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  Symbols: tunic Gen: 37:23-28; 45:3-15 23 So, when Joseph reached his brothers, they pulled off his tunic, the decorated tunic which he was wearing,24 and catching hold of him, threw him into the well. The well was empty, with no water in it.25 They then sat down to eat. Looking up, they saw a […]

  Symbols: ladder Gen. 25:1-34; 28:10-15 1Abraham married another wife whose name was Keturah;2 and she bore him Zimram, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan, and the descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushim and the Leummim.4 The descendants of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida

  Symbols: altar Gen: 22:1-14 1 It happened some time later that God put Abraham to the test. ‘Abraham, Abraham!’ he called. ‘Here I am,’ he replied.2 God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, your beloved Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, where you are to offer him as a burnt offering

  Symbols: mountain Gen. 12:1-3 1 Yahweh said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your kindred and your father’s house for a country which I shall show you;2 and I shall make you a great nation, I shall bless you and make your name famous; you are to be a blessing!3 I shall bless those who

    Symbols: ark, rainbow Gen. 6:5-8, 13-22; 7:17, 23, 24; 8:1, 6-22 5 Yahweh saw that human wickedness was great on earth and that human hearts contrived nothing but wicked schemes all day long. 6 Yahweh regretted having made human beings on earth and was grieved at heart. 7 And Yahweh said, ‘I shall

  Symbol: Serpent with apple Gen: 3:1-7 and 23-24 1 Now, the snake was the most subtle of all the wild animals that Yahweh God had made. It asked the woman, ‘Did God really say you were not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?’ 2 The woman answered the snake, ‘We

  Symbol: Tree Gen: 2:7-9, 18-24 7 Yahweh God shaped man from the soil of the ground and blew the breath of life into his nostrils, and man became a living being.8 Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, which is in the east, and there he put the man he had fashioned.9 From the

  Symbol: earth Gen. 1:1-31; 2:1-4 1 In the beginning God created heaven and earth. 2 Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters. 3 God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. 4 God saw that light was good,