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Genesis
50 chapters
chapters
- 1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
- 2The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
- 3Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the…
- 4The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and…
- 5This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created…
- 6When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters…
- 7The lord said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship…
- 8God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were…
- 9God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply…
- 10Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of…
- 11The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
- 12Now the lord said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and…
- 13Abram went up out of Egypt—he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with…
- 14In the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar; Arioch, king of Ellasar…
- 15After these things the Lord’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying…
- 16Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an…
- 17When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and…
- 18The lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent…
- 19The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom.…
- 20Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived…
- 21The lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he…
- 22After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He…
- 23Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of…
- 24Abraham was old, and well advanced in age. The Lord had blessed Abraham…
- 25Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.
- 26There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was…
- 27When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he…
- 28Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take…
- 29Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of…
- 30When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her…
- 31Jacob heard Laban’s sons’ words, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that…
- 32Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
- 33Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and…
- 34Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the…
- 35God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there…
- 36Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).
- 37Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.
- 38At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain…
- 39Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the…
- 40After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker…
- 41At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by…
- 42Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons…
- 43The famine was severe in the land.
- 44He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks…
- 45Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before…
- 46Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered…
- 47Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my…
- 48After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is…
- 49Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I…
- 50Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.