Numbers: Priestly Blessing

Numbers 6:22-27 (NKJV)

[22] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
[23] “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them:
[24] “The Lord bless you and keep you;
[25] The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
[26] The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.”
[27] “So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.”

Numbers: Israel's First Census

Numbers 1:19-43 (NKJV)

[19] As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.
[20] Now the children of Reuben, Israel’s oldest son, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[21] those who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.
[22] From the children of Simeon, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, of those who were numbered, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[23] those who were numbered of the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
[24] From the children of Gad, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[25] those who were numbered of the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
[26] From the children of Judah, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[27] those who were numbered of the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
[28] From the children of Issachar, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[29] those who were numbered of the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
[30] From the children of Zebulun, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[31] those who were numbered of the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32 From the sons of Joseph, the children of Ephraim, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[33] those who were numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.
[34] From the children of Manasseh, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[35] those who were numbered of the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
[36] From the children of Benjamin, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[37] those who were numbered of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
[38] From the children of Dan, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[39] those who were numbered of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
[40] From the children of Asher, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[41] those who were numbered of the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.
[42] From the children of Naphtali, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[43] those who were numbered of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

Leviticus: Day of Atonement and Feast of Tabernacles

Leviticus 23:26-28 (NASB) The Day of Atonement

26. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
27. “On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and present an offering by fire to the Lord.
28. You shall not do any work on this same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement on your behalf before the Lord your God.


Leviticus 23:39-44 (NKJV) The Feast of Tabernacles

39. Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the Lord for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest.
40. And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.
41. You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
42. You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths,
43. that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”
44. So Moses declared to the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.

Leviticus: Feast of Weeks and Feast of Trumpets

Leviticus 23:15-16 (NKJV) The Feast of Weeks

15. And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
16. Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.


Leviticus 23:23-24 (NKJV) The Feast of Trumpets

23. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
24. “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

Leviticus: Feast of Unleavened Bread and Feast of Firstfruits

Leviticus 23:6 (NKJV) Feast of Unleavened Bread

6. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.


Leviticus 23:9-11 (NKJV) The Feast of Firstfruits

9. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
10. “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.
11. He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Leviticus: Feasts of the Lord and the Sabbath

Leviticus 23:1-2 (NKJV) Feasts of the Lord

1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2. “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: “The feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.


Leviticus 23:3 (NKJV) The Sabbath

3. Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

Leviticus - The Scapegoat

Leviticus 16:7-10 (NKJV)

7. He shall take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
8. Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat.
9. And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the Lord’s lot fell, and offer it as a sin offering.
10. But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon it, and to let it go as the scapegoat into the wilderness.

Leviticus - Priestly Ministry

Leviticus 9:5-7 (NKJV)

5. So they brought what Moses commanded before the tabernacle of meeting. And all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.
6. Then Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord commanded you to do, and the glory of the Lord will appear to you.”
7. And Moses said to Aaron, “Go to the altar, offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. Offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded.”

Leviticus - Unintentional Sins

Leviticus 4:1-3 (NKJV)

1. Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2. Speak to the children of Israel, saying: “If a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of the Lord in anything which ought not to be done, and does any of them,
3. if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer to the Lord for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without blemish as a sin offering.

Leviticus - Burnt Offering

Leviticus 1:1-5 (NKJV)

1. Now the Lord called to Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of meeting, saying,
2. “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: “When any one of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of the livestock—of the herd and of the flock.
3. If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the Lord.
4. Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
5. He shall kill the bull before the Lord; and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

Exodus: God’s Glory Cloud

Exodus 40:34-38 (NKJV)

34. Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
35. And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
36. Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys.
37. But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up. 38. For the cloud of the Lord was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Exodus: Gave more than enough

Exodus 36:2-7 (NKJV)

2. Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, everyone whose heart was stirred, to come and do the work.
3. And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of making the sanctuary. So they continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning.
4. Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work he was doing,
5. and they spoke to Moses, saying, “The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the Lord commanded us to do.”
6. So Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.” And the people were restrained from bringing,
7. for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done.

