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Genesis · read by B.H. Clendennen
39 verses, in order. Only the verses B.H. read aloud are shown.
Genesis 21
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Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.Read from KJV · It Is Finished
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So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.Read from KJV · It Is Finished
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When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.Read from KJV · It Is Finished
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Then Sarah said, "God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me."Read from KJV · It Is Finished
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She added, "Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."Read from KJV · It Is Finished
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So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.Read from KJV · It Is Finished
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But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,Read from KJV · It Is Finished
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and she said to Abraham, "Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman's son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!"Read from KJV · It Is Finished
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Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.Read from KJV · It Is Finished
Genesis 24
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By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, "Place your hand under my thigh,Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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The servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?"Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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Abraham replied, "Make sure that you do not take my son back there.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor's hometown in Aram-naharaim.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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"O LORD, God of my master Abraham," he prayed, "please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, 'Please let down your jar that I may drink,' and who responds, 'Drink, and I will water your camels as well'—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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So the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me have a little water from your jar."Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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"Drink, my lord," she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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After she had given him a drink, she said, "I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink."Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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"Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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She replied, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor."Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham's servant and his men.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies."Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camelRead from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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and asked the servant, "Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?" "It is my master," the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ
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And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother's death.Read from KJV · A Bride for Christ