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Genesis · read by E.A. Johnston

183 verses, in order. Only the verses E.A. read aloud are shown.

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Genesis 1

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.Read from KJV · The Darkness of Sin
2 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 · The Darkness of Sin
3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.Read from ESV · The Miracle

Genesis 2

8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.Read from KJV · Going to the Devil
17 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 · The Only Message Who is Jesus

Genesis 3

1 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 · Devil Will Get You If He Can
2 The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,Read from KJV · A Tree a Devil and a Sinner
3 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 · A Tree a Devil and a Sinner
4 "You will not surely die," the serpent told her.Read from KJV · A Tree a Devil and a Sinner
5 "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 Tree a Devil and a Sinner
6 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 · A Tree a Devil and a Sinner
7 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 KJV · A Tree a Devil and a Sinner
8 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 God Sees Sin
9 But the LORD God called out to the man, "Where are you?"Read from KJV · How God Sees Sin
10 "I heard Your voice in the garden," he replied, "and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself."Read from KJV · Christ in Genesis 3 15
11 "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 · Christ in Genesis 3 15
12 And the man answered, "The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it."Read from KJV · A Tree a Devil and a Sinner
13 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 · Christ in Genesis 3 15
14 So the LORD God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.Read from KJV · Christ in Genesis 3 15
15 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 NKJV · Bible Survey Pentateuch
16 To the woman He said: "I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."Read from KJV · A Tree a Devil and a Sinner
17 And to Adam He said: "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.Read from KJV · A Tree a Devil and a Sinner
18 Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.Read from KJV · A Tree a Devil and a Sinner
19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return."Read from KJV · Poison in the Blood
20 And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.Read from NKJV · A Tree a Devil and a Sinner
21 And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.Read from KJV · A Tree a Devil and a Sinner
22 Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."Read from KJV · A Tree a Devil and a Sinner
23 Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.Read from KJV · A Tree a Devil and a Sinner
24 So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.Read from KJV · A Tree a Devil and a Sinner

Genesis 4

8 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 · Ruin Poison in the Blood
11 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 · Fugitive on the Run
12 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 · Fugitive on the Run

Genesis 5

24 Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.Read from ESV · Pastors Conference 2006 Classic Sermon

Genesis 6

1 Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,Read from KJV · Nail Scarred Ark of Safety
2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.Read from KJV · Nail Scarred Ark of Safety
3 So the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years."Read from KJV · Nail Scarred Ark of Safety
5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.Read from KJV · America: Reprobate Nation?
6 And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.Read from KJV · A Tour of Hell
7 So the LORD said, "I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them."Read from KJV · Asleep in Sodom
8 Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.Read from NKJV · Nail Scarred Ark of Safety
9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.Read from KJV · The Sound of a Hammer God Must Punish Sin
10 And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.Read from KJV · The Sound of a Hammer God Must Punish Sin
11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.Read from NKJV · America Land of Sudden Death
12 And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.Read from KJV · How God Takes Sin
13 Then God said to Noah, "The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.Read from KJV · End Time Dread Appearing of Christ
14 Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.Read from KJV · Nail Scarred Ark of Safety
17 And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.Read from KJV · The Sound of a Hammer God Must Punish Sin

Genesis 7

4 For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made."Read from KJV · Faith and Obedience
5 And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.Read from KJV · Faith and Obedience
10 And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.Read from KJV · Lifeboat of Grace in a Sinking World
18 So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.Read from KJV · Come Hell Or High Water
19 Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.Read from KJV · Come Hell Or High Water
21 And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.Read from KJV · A Sermon on Sin

Genesis 9

21 But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.Read from KJV · Booze Hounds

Genesis 12

1 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 KJV · A God-Called Man
2 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 · A God-Called Man
3 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 · A God-Called Man
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.Read from KJV · A God-Called Man
5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,Read from KJV · A God-Called Man
6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.Read from KJV · A God-Called Man

Genesis 13

12 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 · Blending in Sodom
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.Read from KJV · Blending in Sodom

Genesis 15

6 Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.Read from KJV · Sudden Conversion

Genesis 16

1 Now Abram's wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.Read from KJV · Falling Into Unbelief
2 So Sarai said to Abram, "Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.Read from KJV · Falling Into Unbelief

Genesis 18

10 Then the LORD said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.Read from KJV · God Can When Man Can'T
11 And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.Read from KJV · God Can When Man Can'T
17 And the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?Read from KJV · Sad Results of Poor Witness
18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.Read from ESV · Sad Results of Poor Witness
19 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 · Sad Results of Poor Witness
20 Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,Read from KJV · Asleep in Sodom
21 I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out."Read from KJV · Asleep in Sodom
22 And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.Read from KJV · Silent in Sodom
23 Abraham stepped forward and said, "Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?Read from KJV · Silent in Sodom
24 What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?Read from KJV · Silent in Sodom
25 Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?"Read from KJV · A Gospel Invitation
26 So the LORD replied, "If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place."Read from KJV · There Was No Church in Sodom
27 Then Abraham answered, "Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—Read from KJV · Silent in Sodom
28 suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?" He replied, "If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it."Read from KJV · Silent in Sodom
29 Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, "Suppose forty are found there?" He answered, "On account of the forty, I will not do it."Read from KJV · Silent in Sodom
30 Then Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?" He replied, "If I find thirty there, I will not do it."Read from KJV · Silent in Sodom
31 And Abraham said, "Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?" He answered, "On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it."Read from KJV · Silent in Sodom
32 Finally, Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?" And He answered, "On account of the ten, I will not destroy it."Read from KJV · Silent in Sodom
33 When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.Read from KJV · Silent in Sodom

