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Genesis · read by Don Courville
209 verses, in order. Only the verses Don read aloud are shown.
Genesis 1
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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 · Beginning Sources
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And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.Read from NKJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 103
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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 KJV · Beginning Sources
Genesis 2
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Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.Read from KJV · Keys for a Successful Family Life - Part 1
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Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.Read from KJV · How Satan Destroys a Church - Part 1 (Guard Your Garden)
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And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.Read from NKJV · How Satan Destroys a Church - Part 1 (Guard Your Garden)
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And the LORD God commanded him, "You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,Read from KJV · Beginning Sources
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but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die."Read from KJV · How Satan Destroys a Church - Part 1 (Guard Your Garden)
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The LORD God also said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper."Read from KJV · Marriage and Divorce - Part 2
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And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.Read from KJV · How Satan Destroys a Church - Part 1 (Guard Your Garden)
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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 · Marriage and Divorce - Part 2
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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 · Marriage and Divorce - Part 2
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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 · How Satan Destroys a Church - Part 1 (Guard Your Garden)
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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 · How Satan Destroys a Church - Part 1 (Guard Your Garden)
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And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.Read from NKJV · Marriage and Divorce - Part 2
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 · On Eagles' Wings Pt 97
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The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,Read from NASB1995 · On Eagles' Wings Pt 54
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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 · On Eagles' Wings Pt 97
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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 NASB1995 · On Eagles' Wings Pt 54
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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 NASB1995 · On Eagles' Wings Pt 54
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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 NKJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 54
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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 · How Satan Destroys a Church - Part 2 (How Satan Destroys by Dividing)
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"Who told you that you were naked?" asked the LORD God. "Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"Read from KJV · Beginning Sources
Genesis 4
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And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man," she said.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 493
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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 KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 493
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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 KJV · Keys for a Successful Family Life - Part 4
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"Why are you angry," said the LORD to Cain, "and why has your countenance fallen?Read from KJV · Keys for a Successful Family Life - Part 4
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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 KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 493
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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 KJV · Keys for a Successful Family Life - Part 4
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And the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I do not know!" he answered. "Am I my brother's keeper?"Read from KJV · Keys for a Successful Family Life - Part 4
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"What have you done?" replied the LORD. "The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.Read from KJV · Keys for a Successful Family Life - Part 4
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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 KJV · Keys for a Successful Family Life - Part 4
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When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."Read from KJV · Keys for a Successful Family Life - Part 4
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 · Keys for a Successful Family Life - Part 5
Genesis 11
Genesis 12
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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 · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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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 KJV · Keys for a Successful Family Life - Part 1
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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 KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 110
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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 KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 110
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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 KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 110
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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 KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 110
Genesis 13
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After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, "Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 468
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I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.Read from KJV · Climbing Mountains
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Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you."Read from KJV · Climbing Mountains
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 · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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and he blessed Abram and said: "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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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 KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 108
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 KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 98
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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 · Lessons in the Life of Abraham
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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 · Lessons in the Life of Abraham
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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 · Lessons in the Life of Abraham
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Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.Read from KJV · Lessons in the Life of Abraham
Genesis 16
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Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 474
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So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: "You are the God who sees me, " for she said, "Here I have seen the One who sees me!"Read from KJV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
Genesis 17
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I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly."Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 98
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"As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.Read from NKJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 98
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I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 98
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Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her."Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?"Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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And Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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But God replied, "Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
Genesis 18
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When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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And the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.Read from ESV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
Genesis 19
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But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD's compassion for them.Read from KJV · Keys for a Successful Family Life - Part 3
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As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, "Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!"Read from KJV · Keys for a Successful Family Life - Part 3
Genesis 21
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Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar's shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 474
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Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, "I cannot bear to watch the boy die!" And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 474
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Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, "What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 474
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Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 474
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Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 474
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But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech's servants had seized,Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 474
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So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 474
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He replied, "You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well."Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 474
Genesis 22
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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 · On Eagles' Wings Pt 98
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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 · Lessons in the Life of Abraham
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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 · On Eagles' Wings Pt 115
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Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.Read from KJV · Lessons in the Life of Abraham
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And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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saying, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 98
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And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 98
Genesis 24
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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 · On Eagles' Wings Pt 475
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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 · On Eagles' Wings Pt 475
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Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.Read from KJV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
Genesis 25
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After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.Read from KJV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
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Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.Read from KJV · Lessons in the Life of Jacob
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But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,Read from KJV · Lessons in the Life of Jacob
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and He declared to her: "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."Read from KJV · Lessons in the Life of Jacob
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 KJV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
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The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.Read from KJV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
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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 KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 110
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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 KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 110
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and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.Read from KJV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
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He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.Read from KJV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
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Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us."Read from KJV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
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So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.Read from KJV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
