Category Scripture Reading

Genesis 2:15 And the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to till (dress) it and to keep (guard) it. When reading this verse, it feels a little strange. God had already caused every…

Genesis 2:11–12 The name of the first river is Pison; it is the one that flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are also…

Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of…

Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. God formed (יָצַר) man from the dust of the ground, which…

Genesis 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, These verses correspond to Genesis 1:1–2. After God created the…

Genesis 2:2 “And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.” After completing the work God had made, He rested on…

Genesis 1:31 And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Everything God made was very good in God’s eyes. In particular, Adam was made…

Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it… From this verse, God established the rule of blessing. Blessing signifies God’s favor, guidance, and support. Blessing is…

Gen.1:27. This verse is not a paradox with the verse above. Here, God revealed a new kind of creation—a collective humanity, not a single man. That is why the Scripture used created (ברא), not made (עשה) here. At the end…

Genesis 1:26 “And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the fowl of the air, over the cattle, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” In this highest conference…