Exodus: Skilled Artisans

Exodus 31:1-11 (NKJV)

1. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2. “See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
3. And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
4. to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze,
5. in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of workmanship.
6. “And I, indeed I, have appointed with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have put wisdom in the hearts of all the gifted artisans, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
7. the tabernacle of meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furniture of the tabernacle
8. the table and its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,
9. the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base
10. the garments of ministry, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests,
11. and the anointing oil and sweet incense for the holy place. According to all that I have commanded you they shall do.”

Exodus: The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:1-17(NKJV)

1. And God spoke all these words, saying:
2. “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3. “You shall have no other gods before Me.
4. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
5. you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
6. but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
7. “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
8. “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9. Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10. but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.
11. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. 

12. “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
13. “You shall not murder.
14. “You shall not commit adultery.
15. “You shall not steal.
16. “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17. “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Exodus: Exiting Egypt – The Exodus

Exodus 12:31-36 (NKJV)

31. Then he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, “Rise, go out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel. And go, serve the Lord as you have said.
32. Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.”
33. And the Egyptians urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.”
34. So the people took their dough before it was leavened, having their kneading bowls bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.
35. Now the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked from the Egyptians articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing.
36. And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.

Exodus: Egypt's Plague the 10th and final one

10th Plague – Death of all firstborn
Against – Pharaoh / The ultimate power of Egypt.
Pharaoh was looked at as a god not just a king.

Exodus 11:4-7 (NKJV)
4. Then Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt;
5. and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the animals.
6. Then there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as was not like it before, nor shall be like it again.
7. But against none of the children of Israel shall a dog move its tongue, against man or beast, that you may know that the Lord does make a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.’

Exodus: Plagues on Egypt # 7-9

7th Plague – Hail rained down in the form of fire
Against – Nut / Egyptian goddess of the sky.

Exodus 9:22-26 (NKJV)
22. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt—on man, on beast, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.”
23. And Moses stretched out his rod toward heaven; and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire darted to the ground. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
24. So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, so very heavy that there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
25. And the hail struck throughout the whole land of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail struck every herb of the field and broke every tree of the field.
26. Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.


8th Plague – Locusts sent from the sky
Against – Seth / Egyptian god of storms and disorder.

Exodus 10:3-6 (NKJV)
3. So Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
4. Or else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.
5. And they shall cover the face of the earth, so that no one will be able to see the earth; and they shall eat the residue of what is left, which remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field.
6. They shall fill your houses, the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians—which neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’” And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.


9th Plague – Three days of complete darkness
Against – Ra / The sun god.

Exodus 10:21-23 (NKJV)
21. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness which may even be felt.”
22. So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.
23. They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

Exodus: Plagues on Egypt # 4-6

4th Plague – Swarm of flies
Against – Khepri / Egyptian god of creation, movement of the sun and rebirth.
This god had the head of a fly.

Exodus 8:21-24 (NKJV)
21. Or else, if you will not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.
22. And in that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, in order that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the land.
23. I will make a difference between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall be.”
24. And the Lord did so. Thick swarms of flies came into the house of Pharaoh, into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt. The land was corrupted because of the swarms of flies.


5th Plague – Death of cattle and livestock
Against – Hathor / Egyptian goddess of love and protection.
This goddess was depicted with the head of a cow.

Exodus 9:3-7 (NKJV)
3. behold, the hand of the Lord will be on your cattle in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the oxen, and on the sheep—a very severe pestilence.
4. And the Lord will make a difference between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt. So nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.”
5. Then the Lord appointed a set time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.”
6. So the Lord did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.
7. Then Pharaoh sent, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of the Israelites was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh became hard, and he did not let the people go.



6th Plague – Ashes turned to boils and sores
Against – Isis / Egyptian goddess of medicine and peace.

Exodus 9:8-11 (NKJV)
8. So the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of ashes from a furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward the heavens in the sight of Pharaoh.
9. And it will become fine dust in all the land of Egypt, and it will cause boils that break out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.”
10. Then they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered them toward heaven. And they caused boils that break out in sores on man and beast.
11. And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.

