Category: Bible Stories

  • Abram Named Abraham

    Abram Named Abraham – Genesis 17 Sweet Publishing/FreeBibleimages.org/CC BY-SA 3.0 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with you,…

  • The Covenant of Circumcision

    The Covenant of Circumcision – Genesis 17 9 And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you, and your seed after you in their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between me and you. 12 And he…

  • Abraham’s Celestial Visitors

    Abraham’s Celestial Visitors – Genesis 18 1 And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, see, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favor in your…

  • Abraham Begs for Sodom

    Abraham Begs for Sodom – Genesis 18 16 And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I know him, that he will command his children…

  • Lot Welcomes the Angels

    Lot Welcomes the Angels – Genesis 19 1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and you shall rise up early, and go on your ways.…

  • Lot Flees to Zoar

    Lot Flees to Zoar – Genesis 19 Sweet Publishing/FreeBibleimages.org/CC BY-SA 3.0 12 And the men said to Lot, Have you here any besides? son in law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whatever you have in the city, bring them out of this place: 13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD has sent us to destroy it. 14 And Lot went out,…

  • Story of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and Lot’s Wife

    The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah – Genesis 19 24 Then the LORD rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground. Lot’s Wife Looks Back – Genesis 19 26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. Sweet Publishing/FreeBibleimages.org / CC BY-SA 3.0…

  • The Birth of Isaac: Genesis 21:1-8

    Sweet Publishing/FreeBibleimages.org/CC BY-SA 3.0 The Birth of Isaac – Genesis 21 1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised his…

  • The Offering of Isaac

    The Offering of Isaac – Genesis 22 1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and get you into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of. 3 And Abraham rose up…

  • Story of Isaac – A Wife for Isaac

    Sweet Publishing/FreeBibleimages.org/CC BY-SA 3.0 A Wife for Isaac – Genesis 24 1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said to his oldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh: 3 And I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that you shall…