Six ways to encounter God here
A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Genesis 13:8, and Living Bread opens it right there.
Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.
The web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 12 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- 1 Corinthians 6:6
But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
- Acts 7:26
And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one …
- Psalms 133:1
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
- 1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
- Romans 12:10
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
- Ephesians 4:2
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
- Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
- 1 Peter 4:8
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
- 1 John 2:9
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
- 1 Peter 3:8
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
- Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
- 1 John 4:20
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath…
More to meet God in Genesis
How it points to Christ
Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.