Category: Genesis [ERV]

Joseph Explains Two Dreams 1. Later, two of Pharaoh’s servants did something wrong to Pharaoh. These servants were the baker and the man who served wine to Pharaoh. 2. Pharaoh became angry with his baker and wine server, 3. so he put them in the same prison as Joseph. Potiphar, the commander of Pharaoh’s guards, […]

Joseph Is Sold to Potiphar in Egypt 1. The traders who bought Joseph took him down to Egypt. They sold him to the captain of Pharaoh’s guard, Potiphar. 2. The Lord helped Joseph become a successful man. Joseph lived in the house of his master, Potiphar the Egyptian. 3. Potiphar saw that the Lord was […]

Judah and Tamar 1. About that time, Judah left his brothers and went to stay with a man named Hirah from the town of Adullam. 2. Judah met a Canaanite girl there and married her. The girl’s father was named Shua. 3. The Canaanite girl gave birth to a son and named him Er. 4. […]

Joseph the Dreamer 1. Jacob stayed and lived in the land of Canaan. This is the same land where his father had lived. 2. This is the story of Jacob’s family. Joseph was a young man, 17 years old. His job was to take care of the sheep and the goats. Joseph did this work […]

Esau’s Family 1. This is the history of the family of Esau (Edom). 2. Esau married women from the land of Canaan. His wives were Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon the Hivite, and 3. Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. 4. Esau and […]

Jacob in Bethel 1. God said to Jacob, “Go to the town of Bethel. That is where I appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau. Live there and make an altar to honor me as El,[b] the God who appeared to you.” 2. So Jacob told his family and all […]

The Rape of Dinah 1. One day, Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob, went out to see the women of that place. 2. She was seen by Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area. Shechem took Dinah and raped her. 3. But he was so attracted to her that he […]

Jacob Meets Esau 1. Jacob looked and saw Esau coming with 400 men. Jacob divided his family into four groups. Leah and her children were in one group, Rachel and Joseph were in one group, and the two maids and their children were in two groups. 2. Jacob put the maids with their children first. […]

Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau 1. Jacob also left that place. While he was traveling, he saw God’s angels. 2. When he saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp!” So Jacob named that place Mahanaim. 3. Jacob’s brother Esau was living in the area called Seir in the hill country of Edom. Jacob sent […]

Time to Leave [Jacob Runs Away] 1. One day Jacob heard Laban’s sons talking. They said, “Jacob has taken everything that our father owned. He has become rich and he has taken all this wealth from our father.” 2. Then Jacob noticed that Laban was not as friendly as he had been in the past. […]