Genesis 1:27-28 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply…” From the beginning, God intended that mankind was to produce offspring and populate the earth, and so accordingly, […]
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” We need to understand that […]
Genesis 1:24-25 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind” and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that […]
Genesis 1:20-22 Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.” So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged […]
Genesis 1:14-15 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth” and it […]
Genesis 1:9-11 Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let […]
Genesis 1:6-8 “Then God said, ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters and let it divide the waters from the waters.’ Thus God made the firmament and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament, and it was so. And God called the […]
Genesis 1:4b-5 “And God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.” From the beginning, we see, believe it or not, that it is sometimes necessary for division to occur so that life can be possible. […]
Genesis 1:3-4a “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good.” The Creator’s first utterance, “Let there be light,” is much more than a one-time command. With these words, He declared a fundamental principle that is ultimately personified in the Messiah, the Light of […]
Genesis 1:2 “The earth was without form and void; darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” In the beginning, before the light was mentioned, the earth was engulfed in darkness. Yet in that darkness, the Spirit of God was present and […]
JANUARY 2, 2021 Genesis 49:1-2 And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days: gather together and hear, you sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel your father.” At the end of his life, the patriarch Jacob called for all of his sons — […]
January 1, 2020 Genesis 48:20 So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will bless, saying, ‘May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!’ ” And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh. On Erev Shabbat (Friday night), it is customary for Jewish families to gather around the dinner table and celebrate the Almighty’s […]
