Douay-RheimsOld Testament
Genesis
50 chapters
chapters
- 1In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.
- 2So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of…
- 3Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth…
- 4And Adam knew Eve his wife: who conceived and brought forth Cain…
- 5This is the book of the generation of Adam. In the day that God created…
- 6And after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters…
- 7And the Lord said to him: Go in thou and all thy house into the ark: for…
- 8And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle…
- 9And God blessed Noe and his sons. And he said to them: Increase and…
- 10These are the generations of the sons of Noe: Sem, Cham, and Japheth…
- 11And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.
- 12And the Lord said to Abram: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy…
- 13And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had…
- 14And it came to pass at that time, that Amraphel king of Sennaar, and…
- 15Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a…
- 16Now Sarai the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children; but having a…
- 17And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to…
- 18And the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Mambre as he was sitting at…
- 19And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in…
- 20Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between…
- 21And the Lord visited Sara, as he had promised: and fulfilled what he had…
- 22After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham…
- 23And Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years.
- 24Now Abraham was old; and advanced in age: and the Lord had blessed him…
- 25And Abraham married another wife, named Cetura…
- 26And when a famine came in the land, after that barrenness which had…
- 27Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see: and he…
- 28And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying: Take…
- 29Then Jacob went on in his journey, and came into the east country.
- 30And Rachel, seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said…
- 31But after that he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying: Jacob…
- 32Jacob also went on the journey he had begun: and the angels of God met…
- 33And Jacob lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming, and with him four…
- 34And Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country.
- 35In the meantime God said to Jacob: Arise, and go up to Bethel, and dwell…
- 36And these are the generations of Esau, the same is Edom.
- 37And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherein his father sojourned.
- 38At that time Juda went down from his brethren, and turned in to a…
- 39And Joseph was brought into Egypt, and Putiphar an eunuch of Pharao…
- 40After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker…
- 41After two years Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood by the river…
- 42And Jacob hearing that food was sold in Egypt, said to his sons: Why are…
- 43In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.
- 44And Joseph commanded the steward of his house, saying: Fill their sacks…
- 45Joseph could no longer refrain himself before many that stood by…
- 46And Israel taking his journey, with all that he had, came to the well of…
- 47Then Joseph went in and told Pharao, saying: My father and brethren…
- 48After these things, it was told Joseph that his father was sick: and he…
- 49And Jacob called his sons, and said to them: Gather yourselves together…
- 50And when Joseph saw this, he fell upon his father’s face weeping and…