Exodus: Plagues on Egypt # 1-3

1st Plague – Water turned to blood  
Against – Hapi / Egyptian god of the Nile.
This god was a water bearer.

Exodus 7:19-21 (NKJV)
19. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, that they may become blood. And there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in buckets of wood and pitchers of stone.”
20. And Moses and Aaron did so, just as the Lord commanded. So he lifted up the rod and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants. And all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
21. The fish that were in the river died, the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river. So there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.


2nd Plague – Frogs from all water sources
Against – Heket / Egyptain god of fertility, water and renewal.
This god had the head of a frog

Exodus 8:2-6 (NKJV)
2. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your territory with frogs.
3. So the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, into your bedroom, on your bed, into the houses of your servants, on your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls.
4. And the frogs shall come up on you, on your people, and on all your servants.”
5. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, Stretch out your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.”
6. So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.


3rd Plague – Lice from the dust of the earth.
Against – Geb / Egyptian god of the earth.
This god was over the dust of the earth.

Exodus 8:16-19 (NKJV)
16. So the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, so that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.’”
17. And they did so. For Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and struck the dust of the earth, and it became lice on man and beast. All the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
18. Now the magicians so worked with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not. So there were lice on man and beast.
19. Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the Lord had said.

Exodus: God sends Moses to Pharaoh

Exodus 3:7-11 (NKJV)

7. And the Lord said: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
8. So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
9. Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
10. Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
11. But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”

Exodus: Moses was scared and ran

Exodus 2:11-15 (NKJV)

11. Now it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
12. So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
13. And when he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, “Why are you striking your companion?”
14. Then he said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” So Moses feared and said, “Surely this thing is known!”
15. When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.

Exodus: Moses was saved by Pharaoh’s daughter

Exodus 1:15-2:6 (NKJV)

15. Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah;
16. and he said, “When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
17. But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
18. So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?”
19. And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.”
20. Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty.
21. And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them.
22. So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born[a] you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”


Chapter 2
1. And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi.
2. So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months.
3. But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.
4. And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
5. Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it.
6. And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

Genesis - Joseph’s Death

Genesis 50:22-26(NKJV)

[22] So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s household. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.
[23] Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph’s knees.
[24] And Joseph said to his brethren, “I am dying; but God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
[25] Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”
[26] So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Genesis - Joseph’s Fathers Death

Genesis 50:1-6 (NKJV)

[1] Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him, and kissed him.
[2] And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
[3] Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
[4] Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying,
[5] My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come back.’”
[6] And Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

Genesis - Joseph’s Rise to Power

Genesis 41:37-46 (NKJV)

[37] So the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.
[38] And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”
[39] Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
[40] You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
[41] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”
[42] Then Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.
[43] And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he set him over all the land of Egypt.
[44] Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”
[45] And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
[46] Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

Genesis - Issac Blesses Jacob Instead of Esau

Genesis 27:11-29 (NKJV)

[11] And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.
[12] Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.”
[13] But his mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.” [14] And he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
[15] Then Rebekah took the choice clothes of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.
[16] And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
[17] Then she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
[18] So he went to his father and said, “My father.”
And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
[19] Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me; please arise, sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”
[20] But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?”
And he said, “Because the Lord your God brought it to me.”
[21] Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
[22] So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
[23] And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
[24] Then he said, “Are you really my son Esau?”
He said, “I am.”
[25] He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, so that my soul may bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
[26] Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near now and kiss me, my son.”
[27] And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said:
“Surely, the smell of my son
Is like the smell of a field
Which the Lord has blessed.
[28] Therefore may God give you
Of the dew of heaven,
Of the fatness of the earth,
And plenty of grain and wine.
[29] Let peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you.
Be master over your brethren,
And let your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you,
And blessed be those who bless you!”

