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Genesis · read by Art Katz
105 verses, in order. Only the verses Art read aloud are shown.
Genesis 1
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.Read from ESV · 'In the Beginning God created...'
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Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.Read from KJV · 'In the Beginning God created...'
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And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.Read from ESV · 'In the Beginning God created...'
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And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.Read from NKJV · 'In the Beginning God created...'
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God called the light "day," and the darkness He called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.Read from KJV · 'In the Beginning God created...'
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Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it."Read from NASB1995 · The Radical Kingdom - Part 2
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So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.Read from NASB1995 · The Radical Kingdom - Part 2
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God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth."Read from NASB1995 · The Radical Kingdom - Part 2
Genesis 2
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So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man's ribs and closed up the area with flesh.Read from KJV · There Were Two Trees in the Garden - Part 1
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And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.Read from KJV · There Were Two Trees in the Garden - Part 1
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And the man said: "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for out of man she was taken."Read from NKJV · There Were Two Trees in the Garden - Part 1
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For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.Read from KJV · There Were Two Trees in the Garden - Part 1
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And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.Read from NKJV · There Were Two Trees in the Garden - Part 1
Genesis 3
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When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.Read from KJV · The Spirit of Life
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Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."Read from KJV · Be Ye Perfect
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Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.Read from KJV · Be Ye Perfect
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So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.Read from KJV · A River of Life
Genesis 4
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So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,Read from ESV · Cain and Abel (The First Murder) - Part 1
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but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.Read from ESV · Cain and Abel (The First Murder) - Part 1
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"Why are you angry," said the LORD to Cain, "and why has your countenance fallen?Read from NASB1995 · Cain and Abel (The First Murder) - Part 3
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Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.Read from ESV · Cain and Abel (The First Murder) - Part 1
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But Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.Read from ESV · Cain and Abel (The First Murder) - Part 1
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So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.Read from ESV · Cain and Abel (The First Murder) - Part 1
Genesis 9
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The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.Read from KJV · Honor Your Father - Part 1
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These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.Read from KJV · Honor Your Father - Part 1
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Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.Read from NKJV · Honor Your Father - Part 1
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But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.Read from KJV · Honor Your Father - Part 1
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And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers outside.Read from NASB1995 · The Tent of Shem
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Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father's nakedness.Read from KJV · Honor Your Father - Part 1
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When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,Read from ESV · The Origin of the Nations
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he said, "Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers."Read from KJV · Honor Your Father - Part 1
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He also declared: "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.Read from KJV · Honor Your Father - Part 1
Genesis 10
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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD."Read from ESV · The Origin of the Nations
Genesis 11
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Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.Read from ESV · The Origin of the Nations
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And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.Read from ESV · The Origin of the Nations
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And the LORD said, "If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.Read from ESV · K-211 the Tower of Babel
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Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech."Read from NASB1995 · K-211 the Tower of Babel
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So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.Read from ESV · K-211 the Tower of Babel
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And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.Read from KJV · K-519 Tv Show Part 3 Abraham
Genesis 12
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Then the LORD said to Abram, "Leave your country, your kindred, and your father's household, and go to the land I will show you.Read from KJV · K-519 Tv Show Part 3 Abraham
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I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.Read from KJV · K-519 Tv Show Part 3 Abraham
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I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you."Read from NKJV · God of the Nations - Part 1
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So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.Read from KJV · K-519 Tv Show Part 3 Abraham
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Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your offspring. " So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.Read from KJV · K-517 Tv Show Part 1 Testimony
Genesis 14
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that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'Read from NASB1995 · The Abrahamic Faith (1 of 2)
Genesis 15
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But Abram replied, "O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"Read from NASB1995 · The Abrahamic Faith (1 of 2)
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Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, "This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir."Read from NKJV · Covenant Consciousness
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And the LORD took him outside and said, "Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able." Then He told him, "So shall your offspring be."Read from NASB1995 · The Abrahamic Faith (1 of 2)
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So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.Read from NASB1995 · The Abrahamic Faith (1 of 2)
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As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.Read from NASB1995 · The Abrahamic Faith (1 of 2)
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When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.Read from NASB1995 · The Abrahamic Faith (1 of 2)
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On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—Read from NKJV · Covenant Consciousness
Genesis 17
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"As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.Read from NKJV · Covenant Consciousness
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God also said to Abraham, "You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.Read from NKJV · Covenant Consciousness
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This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.Read from ESV · Covenant Consciousness
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Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.Read from KJV · K-529 Circumcision as Separation
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Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.Read from KJV · K-529 Circumcision as Separation
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But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant."Read from KJV · K-529 Circumcision as Separation
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On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham's household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.Read from KJV · K-529 Circumcision as Separation
Genesis 22
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Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he answered.Read from KJV · All That Is in the World
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"Take your son," God said, "your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you."Read from KJV · All That Is in the World
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So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.Read from KJV · All That Is in the World
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On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.Read from KJV · All That Is in the World
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"Stay here with the donkey," Abraham told his servants. "The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you."Read from KJV · All That Is in the World
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Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.Read from KJV · All That Is in the World
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Abraham answered, "God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two walked on together.Read from KJV · All That Is in the World
Genesis 28
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On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.Read from KJV · K-522 Tv Show Part 6 Jacob
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And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God's angels were going up and down the ladder.Read from KJV · K-522 Tv Show Part 6 Jacob
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And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.Read from KJV · K-522 Tv Show Part 6 Jacob
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Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."Read from ESV · Jacob
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When Jacob woke up, he thought, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it."Read from KJV · K-522 Tv Show Part 6 Jacob
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And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!"Read from KJV · K-522 Tv Show Part 6 Jacob
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Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,Read from ESV · Jacob
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Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,Read from ESV · Jacob
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so that I may return safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God.Read from KJV · K-522 Tv Show Part 6 Jacob
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And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth."Read from KJV · K-522 Tv Show Part 6 Jacob
Genesis 32
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Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.Read from ESV · K-522 Tv Show Part 6 Jacob
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He instructed them, "You are to say to my master Esau, 'Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.Read from KJV · K-086 the Mystery of Israel and the Church
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During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.Read from KJV · K-522 Tv Show Part 6 Jacob
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He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.Read from KJV · K-522 Tv Show Part 6 Jacob
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So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.Read from KJV · K-522 Tv Show Part 6 Jacob
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When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob's hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.Read from KJV · K-522 Tv Show Part 6 Jacob
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Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."Read from KJV · K-086 the Mystery of Israel and the Church
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Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed."Read from KJV · K-530 Jacob Wrestling
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And Jacob requested, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed Jacob there.Read from KJV · K-530 Jacob Wrestling
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So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, "Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared."Read from KJV · K-530 Jacob Wrestling
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The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.Read from ESV · Jacob
Genesis 33
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After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.Read from ESV · Jacob
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And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of silver.Read from ESV · Jacob
Genesis 39
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When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,Read from KJV · K-484 Discipleship
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and after some time his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, "Sleep with me."Read from KJV · K-484 Discipleship
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So Joseph's master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king's prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,Read from KJV · K-528 Tv Show Part 12 Joseph & Revelation
Genesis 41
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In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.Read from KJV · K-484 Discipleship
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."Read from KJV · K-528 Tv Show Part 12 Joseph & Revelation
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"I myself cannot do it," Joseph replied, "but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer."Read from KJV · K-528 Tv Show Part 12 Joseph & Revelation
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This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.Read from KJV · K-528 Tv Show Part 12 Joseph & Revelation
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So Pharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?"Read from KJV · K-484 Discipleship
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.Read from KJV · K-484 Discipleship