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Genesis · read by David Guzik
47 verses, in order. Only the verses David read aloud are shown.
Genesis 4
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Later she gave birth to Cain's brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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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 NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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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 NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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"Why are you angry," said the LORD to Cain, "and why has your countenance fallen?Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it."Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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Then Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let us go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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 NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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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 NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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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 NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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 NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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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 NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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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 · From Genesis to Jesus
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Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.Read from ESV · From Genesis to Jesus
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As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will let you live.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared."Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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When Pharaoh's officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!"Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
Genesis 17
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I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.Read from NKJV · (Daniel) Israel's Time of Trouble
Genesis 26
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Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham's time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, "She is my sister." For he was afraid to say, "She is my wife," since he thought to himself, "The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful."Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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"What is this you have done to us?" asked Abimelech. "One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us."Read from ESV · From Genesis to Jesus
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So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, "Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death."Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
Genesis 38
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So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.Read from ESV · From Genesis to Jesus
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But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother's wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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After a long time Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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When Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,"Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, "Come now, let me sleep with you." "What will you give me for sleeping with you?" she inquired.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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"I will send you a young goat from my flock," Judah answered. But she replied, "Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it."Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow's garments again.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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He asked the men of that place, "Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?" "No shrine prostitute has been here," they answered.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: "I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong." And she added, "Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?"Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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Judah recognized the items and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah." And he did not have relations with her again.Read from NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
Genesis 49
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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 NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus
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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 NKJV · From Genesis to Jesus