Genesis 19

5 They called out to Lot, saying, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!"Read from KJV · Conflagration
9 "Get out of the way!" they replied. And they declared, "This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them." And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.Read from KJV · Stand Back
11 And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.Read from KJV · Sodom Was Too Far Gone for Revival
12 Then the two men said to Lot, "Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,Read from KJV · God's Last Call
13 because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it."Read from KJV · Pastors Conference 2006 Classic Sermon
14 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 · God's Last Call
16 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 · Getting Out of Sodom
23 And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.Read from KJV · Sleeping Church in a Sinful Land
24 Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.Read from KJV · Asleep in Sodom
25 Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.Read from KJV · Asleep in Sodom
26 But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.Read from KJV · The Guilty Sinner's Doom
27 Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.Read from KJV · The Guilty Sinner's Doom
28 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 Dark Downgrade of Sin
30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.Read from KJV · Sad Results of Poor Witness
32 Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line."Read from KJV · Booze Hounds
33 So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.Read from KJV · Sad Results of Poor Witness
34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, "Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father's line."Read from KJV · Sad Results of Poor Witness
35 So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.Read from KJV · Sad Results of Poor Witness

Genesis 21

1 Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.Read from KJV · Delayed Blessings
2 So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.Read from KJV · Delayed Blessings
3 And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.Read from KJV · Delayed Blessings
4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.Read from KJV · Delayed Blessings
5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.Read from KJV · Delayed Blessings

Genesis 22

1 Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he answered.Read from KJV · Crossroad of Faith Faith Series
2 "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 · Obedience and Faith
3 So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.Read from KJV · Crossroad of Faith Faith Series
4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.Read from KJV · An Uncompromising Faith
5 "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 · An Uncompromising Faith
6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.Read from KJV · An Uncompromising Faith
7 Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father!" "Here I am, my son," he replied. "The fire and the wood are here," said Isaac, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"Read from KJV · An Uncompromising Faith
8 Abraham answered, "God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two walked on together.Read from KJV · An Uncompromising Faith
9 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 KJV · An Uncompromising Faith
10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.Read from KJV · An Uncompromising Faith
11 Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.Read from KJV · An Uncompromising Faith
12 "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 KJV · An Uncompromising Faith
13 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 KJV · An Uncompromising Faith
14 And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."Read from KJV · An Uncompromising Faith
15 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,Read from KJV · An Uncompromising Faith
16 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 · An Uncompromising Faith
17 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 · An Uncompromising Faith
18 And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."Read from KJV · An Uncompromising Faith

Genesis 25

21 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 · Intreat Cry Aloud

Genesis 28

11 On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.Read from KJV · Getting Back to Bethel
12 And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God's angels were going up and down the ladder.Read from KJV · Getting Back to Bethel
13 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 · Getting Back to Bethel
14 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 · Getting Back to Bethel
15 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 · Getting Back to Bethel
16 When Jacob woke up, he thought, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it."Read from KJV · Getting Back to Bethel
17 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 · Getting Back to Bethel
18 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 · Getting Back to Bethel
19 and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.Read from ESV · Getting Back to Bethel
20 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 · Getting Back to Bethel
21 so that I may return safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God.Read from KJV · Getting Back to Bethel

Genesis 32

1 Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.Read from ESV · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
2 When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is the camp of God." So he named that place Mahanaim.Read from KJV · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.Read from KJV · Hanging Onto God in Prayer
4 He instructed them, "You are to say to my master Esau, 'Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.Read from KJV · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
5 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 · Meeting God at Our Jabbok
6 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 · Meeting God at Our Jabbok
7 In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.Read from KJV · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
8 He thought, "If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape."Read from KJV · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
9 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 · Shut Up to God in Prayer
10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.Read from KJV · Shut Up to God in Prayer
11 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 · Shut Up to God in Prayer
12 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 · Shut Up to God in Prayer
13 Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:Read from KJV · Shut Up to God in Prayer
14 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,Read from KJV · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
15 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.Read from KJV · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
16 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 · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
18 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 · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
19 He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: "When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.Read from KJV · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
20 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 · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
21 So Jacob's gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.Read from KJV · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
22 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 · Shut Up to God in Prayer
23 He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.Read from KJV · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
24 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.Read from KJV · Christ Life for Self Life
25 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 · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
26 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 · Meeting God at Our Jabbok
27 "What is your name?" the man asked. "Jacob," he replied.Read from KJV · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
28 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 · Shut Up to God in Prayer
29 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 · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, "Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared."Read from KJV · A Personal Jabbok Effectual Change
31 The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.Read from KJV · Shut Up to God in Prayer

Genesis 34

30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed."Read from KJV · Getting Back to Bethel
31 But they replied, "Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?"Read from KJV · Getting Back to Bethel

Genesis 35

2 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 · Getting Back to Bethel
3 Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone."Read from KJV · Getting Back to Bethel

Genesis 37

34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.Read from KJV · Rip Your Heart to Pieces

Genesis 40

14 But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.Read from KJV · Praising God for His Goodness
23 The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.Read from KJV · The Refiner's Fire

Genesis 41

1 After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,Read from KJV · The Refiner's Fire Faith Series

Genesis 45

7 God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.Read from KJV · The Providence of God

Genesis 49

10 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 KJV · Map Out Your Life

Genesis 50

15 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him."Read from KJV · The Divine Alchemist
16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Before he died, your father commanded,Read from KJV · The Divine Alchemist
17 'This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.' So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." When their message came to him, Joseph wept.Read from KJV · The Divine Alchemist
18 His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, "We are your slaves!"Read from KJV · The Divine Alchemist
19 But Joseph replied, "Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?Read from KJV · The Divine Alchemist
20 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 · Adversity Faith Series

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