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Genesis · read by Don Wilkerson
102 verses, in order. Only the verses Don read aloud are shown.
Genesis 1
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 · Blaming Fire
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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 · A Horned Snake in the Path
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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 · Blaming Fire
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"I heard Your voice in the garden," he replied, "and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself."Read from KJV · Blaming Fire
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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 · Blaming Fire
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And the man answered, "The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it."Read from KJV · Blaming Fire
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Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" "The serpent deceived me," she replied, "and I ate."Read from KJV · Blaming Fire
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And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."Read from KJV · The Best Seat in the House
Genesis 12
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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 · Delivery from Worry Fear and Anxiety
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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 NASB1995 · Delivery from Worry Fear and Anxiety
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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 NASB1995 · Delivery from Worry Fear and Anxiety
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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 NASB1995 · Delivery from Worry Fear and Anxiety
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So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.Read from NASB1995 · Delivery from Worry Fear and Anxiety
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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 NASB1995 · Delivery from Worry Fear and Anxiety
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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 NASB1995 · Delivery from Worry Fear and Anxiety
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The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai.Read from NASB1995 · Delivery from Worry Fear and Anxiety
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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 ESV · Delivery from Worry Fear and Anxiety
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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 NASB1995 · Delivery from Worry Fear and Anxiety
Genesis 13
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to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.Read from KJV · A Bottle in the Smoke
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Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.Read from KJV · A Bottle in the Smoke
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But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.Read from KJV · How to Live Where You Don'T Belong
Genesis 18
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And the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?Read from KJV · A Tale of Two Houses
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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 · A Tale of Two Houses
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For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised."Read from KJV · A Tale of Two Houses
Genesis 19
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Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,Read from KJV · How to Live Where You Don'T Belong
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So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. "Get up," he said. "Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.Read from KJV · How to Live Where You Don'T Belong
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Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved."Read from NASB1995 · Go Up to the Mountain
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So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.Read from NKJV · A Bottle in the Smoke
Genesis 20
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Abimelech also asked Abraham, "What prompted you to do such a thing?"Read from KJV · How to Live Where You Don'T Belong
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Abraham replied, "I thought to myself, 'Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.'Read from KJV · How to Live Where You Don'T Belong
Genesis 21
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Then Sarah said, "God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me."Read from NASB1995 · Delighting in Jesus
Genesis 22
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When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.Read from NASB1995 · Seeking the Bride of Christ
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Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.Read from NASB1995 · Seeking the Bride of Christ
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Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.Read from ESV · Seeking the Bride of Christ
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"Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him," said the angel, "for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me."Read from NASB1995 · Seeking the Bride of Christ
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Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.Read from NASB1995 · Seeking the Bride of Christ
Genesis 24
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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 NASB1995 · Seeking the Bride of 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 NASB1995 · Seeking the Bride of 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 NASB1995 · Seeking the Bride of Christ
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And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there."Read from KJV · Making the Right Choices
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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 · Making the Right Choices
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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 · Making the Right Choices
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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 · Making the Right Choices
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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 · Making the Right Choices
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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 · Making the Right Choices
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saying, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master's relatives."Read from KJV · Making the Right Choices
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Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.Read from NASB1995 · Seeking the Bride of Christ
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"Come, you who are blessed by the LORD," said Laban. "Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels."Read from NASB1995 · Seeking the Bride of Christ
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So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.Read from NASB1995 · Seeking the Bride of Christ
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Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say." So Laban said, "Please speak."Read from NASB1995 · Seeking the Bride of Christ
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"The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.Read from NASB1995 · Seeking the Bride of Christ
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But her brother and mother said, "Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go."Read from NASB1995 · Seeking the Bride of Christ
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They called Rebekah and asked her, "Will you go with this man?" "I will go," she replied.Read from NASB1995 · Seeking the Bride of Christ
Genesis 25
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One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.Read from KJV · Blaming Fire
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He said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished." (That is why he was also called Edom. )Read from KJV · Blaming Fire
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"Look," said Esau, "I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?"Read from KJV · Blaming Fire
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"Swear to me first," Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.Read from KJV · Blaming Fire
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Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.Read from KJV · Blaming Fire
Genesis 27
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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 NASB1995 · Carrying Your Bed
Genesis 32
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So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.Read from NASB1995 · Carrying Your Bed
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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 NASB1995 · Carrying Your Bed
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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 NASB1995 · Carrying Your Bed
Genesis 35
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So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.Read from KJV · A Tale of Two Houses
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As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob's sons.Read from KJV · A Tale of Two Houses
Genesis 39
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and after some time his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, "Sleep with me."Read from NASB1995 · Delighting in Jesus
Genesis 41
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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 NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
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So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.Read from NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
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When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you."Read from NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
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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 NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
Genesis 42
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But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, "I am afraid that harm might befall him."Read from NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
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and on the third day he said to them, "I fear God. So do this and you will live:Read from NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
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If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.Read from NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
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Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die." And to this they consented.Read from NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
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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 NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
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and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.Read from NKJV · Coming to Christ's Return
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At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.Read from NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
Genesis 43
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If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.Read from NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
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But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, 'You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.'"Read from ESV · Coming to Christ's Return
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Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.Read from NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
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Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, "Serve the meal."Read from NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
Genesis 45
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Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, "Send everyone away from me!" So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.Read from NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
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But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh's household soon heard of it.Read from NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
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Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?" But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.Read from NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
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Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.Read from NASB1995 · Coming to Christ's Return
Genesis 49
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Then Jacob called for his sons and said, "Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:Read from NASB1995 · A Horned Snake in the Path
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Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.Read from NASB1995 · A Horned Snake in the Path
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Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.Read from ESV · A Horned Snake in the Path
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He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse's heels so that its rider tumbles backward.Read from NASB1995 · A Horned Snake in the Path
Genesis 50
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So they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Before he died, your father commanded,Read from NASB1995 · Dealing with Rejection
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His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, "We are your slaves!"Read from ESV · Dealing with Rejection
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But Joseph replied, "Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?Read from NASB1995 · Dealing with Rejection
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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 NASB1995 · Dealing with Rejection
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Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones." So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.Read from NASB1995 · Dealing with Rejection