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Genesis · read by C.H. Spurgeon
24 verses, in order. Only the verses C.H. read aloud are shown.
Genesis 1
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And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.Read from ESV · The Singular Origin of a Christian Man
Genesis 15
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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 · Justification by Faith Alone - Part 2
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Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.Read from KJV · Justification by Faith Alone - Part 2
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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 · Joseph's Bones
Genesis 18
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Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.Read from KJV · The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
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And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.Read from KJV · The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
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"My lord," said Abraham, "if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.Read from KJV · The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
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Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.Read from KJV · The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
Genesis 19
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He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.Read from KJV · The King in His Beauty
Genesis 28
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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 · A Song Among the Lilies
Genesis 32
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So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.Read from KJV · The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
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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 · The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
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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 · The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
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"What is your name?" the man asked. "Jacob," he replied.Read from KJV · The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
Genesis 35
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Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.Read from KJV · The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
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During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, "Do not be afraid, for you are having another son."Read from KJV · The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
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And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.Read from KJV · The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
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Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel's tomb to this day.Read from KJV · The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
Genesis 42
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"Look," he added, "I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die."Read from KJV · Corn in Egypt
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Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man's silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,Read from KJV · Rough, but Friendly
Genesis 49
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Then Jacob instructed them, "I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.Read from KJV · Joseph's Bones
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The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.Read from KJV · Joseph's Bones
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There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.Read from ESV · Joseph's Bones