Genesis
Old Testament · Law · 35 chapter studies · 35 narrated · Total audio: 11 hrs 33 min
Read Genesis in canonical sequence.
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- Intro Genesis - General Introduction Genesis introduces creation, fall, covenant, promise, and providence as the foundation for reading Scripture through Christ and the life of the Church.
- 1 Genesis 1 - Creation and the Image of God Genesis 1 proclaims that everything begins with God speaking: creation is ordered, blessed, declared good, and crowned with humanity made in the image and likeness of God.
- 2 Genesis 2 - Eden Marriage and the Breath of Life Genesis 2 reveals God forming man from the dust, breathing life into him, planting Eden, and establishing marriage as communion, stewardship, and gift.
- 3 Genesis 3 - The Fall and the First Promise Genesis 3 traces distrust into shame, blame, toil, and death, while the enmity promised in 3:15 opens a hope Christians read in the victory of Christ.
- 4 Genesis 4 - Cain Abel and the Wound of Worship Genesis 4 shows worship turned inward as Cain rejects correction, envies Abel, and rises against his brother. The study carries the wound of false worship and violence while...
- 5 Genesis 5 - Adam’s Generations and the Hope of Enoch Genesis 5 traces Adam’s generations under the repeated shadow of death, yet keeps the promise alive through Seth, Enoch, and Noah. The study weighs the grief of mortality against...
- 6-8 Genesis 6-8 - Noah the Ark Flood and New Beginning Genesis 6 8 presents the flood as judgment on a corrupt and violent world, yet also as salvation through the ark. The study carries the holy seriousness of sin and the mystery of...
- 9 Genesis 9 - Covenant with Noah and the Bow in the Clouds Genesis 9 reveals God blessing Noah, covenanting with all flesh, and setting the bow in the clouds after the flood. The study holds mercy and realism together, showing a preserved...
- 10-11 Genesis 10-11 - Nations Babel and the Call Prepared Genesis 10 11 traces the nations after the flood, the pride of Babel, and the narrowing line that leads toward Abram. The study shows judgment as mercy restraining rebellion while...
- 12 Genesis 12 - Abram Called and the Promise to All Nations God calls Abram to live by His promise, beginning the history of faith through which blessing reaches the nations in Christ, while worship, famine, and the danger to Sarai reveal...
- 13-14 Genesis 13-14 - Separation Lot War and Melchizedek Abram learns to receive rather than grasp: returning to the altar, yielding land, rescuing Lot, receiving priestly blessing, and refusing the patronage of Sodom, while Melchizedek...
- 15 Genesis 15 - Covenant Faith and the Smoking Furnace God receives Abram's grief, counts his faith for righteousness, and pledges an inheritance whose fulfillment will pass through suffering and generations of waiting, opening toward...
- 16 Genesis 16 - Hagar Ishmael and the God Who Sees A household's attempt to secure its future drives Hagar into the wilderness, where God hears her affliction, gives her son a future, and receives her confession of the God who...
- 17 Genesis 17 - Circumcision Covenant and the Eighth Day God names Abraham and Sarah before the promised birth, gives circumcision as the embodied covenant sign, hears the plea for Ishmael, and opens a hope the Church receives through...
- 18 Genesis 18 - The Lord Visits Abraham and Intercession for Sodom Abraham's welcome becomes a school of faith, household justice, and intercession: the Lord renews Sarah's promise and draws His servant into prayer for an endangered city.
- 19 Genesis 19 - Sodom Judgment Rescue and Tragic Aftermath God hears the cry against Sodom, rescues Lot in mercy, and remembers Abraham; the household's tragic aftermath calls the Church to protect the vulnerable, repent truthfully, and...
- 20-21 Genesis 20-21 - Abimelech Isaac Born and Hagar Comforted God protects Sarah while correcting Abraham, fulfills His word in Isaac, hears Ishmael in the wilderness, and calls the household of promise to truthful dealings before its...