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Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.Read from KJV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
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Then Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.Read from KJV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
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and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham."Read from KJV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
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So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.Read from KJV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
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On that same day, Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug. "We have found water!" they told him.Read from KJV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
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So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.Read from ESV · Isaac, a Man of the Wells
Genesis 27
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As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father's presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, "My father, sit up and eat of your son's game, so that you may bless me."Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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But his father Isaac replied, "Who are you?" "I am Esau, your firstborn son," he answered.Read from KJV · Lessons in the Life of Jacob
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Isaac began to tremble violently and said, "Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!"Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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When Esau heard his father's words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, "Bless me too, O my father!"Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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But Isaac replied, "Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing."Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
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So Esau declared, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing." Then he asked, "Haven't you saved a blessing for me?"Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 355
Genesis 28
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So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. "Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women," he commanded.Read from KJV · Lessons in the Life of Jacob
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"Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother's father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.Read from KJV · Lessons in the Life of Jacob
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May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.Read from KJV · Lessons in the Life of Jacob
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And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham."Read from KJV · Lessons in the Life of Jacob
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So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.Read from KJV · Lessons in the Life of Jacob
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And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,Read from KJV · Lessons in the Life of 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 · Lessons in the Life of Jacob
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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 · Lessons in the Life of 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 · The Fear of God (01) Introduction
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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 · Lessons in the Life of 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 · Lessons in the Life of 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 · Lessons in the Life of 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 · Lessons in the Life of 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 · Lessons in the Life of Jacob
Genesis 29
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Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 475
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Laban replied, "It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.Read from NKJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
Genesis 30
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Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
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and she conceived and gave birth to a son. "God has taken away my shame," she said.Read from NKJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
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Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you."Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
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But Laban replied, "If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you."Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
Genesis 31
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Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you."Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
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In that dream the angel of God said to me, 'Jacob!' And I replied, 'Here I am.'Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
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I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.'"Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
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But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, "Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad."Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
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But Laban answered Jacob, "These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
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Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me."Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
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So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
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and he said to his relatives, "Gather some stones." So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
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Then Laban declared, "This mound is a witness between you and me this day." Therefore the place was called Galeed.Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
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It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, "May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
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May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.Read from KJV · The Fear of God (01) Introduction
Genesis 32
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When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is the camp of God." So he named that place Mahanaim.Read from KJV · Jacob
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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 · Jacob
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I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.'"Read from KJV · Jacob
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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 · Jacob
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He thought, "If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape."Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
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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 · The Law of Divine Retribution
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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 · Jacob
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But You have said, 'I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.'"Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
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Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:Read from KJV · The Law of Divine Retribution
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30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.Read from KJV · Jacob
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He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, "Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds."Read from KJV · Jacob
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He instructed the one in the lead, "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, 'To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?'Read from KJV · Jacob
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then you are to say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.'"Read from KJV · Jacob
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You are also to say, 'Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.'" For he thought, "I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me."Read from KJV · Jacob
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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 · Jacobs Wrestle
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He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.Read from KJV · Jacob
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So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.Read from KJV · Jacobs Wrestle
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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 · 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 · Jacobs Wrestle
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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 · On Eagles' Wings Pt 200
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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 · Jacob
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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 · Jacobs Wrestle
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The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.Read from KJV · Jacob
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Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob's hip was struck near that tendon.Read from KJV · Jacob
Genesis 33
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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 · Jacobs Wrestle
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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 · Jacobs Wrestle
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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 · Jacobs Wrestle
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"What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?" asked Esau. "To find favor in your sight, my lord," Jacob answered.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 64
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"I already have plenty, my brother," Esau replied. "Keep what belongs to you."Read from KJV · Jacobs Wrestle
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Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need." So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.Read from KJV · Jacobs Wrestle
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Then Esau said, "Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you."Read from KJV · Jacobs Wrestle
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But Jacob replied, "My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.Read from KJV · Jacobs Wrestle
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Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir."Read from KJV · Jacobs Wrestle
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"Let me leave some of my people with you," Esau said. But Jacob replied, "Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord."Read from KJV · Jacobs Wrestle
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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 KJV · Jacobs Wrestle
Genesis 37
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When Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
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So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 485
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 · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
Genesis 40
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The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
Genesis 41
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Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's household."Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
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When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
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And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
Genesis 42
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When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why are you staring at one another?"Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
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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 · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
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Then they said to one another, "Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us."Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 20
Genesis 45
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And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
Genesis 48
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Then he blessed Joseph and said: "May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
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the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth."Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
Genesis 49
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Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
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The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
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by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
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The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 495
Genesis 50
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As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.Read from KJV · On Eagles' Wings Pt 103