Genesis - Joseph Sold By His Brothers

Genesis 37:18-35 (NKJV)

[18] Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.
[19] Then they said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is coming!
[20] Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”
[21] But Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.”
[22] And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.
[23] So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him.
[24] Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
[25] And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
[26] So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
[27] Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh.” And his brothers listened.
[28] Then Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.
[29] Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
[30] And he returned to his brothers and said, “The lad is no more; and I, where shall I go?”
[31] So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood.
[32] Then they sent the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father and said, “We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son’s tunic or not?”
[33] And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.”
[34] Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
[35] And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

Genesis - Jacob’s Twelve Sons

Genesis 35:23-26 (NKJV)

[23] the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;
[24] the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin;
[25] the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant, were Dan and Naphtali;
[26] and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram.

Genesis - A Bride For Isaac

Genesis 24:51-67 (NKJV)

[51] Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as the Lord has spoken.”
[52] And it came to pass, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, that he worshiped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.
[53] Then the servant brought out jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.
[54] And he and the men who were with him ate and drank and stayed all night. Then they arose in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.”
[55] But her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us a few days, at least ten; after that she may go.”
[56] And he said to them, “Do not hinder me, since the Lord has prospered my way; send me away so that I may go to my master.”
[57] So they said, “We will call the young woman and ask her personally.”
[58] Then they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?”
And she said, “I will go.”
[59] So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant and his men.
[60] And they blessed Rebekah and said to her:
“Our sister, may you become
The mother of thousands of ten thousands;
And may your descendants possess
The gates of those who hate them.”
[61] Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.
[62] Now Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he dwelt in the South.
[63] And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels were coming.
[64] Then Rebekah lifted her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted from her camel;
[65] for she had said to the servant, “Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?”
The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took a veil and covered herself.
[66] And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
[67] Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Genesis - Your Name Shall Be Abraham

Genesis 17:1-11 (NKJV)

[1] When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
[2] And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
[3] Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying:
[4] “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.
[5] No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.
[6] I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.
[7] And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.
[8] Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
[9] And God said to Abraham: “As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
[10] This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised;
[11] and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

Genesis - Abraham’s Faith Confirmed

Genesis 22:1-13 (NKJV)

[1] Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
[2] Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
[3] So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
[4] Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.
[5] And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”
[6] So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.
[7] But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”
And he said, “Here I am, my son.”
Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
[8] And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
[9] Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
[10] And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
So he said, “Here I am.”
[12] And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
[13] Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

Genesis - God’s Covenant with Noah

Genesis 9:8-17 (NKJV)

[8] Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying:
[9] “And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you,
[10] and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth.
[11] Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
[12] And God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
[13] I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
[14] It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud;
[15] and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
[16] The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”
[17] And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

Genesis - Promises to Abram

Genesis 12:1-7 (NKJV)

[1] Now the Lord had said to Abram:
“Get out of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.
[2] I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
[3] I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
[4] So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
[5] Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.
[6] Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.
[7] Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis - The Ark Is Built

Genesis 6:9-22 (NKJV)

[9] This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
[10] And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[11] The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
[12] So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
[13] And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
[14] Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.
[15] And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
[16] You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
[17] And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
[18] But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
[19] And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
[20] Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.
[21] And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”
[22] Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.
Part Four: God’s Covenant with Noah
Genesis 9:8-17 (NKJV)
[8] Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying:
[9] “And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you,
[10] and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth.
[11] Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
[12] And God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
[13] I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
[14] It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud;
[15] and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
[16] The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”
[17] And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

Genesis - The Family of Adam

Genesis 5 (NKJV)

[1] This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.
[2] He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.
[3] And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
[4] After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.
[5] So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
[6] Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.
[7] After he begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters.
[8] So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.
[9] Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Cainan.
[10] After he begot Cainan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters.
[11] So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
[12] Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.
[13] After he begot Mahalalel, Cainan lived eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters.
[14] So all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.
[15][ Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared.
[16] After he begot Jared, Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters.
[17] So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.
[18] Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Enoch.
[19] After he begot Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters.
[20] So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.
[21] Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah.
[22] After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters.
[23] So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.
[24] And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
[25] Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech.
[26] After he begot Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters.
[27] So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.
[28] Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and had a son.
[29] And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed.”
[30] After he begot Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters.
[31] So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.
[32] And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.