Gen.12-Gen.50
28 entries reference this passage.
- placeEgypt
Ancient kingdom of the Nile. Refuge of Abraham and Joseph, then a house of slavery, then the place from which Moses led Israel out.
- placeShechem
Ancient crossroads city where Abraham first stopped in Canaan and Jacob bought land. Jesus spoke with the Samaritan woman at its well.
- placeSodom
City of the plain destroyed by God with fire and brimstone because of its wickedness. Lot escaped; his wife looked back and became a pillar …
- placeUr
Ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates in southern Mesopotamia. Abraham's birthplace, called 'Ur of the Chaldeans'.
- figureAbraham
Father of the Hebrew people. Called from Ur to Canaan and given the covenant promise. Lived around 2000 BC.
- figureEsau
Firstborn twin of Jacob, a skilled hunter and his father's favorite. He sold his birthright for a bowl of stew and lost his blessing to dece…
- figureIsaac
Son of promise born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age (Gen.21). Bound on Mount Moriah, husband of Rebekah, father of Esau and Jacob, and…
- figureIshmael
Firstborn son of Abraham and Hagar, named "God hears" by an angel. Though not the child of the covenant promise, God pledged to make him a g…
- figureJacob
Younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, renamed Israel after wrestling at Peniel (Gen.32.28). Father of the twelve tribes, third of the patriarchs…
- figureJoseph
Eleventh son of Jacob, sold by his brothers into Egypt, rising from slavery and prison to be second only to Pharaoh. Saved his family and th…
- figureLeah
First wife of Jacob, given to him by deception on his wedding night. Unloved but fruitful, she bore six sons including Judah and Levi — thro…
- figureLot
Nephew of Abraham who traveled with him from Ur to Canaan. Lot chose the fertile Jordan plain at Bethel and settled in Sodom. Rescued by Abr…
- figureRachel
Beloved wife of Jacob, for whom he worked fourteen years. She was initially barren, then bore Joseph and died giving birth to Benjamin. Jere…
- figureRebekah
Chosen as Isaac's wife through a remarkable sign at a well, Rebekah left her family for Canaan and became the mother of Jacob and Esau. She …
- figureTamar
Daughter-in-law of Judah, twice widowed and denied her rights. She took matters into her own hands; Judah said "she is more righteous than I…
- eventHittite Empire
From their capital at Hattusa in central Anatolia, the Hittites (c. 1600–1178 BC) ruled an empire that rivalled Egypt. The Bible knows them …
- eventIsrael in Egypt
From Joseph’s rise in Pharaoh’s court to Moses’ birth and the Exodus, Israel lived in Egypt for 430 years (Exod 12:40), growing from seventy…
- eventUr III Dynasty
From about 2112 to 2004 BC the Third Dynasty of Ur ruled a centralised Sumerian empire on the lower Euphrates — the most powerful civilisati…
- customsFoot-washing
The hospitality act of washing the dust off a guest's feet on arrival. In a society of dusty roads and open sandals, it was a basic kindness…
- cultureAlmond tree
The first tree to flower each year in Israel — and the source of a Hebrew wordplay linking Jeremiah's calling to God's watchful alertness.
- cultureCamel
The great desert transport of the ancient Near East — and the largest, most unwieldy animal Jesus's listeners could imagine.
- cultureGoat
The scapegoat of Leviticus 16 carried Israel's sins into the wilderness — the animal behind the Day of Atonement ritual.
- conceptAdonai
'My Lord' in Hebrew. The reverent substitute Jewish readers used (and still use) in place of the divine name YHWH — which is why English Bib…
- conceptCovenant
A binding agreement between two parties, sealed by a sign — a meal, a sacrifice, a mark on the body. Used throughout the Bible for the agree…
- conceptEl Elyon
'God Most High' — the name by which Melchizedek blesses Abraham and by which the Psalms acclaim God's universal sovereignty over the nations…
- conceptEl Shaddai
'God Almighty' — the name by which God revealed himself to the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Traditionally translated 'Almighty'; po…
- conceptJehovah-Jireh
'The LORD will provide' — the name Abraham gave the place on Mount Moriah where God provided a ram in place of Isaac. The first of the compo…
- mapSodom and Gomorrah
Two of the five “cities of the plain” destroyed by fire and sulphur in Genesis 19. The biblical text places them in the well-watered Jordan …