• Genesis: Israel & Joseph

    Esau took his wives [the daughters of Canaan], children, flocks and belongings and moved away from Jacob because their riches were too great to live together. Esau lived in mount Seir – These are the generations of Esau, father of Edom in mount Seir:  He took his wives from the daughters of Canaan.  …

  • Genesis: Issac, Esau & Jacob

    Ishmael [Hagars and Abraham’s son] had sons named, Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. Twelve princes of twelve nations.  Ishmael died at 137 years old. He lived with all his brethrens from Hauilah into Shur, towards Egypt near Asshur.  When Issac was 40 years old, he married Rebekah….

  • Genesis: Abram

    These are the generations of Terah –   Terah [at 70 years old] had three sons he named, Abram, Nahor and Haran.   Haran had sons named Lot and Isacah and a daughter named Milcah. Haran died before his father in the land of Ur of the Caldees.  Abram took Sarai as his wife and Nahor married Milcah.  Terah…

  • Genesis: Noah

    Noah was 500 years old when his sons Shem, Ham and Japheth were born.  When man began to multiply and have fair daughters, the sons of God took the women they liked: God said, My spirit will not always strive with man, he is but flesh and his days will be 120 years….

  • I Genesis: Creation

    This is the creation of earth and it’s people. The earth was without form, void and dark. The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. He created a firmament, “dividing the water from the waters,” from above and under. He called this firmament, heaven. Inside this firmament, God created…

  • David’s son, Amnon

    David had a herd of kids by a herd of different women. This is the story of one of them… David had a son named Absalom, who had a sister named Tamar. Well, David’s other son, Amnon was in love with her. You still with me?… two sons,…

  • David & Bath-sheba

    [[David [the sheepherder] who God chose, the one who killed Goliath, was now King over the children of Israel and had multiple wives and concubines was living in Jerusalem.]] So, one day David wakes up and goes out on his roof and sees a beautiful woman washing herself….

  • my god.

    I had tried to read a few different versions of the bible, rarely getting to all the ‘begats’ before I’d lost interest. Friends had given me advice to skip the Old Testament and just read the New; stating “that was the part that mattered.” However, starting at the…