10 Now there was a famine in the land. [Famines compel all of the patriarchs to move at some point.] So Abram went down to Egypt to...

4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. [Abram...

Chapters 12-50 of Genesis contain three long connected cycles of narrative: 11:27-25:11 The Story of Abraham 25:19-35:29 The...

27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. 28 Haran died in the presence...

10 These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived...

The narrative structure & palistrophe of the Tower of Babel v. 1 Introduction v. 2 Scene 1: The travels of mankind vv. 3-4 ...

1 These are the generations [introduces a new section] of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the...

18 The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan [emphasized here because he...

8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9 “Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you [not only with...

1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. [This is God’s third blessing on...