The Bible by David Alley

In this video listen to Genesis 24 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. Genesis 24 is the longest chapter in Genesis, and tells of how Abraham at the age of 140 organised a wife for his son Isaac. He didn’t want to get a wife from among the Canaanites, even though he was to inherit the land, but from his family. He sent his servant on a long journey, which took about 17 days each...

In this video listen to Genesis 23 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. Genesis 23 seems like a story that while interesting has little to do with the rest of scripture. It recounts the death of Sarah at great old age of 127. Isaac is 37 years old at the time of her death and she is the only woman in scripture whose age at death is named. The passage goes on to describe a negotiat...

In this video listen to Genesis 22 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. Genesis 22 tells the incredible story of the testing of Abraham. Up until now, the whole narrative has been about how Abraham had to exhibit faith so as to obtain a son. Now that he has a son, he is asked to give him up by sacrificing him. While this is also a test of faith, it is really a test of values. Does...

In this video listen to Genesis 21 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. Genesis 21 tells the story of Isaac’s birth, which is a great culmination of all the faith and promises in all the previous chapters of Genesis. Abraham perseveres in trusting God even though it has gotten to the point that the evidence is now against anything happening. So he is a great example to copy. But a...

This is part of a video series covering the entire Bible in 4 years, one chapter at a time. Start at the beginning with Genesis 1 (Youtube link: https://youtu.be/wC2qD4RGOdo ) and work through the playlist. Or go to https://www.peace.org.au/bible.html for more information. In this video listen to Genesis 20 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. Genesis 20 tells the story of Abraham...

Listen to Genesis 19 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. Genesis 19 starts with the account of how Sodom was destroyed, and ends with the origin story of two national groups, the Moabites and the Ammonites. Both of these are stories which leave us shaking our heads for different reasons, but at the same time they do provide us with historical background to things to come in the B...

Listen to Genesis 18 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. Genesis 18 is the Bible account of Abraham’s visit by three angels, one of them who turns out to be the Lord. Abraham starts off by rushing to provide them hospitality, and ends up finding out that they have come to investigate the “grievous” sins of Sodom and then destroy it. Abraham clearly knows how bad things are in Sod...

Listen to Genesis 17 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. Genesis 17 is the Bible account of the sign of God’s covenant with Abraham, that of circumcision. Every covenant has a sign and in the preceding chapters of Genesis we saw a covenant God made with Noah, and all his descendents, that is everyone, and the sign of that covenant was the rainbow. Later in the NT, Jesus would sit...

Listen to Genesis 16 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. Genesis 16 is the story of Abram and Sarai’s attempt to take things into their own hands and try to fulfil God’s promise to them of a son. This video explains how firstly the practice of using a slave to have children was not only an accepted custom, but also lawful for the society of the times. Yet it isn’t God’s plan to d...

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 15

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 14

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 13

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 12

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 11

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 10

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 9

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 8

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 7

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 6

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 5

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 4

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 3

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 2

The Bible: Genesis Chapter 1

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