Genesis 1 - Geneva Study Bible
1:1 In the a beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
The Argument - Moses in effect declares three things, which are in this book chiefly to be considered: First, that the world and all things in it were created by God, and to praise his Name f ... read more
Genesis 10 - Geneva Study Bible
10:1 a Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
(a) These generations are here recited, partly to declare the marvellous increase, and also to set forth their great forge ... read more
Genesis 11 - Geneva Study Bible
11:2 And it came to pass, a as b they journeyed from the c east, that they found a plain in the land of d Shinar; and they dwelt there.
(a) One hundred and thirty years after the flood.
(b) That is, Nimrod and his company.
(c) That is, from Armenia w ... read more
Genesis 12 - Geneva Study Bible
12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, a Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto b a land that I will shew thee:
(a) From the flood to this time were four hundred and twenty-three years.
(b) In appointing h ... read more
Genesis 13 - Geneva Study Bible
13:1 And a Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
(a) His great riches gotten in Egypt, did not hinder him in following his vocation.
13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even ... read more
Genesis 14 - Geneva Study Bible
14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of a Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of b nations;
(a) That is, of Babylon: by kings here, meaning, them that were governors of cities.
(b) Of a people gat ... read more
Genesis 15 - Geneva Study Bible
15:2 And Abram said, a Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house [is] this Eliezer of Damascus?
(a) His fear was not only lest he should not have children, but lest the promise of the blessed seed should not b ... read more
Genesis 16 - Geneva Study Bible
16:1 Now a Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.
(a) It seems that she had respect for God's promise, which could not be accomplished without issue.
16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Beh ... read more
Genesis 17 - Geneva Study Bible
17:4 As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a a father of many nations.
(a) Not only physical descendants, but of a far greater multitude by faith, (Romans 4:17).
17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but ... read more
Genesis 18 - Geneva Study Bible
18:2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three a men stood by him: and when he saw [them], he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
(a) That is, three angels in the shape of men.
18:3 And said, My b Lord, ... read more
Genesis 19 - Geneva Study Bible
19:1 And there came two a angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing [them] rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
(a) In which we see God's provident care in preserving his: even thou ... read more
Genesis 2 - Geneva Study Bible
2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the a host of them.
(a) That is, the innumerable abundance of creatures in heaven and earth.
2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he b rested on the seventh da ... read more
Genesis 20 - Geneva Study Bible
20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and a Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
(a) Which was toward Egypt.
20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, b She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar se ... read more
Genesis 21 - Geneva Study Bible
21:2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his a old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
(a) Therefore the miracle was greater.
21:7 And she said, b Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children su ... read more
Genesis 22 - Geneva Study Bible
22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of a Moriah; and b offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
(a) Signifying the fear of God, in whi ... read more
Genesis 23 - Geneva Study Bible
23:3 And Abraham a stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
(a) That is, when he had mourned: so the godly may mourn if they do not pass measure, and the natural affection is commendable.
23:6 Hear us, my lord: thou [a ... read more
Genesis 24 - Geneva Study Bible
24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, a Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
(a) Which ceremony declared, the servants obedience towards his master, and the master's power over the servant.
... read more
Genesis 25 - Geneva Study Bible
25:1 Then again Abraham a took a wife, and her name [was] Keturah.
(a) While Sarah was yet alive.
25:6 But unto the b sons of the c concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham d gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastw ... read more
Genesis 26 - Geneva Study Bible
26:1 And there was a famine in the a land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
(a) In the land of Canaan.
26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, b Go not ... read more
Genesis 27 - Geneva Study Bible
27:4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my a soul may bless thee before I die.
(a) The carnal affection he had for his son made him forget what God spoke to his wife. (Genesis 25:23).
27:9 b Go now ... read more
Genesis 28 - Geneva Study Bible
28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, and a blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
(a) This second blessing was to confirm Jacob's faith, lest he should think that his father had given it without ... read more
Genesis 29 - Geneva Study Bible
29:1 Then Jacob a went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
(a) Or, "lifted up his feet".
29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, b and, lo, there [were] three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that wel ... read more
Genesis 3 - Geneva Study Bible
3:1 Now the serpent was more a subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he b said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
(a) As Satan can change himself into an angel of light, so di ... read more
Genesis 30 - Geneva Study Bible
30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in a God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
(a) It is only God who makes one barren or fruitful, and therefore I am not at fault.
30:3 And she said, Beho ... read more
Genesis 31 - Geneva Study Bible
31:1 And he heard the a words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that [was] our father's; and of [that] which [was] our father's hath he gotten all this glory.
(a) The children put in words what the father disguised in his heart for the ... read more
Genesis 32 - Geneva Study Bible
32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, a This [is] God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
(a) He acknowledges God's benefits: who for the preservation of his, sends hosts of angels.
