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Genesis · read by A.W. Tozer
101 verses, in order. Only the verses A.W. read aloud are shown.
Genesis 1
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.Read from KJV · (1 Peter - Part 8): Whom Having Not Seen, Ye Love
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And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.Read from ESV · Attributes of God (Series 2): The Sovereignty of God
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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 · (How to Get Out of a Religious Rut): Three Spiritual Laws
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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 KJV · (Titus - Part 20): The Grace of God Ii
Genesis 3
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Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden?'"Read from KJV · Adam and Eve and the Fall - Part 1
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The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,Read from KJV · Adam and Eve and the Fall - Part 1
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but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.'"Read from KJV · Adam and Eve & the Fall
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"For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."Read from KJV · Adam and Eve & the Fall
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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 · Adam and Eve & the Fall
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And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.Read from KJV · Adam and Eve and the Fall - Part 1
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Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.Read from KJV · Adam and Eve & the Fall
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But the LORD God called out to the man, "Where are you?"Read from KJV · Adam and Eve and the Fall - Part 1
Genesis 5
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Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.Read from ESV · (Hebrews - Part 33): By Faith Enoch
Genesis 6
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Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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So the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years."Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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So the LORD said, "I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them."Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.Read from NKJV · Attributes of God (Series 1): The Grace of God
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Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.Read from NKJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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Then God said to Noah, "The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
Genesis 7
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In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
Genesis 8
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But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.Read from KJV · The Dove of Noah's Ark
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After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the arkRead from NKJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.Read from KJV · The Holy Spirit--let Him Come
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When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.Read from KJV · Attributes of God (Series 2): The Faithfulness of God
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As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease."Read from KJV · Attributes of God (Series 2): The Faithfulness of God
Genesis 9
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"Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,Read from KJV · Attributes of God (Series 2): The Faithfulness of God
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And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth."Read from KJV · Attributes of God (Series 2): The Faithfulness of God
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Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,Read from KJV · Attributes of God (Series 2): The Faithfulness of God
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And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth."Read from KJV · Attributes of God (Series 2): The Faithfulness of God
Genesis 14
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Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High —Read from KJV · (Hebrews - Part 19): Melchizedek
Genesis 15
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After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward."Read from KJV · (Men Who Met God): Abraham
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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 KJV · Abraham
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Abram continued, "Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir."Read from KJV · Abraham - Only God Matters
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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 KJV · Abraham - Only God Matters
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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 KJV · Abraham
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Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.Read from KJV · (Men Who Met God): Abraham
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The LORD also told him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess."Read from KJV · Abraham
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But Abram replied, "Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?"Read from KJV · (Men Who Met God): Abraham
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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 KJV · Abraham - Only God Matters
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And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.Read from KJV · Abraham
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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 KJV · Abraham - Only God Matters
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Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.Read from KJV · Abraham
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But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.Read from KJV · Abraham - Only God Matters
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You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.Read from KJV · Abraham
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In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."Read from KJV · Abraham - Only God Matters
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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 KJV · Abraham - Only God Matters
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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 KJV · (Men Who Met God): Abraham
Genesis 17
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When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.Read from KJV · Abraham - Only God Matters
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I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly."Read from KJV · Abraham
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"As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.Read from KJV · (Men Who Met God): Abraham
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No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.Read from KJV · (Men Who Met God): Abraham
Genesis 25
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Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.Read from KJV · (Men Who Met God): Jacob Had an Encounter With God
Genesis 28
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Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.Read from NKJV · (John - Part 19): The Lord and the Woman at the Well
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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 · 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 · (Men Who Met God): Jacob Had an Encounter With God
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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 · (Men Who Met God): Jacob Had an Encounter With God
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Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.Read from KJV · 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 KJV · (Men Who Met God): Jacob Had an Encounter With God
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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 · 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 ESV · 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 KJV · 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 KJV · (Men Who Met God): Jacob Had an Encounter With God
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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 · 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 · (Men Who Met God): Jacob Had an Encounter With God
Genesis 32
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Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.Read from KJV · From the Hands of Esau
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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 · From the Hands of Esau
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When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him."Read from KJV · From the Hands of Esau
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In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.Read from KJV · From the Hands of Esau
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He thought, "If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape."Read from KJV · From the Hands of Esau
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Then Jacob declared, "O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, 'Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,'Read from KJV · From the Hands of Esau
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I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.Read from KJV · From the Hands of Esau
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Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.Read from KJV · From the Hands of Esau
Genesis 33
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Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.Read from KJV · From the Hands of Esau
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He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.Read from KJV · From the Hands of Esau
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But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.Read from KJV · From the Hands of Esau
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Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.Read from KJV · From the Hands of Esau
Genesis 41
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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 · Humanity of Jesus - Part 1
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You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you."Read from KJV · Humanity of Jesus - Part 1
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Pharaoh also told Joseph, "I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt."Read from KJV · Humanity of Jesus - Part 1
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Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph's finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.Read from KJV · Humanity of Jesus - Part 1
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He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, "Bow the knee!" So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.Read from KJV · Humanity of Jesus - Part 1
Genesis 49
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Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down to you.Read from KJV · (Revelation - Part 8): Book With Seven Seals
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Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?Read from KJV · (Revelation - Part 8): Book With Seven Seals
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The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.Read from KJV · (Revelation - Part 8): Book With Seven Seals
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He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.Read from KJV · (Revelation - Part 8): Book With Seven Seals
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His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.Read from KJV · (Revelation - Part 8): Book With Seven Seals