Old Testament

Book of Genesis

50 chapters, 1,533 verses, in the World English Bible.

Chapters

Reflections on Genesis

Boys are practicing love on something that cannot say no
Genesis 2:18

Boys are practicing love on something that cannot say no

Eighty-five percent of British boys aged twelve to sixteen have talked to a chatbot. More than half prefer it because they can control the conversation.

The Body Counts the Crowd
Genesis 1:28

The Body Counts the Crowd

A worm stops reproducing when its colony hits 3,000. Genesis hands humanity a population command with one verb most readers race past.

The Choice the Drone Cannot Make
Genesis 3:12-13

The Choice the Drone Cannot Make

Pope Leo XIV warned this week that AI-directed warfare risks "absolving humans of responsibility for their choices." Scripture has been watching that escape route since Genesis 3.

The App That Asked "Are You Dead?"
Genesis 2:18

The App That Asked "Are You Dead?"

An app that pings urban Chinese professionals every 48 hours to confirm they are still alive briefly topped the iPhone charts. Genesis saw this coming before sin did.

The Alphabet of Life Has Nineteen Letters
Genesis 2:19-20

The Alphabet of Life Has Nineteen Letters

Researchers used AI to redesign a bacterium that runs on 19 amino acids instead of 20. The tension is what it means to edit a code we did not write.

The Blood That Remembers
Genesis 9:5-6

The Blood That Remembers

Mladic's lawyers say his detention "no longer serves any purpose." Scripture treats murdered blood as a debt owed to God, not a utility calculation.

A Mother Mourns With Her Soul Intact
Genesis 37:34-35

A Mother Mourns With Her Soul Intact

Rachel Goldberg-Polin's new book explores Jewish mourning and her murdered son's spiritual quest, refusing to let grief become ideology.

AI Costs More Than the Workers It Replaces
Genesis 11:4

AI Costs More Than the Workers It Replaces

An Nvidia executive admits AI compute costs exceed employee costs, raising questions about who truly benefits from the rush to automate.

The Epidemic No Vaccine Can Reach
Genesis 2:18

The Epidemic No Vaccine Can Reach

One in six people worldwide is persistently lonely. Gen Z is the loneliest generation ever measured. The first thing God called not good was a person alone.

Plastic Crossed the Last Barrier
Genesis 2:7

Plastic Crossed the Last Barrier

Researchers found micro- and nanoplastics in 99.4 percent of brain tumor samples. The particles appear to correlate with faster tumor growth.

The Children No One Is Having
Genesis 1:28

The Children No One Is Having

The US fertility rate hit another record low. Most young Americans say they want children. The distance between wanting and having keeps growing.

The Builders Become the Rubble
Genesis 2:15

The Builders Become the Rubble

Meta and Microsoft cut 20,000 jobs in a single week, citing AI. The companies building the tools are the first to be replaced by them.