- 22 Genesis 22 - The Binding of Isaac Abraham carries God's promise into a bewildering test; Isaac is spared, the ram is provided, and the Church learns to hope in the beloved Son who freely dies and rises for the...
- 23-24 Genesis 23-24 - Sarah’s Burial and Isaac’s Bride Abraham honors Sarah's body in the promised land, and a praying servant brings Rebekah to Isaac: God's fidelity sustains grief, honest discernment, willing obedience, and the love...
- 25-26 Genesis 25-26 - Generations Esau Jacob and Isaac’s Sojourning God carries Abraham's promise into Isaac's household, where prayer, rivalry, fear, and contested wells reveal both the gift of holy inheritance and the repentance needed to...
- 27 Genesis 27 - Jacob Esau and the Stolen Blessing A father's blessing survives deception, yet the household is wounded; Genesis 27 teaches truth, mercy, and hope in the Son through whom Abraham's blessing reaches the nations.
- 28 Genesis 28 - Jacob’s Ladder and Bethel God meets Jacob before his healing is complete, promises His abiding presence, and opens a vision fulfilled in Christ, through whom strangers become members of God's household.
- 29-30 Genesis 29-30 - Jacob Leah Rachel and the Children of Israel God sees Leah, hears Rachel, and carries His promise into a divided household, preparing Judah’s royal line and Joseph’s preserving work while teaching His people truthful love,...
- 31 Genesis 31 - Jacob Leaves Laban The God of Bethel sees Jacob's labor, calls the household home, restrains Laban, and receives a witnessed peace that protects the daughters and opens the road ahead.
- 32 Genesis 32 - Jacob Wrestles and Becomes Israel Jacob carries fear into promise shaped prayer, receives blessing and the name Israel, and discovers the God who makes Himself known while preserving human life.
- 33-34 Genesis 33-34 - Reconciliation with Esau and the Defilement at Shechem Genesis 33 34 sets Jacob’s tearful reconciliation with Esau beside the violation and bloodshed at Shechem. The study soberly teaches that real peace in one relationship does not...
- 35-36 Genesis 35-36 - Return to Bethel Rachel’s Death and Esau’s Line Genesis 35 36 brings Jacob back to Bethel for renewed worship while recording death, sin, and Esau’s generations. The study shows repentance as a real return to God, even while...
- 37 Genesis 37 - Joseph Betrayed by His Brothers Joseph is betrayed by envy, stripped, sold, and carried toward Egypt, becoming a type of Christ and a warning against family sin.
- 38 Genesis 38 - Judah Tamar and Hidden Righteousness Genesis 38 exposes Judah’s hypocrisy and Tamar’s neglected place within the line of promise. The chapter is morally difficult but spiritually necessary, showing truth breaking...
- 39-41 Genesis 39-41 - Joseph in Egypt Prison and Exaltation Genesis 39 41 follows Joseph through purity, slander, prison, forgotten service, wisdom, and exaltation in Egypt. The study shows God’s providence working through injustice and...
- 42-45 Genesis 42-45 - Joseph Tests and Reveals Himself Joseph tests his brothers until truth, repentance, Judah's self offering, and merciful providence come into the open.
- 46-47 Genesis 46-47 - Israel Goes Down to Egypt Jacob goes down to Egypt under God's promise, Joseph preserves the family through famine, and Israel receives mercy in Egypt without making Egypt the final homeland.
- 48 Genesis 48 - Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh Jacob adopts Joseph's sons, blesses Ephraim before Manasseh, and teaches that inheritance is received by promise and grace.
- 49 Genesis 49 - Jacob Blesses the Twelve Tribes Jacob blesses the twelve sons truthfully, naming sin and vocation while Judah's royal promise opens toward the expectation of the nations.
- 50 Genesis 50 - Joseph Forgives and Genesis Ends in Hope Joseph forgives his brothers, confesses God's providence over human evil, and leaves Genesis pointing toward divine visitation and embodied hope.