Sermons & Devotionals by 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 land from which need drove him at that time. 46... Read More

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 land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the... Read More

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, more than enjoying all the treasures of Egypt.... Read More

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 days. 49:3 Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my b mig... Read More

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 they were created. (b) By giving them both one name,... Read More

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 those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned... Read More

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 more respect for their beauty and worldly considerati... Read More

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 every b clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens... Read More

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 shows that he remembers them. (b) If God rememb... Read More

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 you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast o... Read More