32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ... read more
Genesis 33 - Geneva Study Bible
33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he a divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
(a) That if the one part were assailed, the other might escape. ... read more
Genesis 34 - Geneva Study Bible
34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, a went out to see the daughters of the land.
(a) This example teaches us that too much liberty is not to be given to youth.
34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, b Get m ... read more
Genesis 35 - Geneva Study Bible
35:1 And a God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
(a) God is ever at hand to comfort his people in their troubles.
... read more
Genesis 36 - Geneva Study Bible
36:1 Now these [are] a the generations of Esau, who [is] Edom.
(a) This genealogy declares that Esau was blessed physically and that his father's blessing took place in worldly things.
36:2 Esau took his wives of the b daughters of Canaan; Adah the ... read more
Genesis 37 - Geneva Study Bible
37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
(a) That is, the story of such things as came to him and his family as in (Genesis 5:1)
37:2 These [are] the generations of Jacob. Joseph, [being] sevente ... read more
Genesis 38 - Geneva Study Bible
38:1 And it came to pass at that time, that a Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name [was] Hirah.
(a) Moses describes the genealogy of Judah, because the Messiah should come from him.
38:2 And Judah saw ... read more
Genesis 39 - Geneva Study Bible
39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an a officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
(a) See (Genesis 37:36).
39:2 And the b LORD was w ... read more
Genesis 4 - Geneva Study Bible
4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she a conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man b from the LORD.
(a) Man's nature, the estate of marriage, and God's blessing were not utterly abolished through sin, but the quality or condition of it w ... read more
Genesis 40 - Geneva Study Bible
40:3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where a Joseph [was] bound.
(a) God works in many wonderful ways to deliver his own.
40:5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in ... read more
Genesis 41 - Geneva Study Bible
41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh a dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
(a) This dream was not so much for Pharaoh, as is was a means to deliver Joseph and to provide for God's Church.
41:5 And he slept and ... read more
Genesis 42 - Geneva Study Bible
42:1 Now when a Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye b look one upon another?
(a) This story shows plainly that all things are governed by God's providence for the profit of his Church.
(b) As men destitute of co ... read more
Genesis 43 - Geneva Study Bible
43:1 And the a famine [was] sore in the land.
(a) This was a great temptation to Jacob to suffer such a great famine in the land where God had promised to bless him.
43:12 And take b double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in ... read more
Genesis 44 - Geneva Study Bible
44:2 And a put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
(a) We may not use this example to justify any unlawful practices, seeing God has commanded us to w ... read more
Genesis 45 - Geneva Study Bible
45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, a Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
(a) Not because he was ashamed of his k ... read more
Genesis 46 - Geneva Study Bible
46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and a offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
(a) By this he signified both that he worshipped the true God, and that he kept in his heart the possession of that ... read more
Genesis 47 - Geneva Study Bible
47:2 And he took some of his brethren, [even] a five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
(a) That the king might be assured that they had come, and to see what type of people they were.
47:6 The b land of Egypt [is] before thee; in the best of the ... read more
Genesis 48 - Geneva Study Bible
48:1 And it came to pass after these things, that [one] told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took with him his a two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
(a) Joseph valued his children being received into Jacob's family, which was the Church of God ... read more
Genesis 49 - Geneva Study Bible
49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that] which shall befall you
in the (a) last days.
(a) When God will bring you out of Egypt, and because he speaks of the Messiah, he calls it the last day ... read more
Genesis 5 - Geneva Study Bible
5:1 This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the a likeness of God made he him;
(a) Read (Genesis 1:26).
5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name b Adam, in the day when ... read more
Genesis 50 - Geneva Study Bible
50:2 And Joseph commanded his servants the a physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
(a) He means those who embalmed the dead and buried them.
50:3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of ... read more
Genesis 6 - Geneva Study Bible
6:2 That the a sons of God saw the daughters b of men that they [were] c fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
(a) The children of the godly who began to degenerate.
(b) Those that had wicked parents, as if from Cain.
(c) Having mor ... read more
Genesis 7 - Geneva Study Bible
7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen a righteous before me in this generation.
(a) In respect to the rest of the world, and because he had a desire to serve God and live uprightly.
7:2 Of ev ... read more
Genesis 8 - Geneva Study Bible
8:1 And God a remembered Noah, and b every living thing, and all the cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
(a) Not that God forgets his at any time, but when he sends comfort then he ... read more
Genesis 9 - Geneva Study Bible
9:1 And God a blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
(a) God increased them with fruit, and declared to them his counsel as concerning the replenishing of the earth.
9:2 And the b fear of y ... read more
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