Quotes about Genesis
“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
— Genesis 37:16
And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
— Genesis 37:25
They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”
— Genesis 37:32
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
— Genesis 38:1
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
— Genesis 38:3
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
— Genesis 38:4
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
— Genesis 38:5
Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
— Genesis 38:6
What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
— Genesis 38:10
When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
— Genesis 38:13
she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
— Genesis 38:14
“What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
— Genesis 38:18