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Genesis · read by Ian Paisley
78 verses, in order. Only the verses Ian read aloud are shown.
Genesis 1
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And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.Read from NASB1995 · The Gospel of the Devil! Believe It Not (2)
Genesis 2
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This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.Read from KJV · A Plant of Renown (Part One)
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 · The Pierced Feet of Our Lord Jesus
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The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,Read from KJV · The Gospel of the Devil! Believe It Not
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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 · The Gospel of the Devil! Believe It Not
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"You will not surely die," the serpent told her.Read from KJV · The Pierced Feet of Our Lord Jesus
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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 · The Pierced Feet of Our Lord Jesus
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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 · The Gospel of the Devil! Believe It Not
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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 KJV · The Pierced Feet of Our Lord Jesus
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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 · The Gospel of the Devil! Believe It Not
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But the LORD God called out to the man, "Where are you?"Read from KJV · The Pierced Feet of Our Lord Jesus
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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 · The Pierced Feet of Our Lord Jesus
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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 · The Pierced Feet of Our Lord Jesus
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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 · The Pierced Feet of Our Lord Jesus
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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 · The Pierced Feet of Our Lord Jesus
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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 · The Pierced Feet of Our Lord Jesus
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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 Pierced Feet of Our Lord Jesus
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 · The Cry of the Blood of the Murdered
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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 · The Cry of the Blood of the Murdered
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So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,Read from KJV · The Cry of the Blood of the Murdered
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while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,Read from KJV · The Cry of the Blood of the Murdered
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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 · The Cry of the Blood of the Murdered
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"Why are you angry," said the LORD to Cain, "and why has your countenance fallen?Read from KJV · The Cry of the Blood of the Murdered
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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 · The Cry of the Blood of the Murdered
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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 · The Cry of the Blood of the Murdered
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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 · The Cry of the Blood of the Murdered
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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 · The Cry of the Blood of the Murdered
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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 · The Cry of the Blood of the Murdered
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But Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.Read from KJV · The Cry of the Blood of the Murdered
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Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."Read from KJV · The Cry of the Blood of the Murdered
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"Not so!" replied the LORD. "If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold." And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.Read from KJV · The Cry of the Blood of the Murdered
Genesis 8
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As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease."Read from KJV · A Plant of Renown (Part One)
Genesis 22
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Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he answered.Read from KJV · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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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 · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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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 · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.Read from KJV · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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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 · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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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 · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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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 · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage 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 · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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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 KJV · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.Read from KJV · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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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 KJV · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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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 KJV · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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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 · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,Read from KJV · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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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 · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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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 · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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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 · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.Read from NKJV · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
Genesis 37
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Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.Read from KJV · The First Gift of the Father
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This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father's wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.Read from KJV · The First Gift of the Father
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.Read from KJV · The First Gift of the Father
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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 · The First Gift of the Father
Genesis 44
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Then Judah approached Joseph and said, "Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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My lord asked his servants, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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And we answered, 'We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy's brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother's sons left, and his father loves him.'Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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Then you told your servants, 'Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.'Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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So we said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.'Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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But you said to your servants, 'Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.'Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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Then our father said, 'Go back and buy us some food.'Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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But we answered, 'We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.'Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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And your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons.Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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When one of them was gone, I said: "Surely he has been torn to pieces." And I have not seen him since.Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.'Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy's life,Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy's safety to my father, saying, 'If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.'Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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Now please let your servant stay here as my lord's slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
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For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him."Read from KJV · A Shattering Question to the Belivers Heart
Genesis 49
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Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down to you.Read from KJV · The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?Read from KJV · The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.Read from KJV · The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.Read from KJV · The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.Read from KJV · God's Inerasable Colour
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Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.Read from ESV · The History, Tragedy and Mystery of Samson