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.