They used brick for stone and asphalt for mortar.

Verse ConceptsBricksequipping, physicalBakingBuilding

When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are.

Verse ConceptsBeauty, In WomenWomen's BeautyBeauty Of NatureTrust In RelationshipsThe Beauty Of NatureBeing Beautifulsarah

So Pharaoh sent for Abram and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Kings SummoningThose Who Did Not Tell

Then Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And VictoryLove Between RelativesConflictFamily ConflictResolving Conflict

After Lot had separated from him, the Lord said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,

Verse ConceptsNorthSouthWestCompassesPeople PartingNorth, South, East And WestLooking And SeeingFuture PlansDirection

Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the possessions for yourself.”

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Characteristics OfSlavery, In Ot

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand in an oath to Yahweh, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Verse ConceptsPromises, HumanGod On HighAll Things Belong To God

But Abram said, “Lord God, what can You give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

Verse ConceptsAbrahamMoney, Stewardship OfWhat God Gives

He also said to him, “I am Yahweh who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

Verse ConceptsAbrahamProperty, LandWorldlinessThe Promised LandI Am The LordBringing People Out Of Other Places

He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

Verse ConceptsGoatsAbrahamdovesCarcass, Literal UsePigeonsAnimals, Types OfHeifersAnimals At Specific Ages

Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be foreigners in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed 400 years.

Verse ConceptsForeignersOppression, Nature Of100 Years And MoreSojourningSure KnowledgeThose OppressedReckoned As ForeignersGroups Of SlavesStrangers in israelDescendants ofslaveryoppression

Sarai said to Abram, “Since the Lord has prevented me from bearing children, go to my slave; perhaps through her I can build a family.” And Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

Verse ConceptsBarrennessSleep, PhysicalDivine RestraintsReasons For BarrennessChildren Are A BlessingGod HinderingSexual Union IntendedObeying Peoplesarah

Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering! I put my slave in your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the Lord judge between me and you.”

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeCriticism, against believersAbraham, Testing And VictoryPeople Possibly Doing Evil

He said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?”

She replied, “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai.”

Verse ConceptsWhere From?Where To?mistress

Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “You must go back to your mistress and submit to her mistreatment.”

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordHumble Yourselfmistress

The Angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count.”

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingUncountableImpossible For PeopleGod Multipling People

Then the Angel of the Lord said to her:

You have conceived and will have a son.
You will name him Ishmael,
for the Lord has heard your cry of affliction.

Verse ConceptsBirths ForetoldGod Naming PeopleGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Pays Attention

So she called the Lord who spoke to her: The God Who Sees, for she said, “In this place, have I actually seen the One who sees me?”

Verse ConceptsVeilsNames Of GodGod, All knowingGod Seeing All The EarthThose Who Saw GodVisibilityOther References To God's Name

God also said to Abraham, “As for you, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations are to keep My covenant.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And Victory

God said to Abraham, “As for your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai, for Sarah will be her name.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And VictoryAbraham, Calling And LifeChanged NamesGod Renaming Peoplesarah

But God said, “No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his future offspring.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamBearingThe Eternal CovenantGod Naming PeopleGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsThe Promise Of A Babysarah

Then Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the slaves born in his house or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.

Verse ConceptsForeskinsAt The Same TimeGroups Of Slaves

Then he said, “My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, please do not go on past your servant.

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessPassing ByFavor

I will bring a bit of bread so that you may strengthen yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. Later, you can continue on.”

“Yes,” they replied, “do as you have said.”

Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodServanthood, In Life Of BelieversPeople Refreshed

So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Knead three measures of fine flour and make bread.”

Verse ConceptsFoodBakersBakingWeights And Measures, DryHasty ActionKneading DoughThree Other ThingsHurrying Others OnOther Volume Measures

The Lord said, “I will certainly come back to you in about a year’s time, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent behind him.

Verse ConceptsListeningSanctity Of LifeConceptionBirths ForetoldThe Promise Of A Babysarah

Sarah denied it. “I did not laugh,” she said, because she was afraid.

But He replied, “No, you did laugh.”

Verse ConceptsLiesLying, Examples OfContradictingThose Frightened Of Godsarahdenial

Then the Lord said, “Should I hide what I am about to do from Abraham?

Verse ConceptsGod, Purpose OfPredictionsGod's Things Concealed

Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessOutcry

Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Characteristics OfGod KillingLack Of DiscriminationGod Kills

The Lord said, “If I find 50 righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

Verse ConceptsFiftiesNumbers Of Righteous PeopleA Good Man

Then he said, “Let the Lord not be angry, and I will speak further. Suppose 30 are found there?”

He answered, “I will not do it if I find 30 there.”

Verse ConceptsThirtyLet Not God Be AngryNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To God

Then he said, “Since I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose 20 are found there?”

He replied, “I will not destroy it on account of 20.”

Verse ConceptsTwentyNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To God

Then he said, “Let the Lord not be angry, and I will speak one more time. Suppose 10 are found there?”

He answered, “I will not destroy it on account of 10.”

Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfTen PeopleLet Not God Be AngryNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To GodWorth

and said, “My lords, turn aside to your servant’s house, wash your feet, and spend the night. Then you can get up early and go on your way.”

“No,” they said. “We would rather spend the night in the square.”

Verse ConceptsFoot washingGuestsMorningServanthood, In SocietySalutationsHospitalityFeet WashingTravellersCity SquaresClean FeetThose Who Rose EarlyCare Of FeetStaying Temporarily

They called out to Lot and said, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have sex with them!”

Verse ConceptsSelf IndulgenceVulgarityHomosexualitySexual Union IntendedWhere Are People?sex

He said, “Don’t do this evil, my brothers.

“Get out of the way!” they said, adding, “This one came here as a foreigner, but he’s acting like a judge! Now we’ll do more harm to you than to them.” They put pressure on Lot and came up to break down the door.

Verse ConceptsSeductionThreateningsSojourningPressingBroken ThingsSuffering From ForeignersWorse

Then the angels said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here: a son-in-law, your sons and daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of this place,

Verse ConceptsSons In LawRelatives Also InvolvedBringing People Out Of Other Places

So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to marry his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

Verse ConceptsBetrothalMarriage, Customs ConcerningJestingPowerlessnessSkepticismSons In Lawjoking

As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

Verse ConceptsEscapingFuturedoubt, results ofExamples Of EscapingHesitationLooking BackwardEscaping To MountainsOutside The CityLooking Back

But Lot said to them, “No, my lords—please.

And he said to him, “All right, I’ll grant your request about this matter too and will not demolish the town you mentioned.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CitiesAcceptance

Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us as is the custom of all the land.

Verse ConceptsAbsence Of SexFirstborn DaughtersNo One AvailableUnpremeditatedFather And Daughter Relationships

The next day the firstborn said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight so you can go sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

Verse ConceptsFirstborn Daughters

Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitdoubtersMisrepresentationTaking Other PeopleSiblingsRelationship TroublesSportssarahrejuvenation

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “You are about to die because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

Verse ConceptsBad DreamsDreamsDreams, Examples OfNightDeath As PunishmentTransferring WivesDirect Communication Through Dreams

Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Nature OfAbsence Of SexGod KillingGod Will Kill The PeoplesPlea Of Innocence

Didn’t he himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with a clear conscience and clean hands.”

Verse ConceptsMisrepresentationPlea Of Innocence

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience. I have also kept you from sinning against Me. Therefore I have not let you touch her.

Verse ConceptsTouchAbsence Of SexNot TouchingPlea Of InnocenceDirect Communication Through Dreams