Quotes about Genesis
And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
— Genesis 28:22
Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
— Genesis 29:1
He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
— Genesis 29:2
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
— Genesis 29:9
He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
— Genesis 29:12
Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
— Genesis 29:15
Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
— Genesis 29:16
And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
— Genesis 29:24
Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
— Genesis 29:29
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
— Genesis 29:33
Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
— Genesis 29:34
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
— Genesis 30:3