Contemplative Bible Reading

Genesis 18:11-14 (New Living Translation) 11 Abraham and Sarah were both very old by this time, and Sarah was long past the age of having children. 12 So she laughed silently to herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master—my husband—is also so old?” 13 Then […]

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Genesis 15:13-16 (New Living Translation) 13 Then the Lord said to Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years. 14 But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with […]

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Genesis 4:10-12 (New Living Translation) 10 But the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground! 11 Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother’s blood. 12 No longer will the ground yield good crops for you, no matter how […]

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Genesis 3:22-23 (New English Translation) 22 And the Lord God said, “Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God expelled him […]

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Genesis 3:8 (New English Translation) Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God moving about in the orchard at the breezy time of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the orchard. Adam and Eve were pretty smart; Adam and Eve were close to […]

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Genesis 14:22-23 (New English Translation) 22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow 23 that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can […]

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Genesis 41:37-38 (New Living Translation) 37 Joseph’s suggestions were well received by Pharaoh and his officials. 38 So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find anyone else like this man so obviously filled with the spirit of God?” Joseph had impressed Pharaoh, so Pharaoh replies in verse 38. Notice what Pharaoh believes: There is a […]

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Genesis 14:22-23 (New English Translation) 22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand to the LORD, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow 23 that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can […]

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Genesis 4:17 (New English Translation) 4:17 Cain had marital relations with his wife, and she became pregnant43 and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch Okay, here is my (probably silly) theory on where these other people came from: I think the Garden of […]

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Genesis 4:6-7 (New English Translation) 6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast? 7 Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires […]

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