Weekly Lessons — Old Testament 2026

Israel multiplies in Egypt until a new Pharaoh enslaves them. Moses is born, hidden in a basket, and raised in Pharaoh's court. After killing an Egyptian, he flees to Midian. At the burning bush, God …

Famine drives Joseph's brothers to Egypt where they unknowingly bow before their brother. Joseph tests them through Benjamin and Judah's plea, then reveals himself in one of the most emotional scenes …

Joseph's brothers strip him of his coat and sell him to Ishmaelite traders for twenty pieces of silver. In Egypt he rises in Potiphar's house, resists the advances of Potiphar's wife, and lands in …

This week covers nearly a century of patriarchal history. Rebekah says 'I will go,' Esau trades his birthright for a bowl of stew, Jacob dreams of a ladder reaching heaven at Bethel, and wrestles all …

This week holds some of the most dramatic moments in all of scripture. God visits Abraham at Mamre and asks the question that becomes our theme: 'Is any thing too hard for the LORD?' Sarah laughs at …

This week we cross one of the great dividing lines of the Bible. For seven weeks we've been in primeval history — Creation, Fall, Flood, Babel. Now, with the call of Abram in Genesis 12, we enter …

You'll follow Noah from prophet to shipbuilder as the world descends into violence so pervasive that 'every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.' Moses 8 restores Noah's …

You'll spend an entire week in one of the most remarkable chapters the Restoration has given us. Moses 7 takes Enoch from a reluctant prophet who calls himself 'but a lad' to a seer who beholds all of …

You'll walk through the 'book of the generations of Adam' in Genesis 5 — a chapter most people skim — and discover that Moses 6 transforms it into one of the most doctrinally rich chapters in all of …

You'll explore the pivotal moment when Adam and Eve chose knowledge and mortality over innocence and paradise — and why Latter-day Saints see that as a courageous step forward, not a tragic mistake. …

You'll read the Creation story not once but three times, comparing Genesis, Moses, and Abraham side by side. Each account adds distinctive details: Moses emphasizes that all things were created …

You'll witness two staggering theophanies that the Bible doesn't preserve. In Moses 1, Moses sees God face to face, learns that God's work and glory is 'to bring to pass the immortality and eternal …

You'll get the lay of the land before diving into the oldest scriptures in our canon. This introductory week orients you to the Old Testament's major divisions — the Pentateuch, historical books, …