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Genesis · read by Joe Focht
703 verses, in order. Only the verses Joe read aloud are shown.
Genesis 1
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 1:1-8
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And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 1:1-8
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And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters."Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 1:1-8
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So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 1:1-8
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God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering of waters He called "seas." And God saw that it was good.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 1:9-31
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The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 1:9-31
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And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth." And it was so.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 1:9-31
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God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 1:9-31
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to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 1:9-31
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So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 1:9-31
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Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 1:9-31
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So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 2
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Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 1:9-31
Genesis 2
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Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.Read from ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 2
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And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 2
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Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.Read from KJV · (Genesis) 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 · (Genesis) Genesis 2
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Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 2
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But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 2
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And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 2
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Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 2
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Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 2
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And the LORD God commanded him, "You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 2
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 2
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And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 2
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So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man's ribs and closed up the area with flesh.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 2
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And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 2
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 · (Genesis) Genesis 3
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The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 3
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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 NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 3
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 3
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 3
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 3
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Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 3
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 3
Genesis 4
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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But Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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 · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 4-5:10
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So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.Read from ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.Read from ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
Genesis 6
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Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
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So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 5:11-6:22
Genesis 7
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and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
Genesis 8
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But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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In Noah's six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.Read from ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
Genesis 9
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And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.Read from ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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he said, "Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
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May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 7-9
Genesis 10
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This is the account of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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All these are the clans of Noah's sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
Genesis 11
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And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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And the LORD said, "If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 12-13
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 · (Genesis) Genesis 10-11
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 12-13
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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 NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 12-13
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 12-13
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The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 12-13
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 · (Genesis) Genesis 12-13
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Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 12-13
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 12-13
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 12-13
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 14
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But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 14
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Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 14
Genesis 14
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Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of SiddimRead from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 14
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During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer's army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 14
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He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 14
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 14
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 14
Genesis 15
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After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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But Abram replied, "O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, "This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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The LORD also told him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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But Abram replied, "Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?"Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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And the LORD said to him, "Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
Genesis 16
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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So the angel of the LORD told her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her authority."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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Then the angel added, "I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone's hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: "You are the God who sees me, " for she said, "Here I have seen the One who sees me!"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
Genesis 17
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I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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God also said to Abraham, "You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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And Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
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And all the men of Abraham's household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 15-17
Genesis 18
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Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, "Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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And the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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Abraham stepped forward and said, "Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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Then Abraham answered, "Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
Genesis 19
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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"Very well," he answered, "I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 18-19
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And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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Thus both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
Genesis 20
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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for on account of Abraham's wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech's household.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
Genesis 21
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Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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Then Sarah said, "God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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and she said to Abraham, "Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman's son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar's shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.Read from NASB1995 · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech's servants had seized,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 20-21
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 · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
Genesis 23
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She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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"I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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"If you are willing for me to bury my dead," he said to them, "listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalfRead from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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and said to Ephron in their presence, "If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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So Ephron's field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded overRead from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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to Abraham's possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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 · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father's house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land'—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor's hometown in Aram-naharaim.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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So the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me have a little water from your jar."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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She replied, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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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 KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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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 KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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My master's wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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My master made me swear an oath and said, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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but you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.'Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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Then I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not come back with me?'Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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And he told me, 'The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father's house.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.'Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, 'Drink, and I will water your camels as well.' So I drank, and she also watered the camels.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere."Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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Laban and Bethuel answered, "This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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They called Rebekah and asked her, "Will you go with this man?" "I will go," she replied.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 22-24:60
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And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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and asked the servant, "Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?" "It is my master," the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother's death.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
Genesis 25
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But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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Ishmael's descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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This is the account of Abraham's son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.Read from NASB1995 · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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"Swear to me first," Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
Genesis 26
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Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham's time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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"What is this you have done to us?" asked Abimelech. "One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, "Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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Then Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
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When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 24:60-26:35
Genesis 27
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When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son." "Here I am," Esau replied.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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"Look," said Isaac, "I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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'Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.'Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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So Jacob went to his father and said, "My father." "Here I am!" he answered. "Which one are you, my son?"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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So Jacob came close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Again he asked, "Are you really my son Esau?" And he replied, "I am."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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"Serve me," said Isaac, "and let me eat some of my son's game, so that I may bless you." Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Then his father Isaac said to him, "Please come near and kiss me, my son."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth— an abundance of grain and new wine.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father's presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Isaac began to tremble violently and said, "Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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But Isaac replied, "Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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But Isaac answered Esau: "Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Esau said to his father, "Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!" Then Esau wept aloud.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
