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Genesis · read by Jim Beattie
57 verses, in order. Only the verses Jim read aloud are shown.
Genesis 2
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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 · Husband and wife relationships
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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 · Husband and wife relationships
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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 · Husband and wife relationships
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 · Need for physical intimacy
Genesis 5
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This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.Read from KJV · Husband and wife relationships
Genesis 12
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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 · Chapters in Abraham's life
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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 · Chapters in Abraham's life
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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 · Chapters in Abraham's life
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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 KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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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 · Chapters in Abraham's life
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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 · Chapters in Abraham's life
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So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?Read from KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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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 KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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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 · Chapters in Abraham's life
Genesis 13
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So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.Read from KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.Read from KJV · After these things
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But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.Read from KJV · After these things
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And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.Read from KJV · After these things
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So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.Read from KJV · After these things
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Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left."Read from KJV · After these things
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And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)Read from KJV · After these things
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So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.Read from KJV · After these things
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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 · After these things
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But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.Read from KJV · After these things
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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 · Chapters in Abraham's life
Genesis 14
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After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).Read from KJV · After these things
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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 · Chapters in Abraham's life
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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 · Chapters in Abraham's life
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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 · Chapters in Abraham's life
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The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself."Read from KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,Read from KJV · After these things
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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 · After these things
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I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion."Read from KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
Genesis 15
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When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.Read from KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
Genesis 21
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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 · Chapters in Abraham's life
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 · Chapters in Abraham's life
Genesis 24
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By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.Read from KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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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 KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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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 KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac."Read from KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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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 KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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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 · Chapters in Abraham's life
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Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.Read from KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.Read from KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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"Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"Read from KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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She replied, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor."Read from KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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Then she added, "We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night."Read from KJV · Chapters in Abraham's life
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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 · Chapters in Abraham's life
Genesis 32
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So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.Read from KJV · Night Seasons
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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 · Night Seasons
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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 · Night Seasons
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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 · Night Seasons
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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 NKJV · Night Seasons
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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 · Night Seasons
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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 · Night Seasons