Abraham and Sarah Lied To King Abimelech

And so it came to pass that Abraham [previously Abram] and Sarah packed up and did some travelling.  They dwelled for a while between Kadesh and Shur and then journeyed to Gerar.  They decided to settle down in Gerar for a while. When they got there they lied to the king of Gerar ... Abimelech.  As with the Egyptian Pharaoh they again said that Sarah...

Lot And His Daughters

Abram [now called Abraham ... as The Lord renamed him, because he was going to be the father of God's nation] got up the morning of the Great Burning of Sodom and Gomorrah and went to a place where he stood in the Presence of The Lord.   As he looked towards the far horizon, towards Sodom and Gomorrah, there was burning smoke as far as he could see ... as...

Sodom and Gomorrah Burned. Lot Was Saved

It was the day before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.  Two angels came to Sodom and they came upon Lot, where he sat at the gate.   When Lot saw the strangers approaching, he stood up to meet them.  When they reached him, he bowed down and then greeted them: 'Welcome, my lords!  Please come to my house and then you can sleep and...

Sarai Gave Her Slave To Abram. Hagar Flee From Sarai

Sarai and Abram tried to have a child, but they weren't successful and Sarai was beginning to feel desperate. So she came to Abram and said to him: 'The Lord hasn't blessed me with a child.  Sleep with my slave, Hagar, and maybe you will then have a child that I can call my own.'  Abram also thought it was the best thing to do. Abram was already living...

God Made A Bond With Abram

God came to Abram in a dream and said to him: 'Don't be afraid Abram, I am your Shield and I am going to give you big rewards.' Abram replied: 'What will you give me, Lord?  I don't have children to inherit from me.  All that I have will go to Eliezer of Damascus, because I will die childless.  You didn't give me descendants and a slave out of my house will...

Abram Safes Lot And Meet Melchizedek Whom Was The Priest Of God

Then a war happened. Offense Army:  King Amraphel  of Shinar - King Arioch of Ellasar - King Chedor-Laomer of  Elam and Tideal Defense Army:  King Bera of Sodom - King Birsha of Gomorrah - King Shinab of Admah - King Shemeber of Zeboiim - King Zoar of Bela The war happened in the Valley of Siddim, the Salt Sea.  The two armies...

The Calling Of Abram. Abram And Sarai Lied To Pharaoh

Terah was 70 years old when he had three sons ... Abram, Nahor and Haran.  Haran then had a son called Lot.  Haran died young and Abram and Nahor took his wifes as their own to take care of their brother's family. Sarai then became Abram's wife and Milcah became Nahor's wife. Terah was so heartbroken by the death of his son that he took the whole family...

The Tower Of Babel

At that time, all the people spoke only one language, and understood each other perfectly.  They all, as a group, journeyed from the east until they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelled there.  They spoke to each other and decided that it was the perfect place to built a city of stone ... with a tower ... a tower so high that it might reach...

Noah And The Ark. The Flood

The Lord gave Noah detailed specifications on how to build the Ark.   He then instructed Noah to bring pairs of all the animals into the Ark [male and female] ... and to make sure that there was enough food for all life on the Ark. And the time came that the Ark was ready.   Noah and his family started to move all their things into the...

The Sons Of God. Only Noah Found Grace In God's Eyes

And so life went on.  Men began to travel to faraway places, found wives and settled into family lives with children.  Some of them had beautiful daughters. Since it was the end of His perfect dream, The Lord decided to grant access to His sons to live on Earth.   When they saw the beautiful daughters of man, they took them and married them,...

Cain and Abel

Adam and Eve found a little place east of Eden and started to settle in.  They slowly, as they learn with their newfound ability to think, began to put a life together for themselves.  Adam went out in the day to find food for him and Eve, and Eve waited the whole day for him ... keeping herself busy with things around and in their habitat, trying to make their...

The Lord Cursed Adam, Eve And The Snake

    The Lord was so angry when He realized what happened. He turned to the snake and then He cursed the snake to forever sail on his belly ... he will always live in the dust. He then cursed the snake and Eve with an enemy bond between them.  They, as a species, will kill each other off until the end of time. He turned His attention to...

Adam and Eve Ate Of The Forbidden Fruit

As Adam gave the first human step, his weak legs started to fold under him, like a newborn baby.  The Lord caught him before he fell and held him steady on his feet until he could stand by himself.  As he grew stronger he started to give little steps, while looking wonderly about.  He looked down at his own body, studying everything about himself and then...

In The Beginning: The Creation

It was a hectic day ..... AGAIN! As if listening daily to the bickering of the family and the bickering of the angels were not enough!  .... NOOOO! ...  there WILL be hundreds of problems in the Kingdom [home to all universes] that WILL demand His immediate attention!  After all, He IS the Master of the Kingdom.   And He suddenly felt tired. ...