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Genesis · read by Eric Hughes
43 verses, in order. Only the verses Eric read aloud are shown.
Genesis 25
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This is the account of Abraham's son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,Read from KJV · Jacob
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and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.Read from KJV · Jacob
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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 · 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 · 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 · Jacob
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When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.Read from KJV · Jacob
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Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.Read from KJV · Jacob
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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 · Jacob
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"Swear to me first," Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.Read from KJV · Jacob
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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 · Jacob
Genesis 28
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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Jacob
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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 · 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 ESV · 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 · 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 · Jacob
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so that I may return safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God.Read from KJV · Jacob
Genesis 29
Genesis 30
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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 · Jacob
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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 · Jacob
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Then Jacob answered, "You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.Read from KJV · Jacob
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Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?"Read from KJV · Jacob
Genesis 31
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I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.Read from KJV · Jacob
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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 · Jacob
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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 · Jacob
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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 · Jacob
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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 · Jacob
Genesis 33
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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 · Jacob
Genesis 35
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After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.Read from KJV · Jacob
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And God said to him, "Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel. " So God named him Israel.Read from KJV · Jacob
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And God told him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.Read from KJV · Jacob
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The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you."Read from KJV · Jacob
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So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.Read from KJV · Jacob