Genesis 28
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So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. "Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women," he commanded.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, "Do not marry a Canaanite woman,"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 27-28:15
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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so that I may return safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God.Read from ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
Genesis 29
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Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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"Look," said Jacob, "it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother's brother Laban, with Laban's sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle's sheep.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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He told Rachel that he was Rebekah's son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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When Laban heard the news about his sister's son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.Read from ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, "Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well." So she named him Simeon.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, "Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." So he was named Levi.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
Genesis 30
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So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son." So she named him Dan.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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And Rachel's servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Then Rachel said, "In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won." So she named him Naphtali.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Leah said, "How happy I am! For the women call me happy." So she named him Asher.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Then Leah said, "God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband." So she named him Issachar.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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"God has given me a good gift," she said. "This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons." And she named him Zebulun.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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and she conceived and gave birth to a son. "God has taken away my shame," she said.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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She named him Joseph, and said, "May the LORD add to me another son."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban's flocks.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban's flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban's animals.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
Genesis 31
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Now Jacob heard that Laban's sons were saying, "Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father's expense."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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and he told them, "I can see from your father's countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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You know that I have served your father with all my strength.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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In that dream the angel of God said to me, 'Jacob!' And I replied, 'Here I am.'Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.'"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, "Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Now Rachel had taken Laban's household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Then Laban declared, "This mound is a witness between you and me this day." Therefore the place was called Galeed.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
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Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 28:16-31:55
Genesis 32
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When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is the camp of God." So he named that place Mahanaim.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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So Jacob's gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
Genesis 33
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Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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"I already have plenty, my brother," Esau replied. "Keep what belongs to you."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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But Jacob insisted, "No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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Then Esau said, "Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
Genesis 34
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Meanwhile, Shechem's father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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But Hamor said to them, "My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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Intermarry with us; give us your daughters, and take our daughters for yourselves.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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Then Shechem said to Dinah's father and brothers, "Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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The young man, who was the most respected of all his father's household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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Jacob's other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.Read from ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 32-34
Genesis 35
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Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, "Do not be afraid, for you are having another son."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.Read from ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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The sons of Rachel's maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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And the sons of Leah's maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
Genesis 36
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and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
Genesis 37
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Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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"Do you intend to reign over us?" his brothers asked. "Will you actually rule us?" So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. "Look," he said, "I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, "What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 35-37:11
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Israel said to him, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them." "I am ready," Joseph replied.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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"I am looking for my brothers," Joseph replied. "Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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"Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. "Let us not take his life," he said.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.Read from ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh." And they agreed.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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returned to his brothers, and said, "The boy is gone! What am I going to do?"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, "We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son's robe or not."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
Genesis 38
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But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother's wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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When Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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she removed her widow's garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow's garments again.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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So Hirah returned to Judah and said, "I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, 'No shrine prostitute has been here.'"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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About three months later, Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant." "Bring her out!" Judah replied. "Let her be burned to death!"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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Judah recognized the items and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah." And he did not have relations with her again.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. "This one came out first," she announced.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
Genesis 39
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When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's household on account of him. The LORD's blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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and after some time his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, "Sleep with me."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 37:12-39:10
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She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, "Sleep with me!" But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,Read from NASB1995 · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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So Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's cloak beside her until his master came home.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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Then she told him the same story: "The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, "This is what your slave did to me," he burned with anger.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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So Joseph's master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king's prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph's care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph's care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
Genesis 40
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both of these men—the Egyptian king's cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: "In my dream there was a vine before me,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.Read from ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
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The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 39:11-40:23
Genesis 41
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In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "Today I recall my failures.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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"I myself cannot do it," Joseph replied, "but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: "In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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So Pharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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Pharaoh also told Joseph, "I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh's presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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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 KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
Genesis 42
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"Look," he added, "I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. "Where have you come from?" he asked. "From the land of Canaan," they replied. "We are here to buy food."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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But they answered, "Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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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 KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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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 KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 41-42
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They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.'Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, 'This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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 ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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When Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, "Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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He asked if they were well, and then he asked, "How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
Genesis 44
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Then Joseph instructed his steward: "Fill the men's sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one's silver in the mouth of his sack.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.Read from ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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When the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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"Why does my lord say these things?" they asked. "Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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"As you say," replied the steward. "But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame."Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph's house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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My lord asked his servants, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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Then our father said, 'Go back and buy us some food.'Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
Genesis 45
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Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Please come near me." And they did so. "I am Joseph, your brother," he said, "the one you sold into Egypt!Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.Read from ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.'Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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You are also directed to tell them: 'Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father's journey.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
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"Enough!" declared Israel. "My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 42:24-45:28
Genesis 46
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So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: "Jacob, Jacob!" He said. "Here I am," replied Jacob.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph's own hands will close your eyes."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob's family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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Then Israel said to Joseph, "Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and inform Pharaoh: 'My brothers and my father's household from the land of Canaan have come to me.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.'Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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When Pharaoh summons you and asks, 'What is your occupation?'Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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you are to say, 'Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.' Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
Genesis 47
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So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: "My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Now that your father and brothers have come to you,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father's household with food for their families.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh's palace.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh's,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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However, he did not acquire the priests' portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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Then Joseph said to the people, "Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
Genesis 48
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Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed meRead from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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and told me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.'Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, "Who are these?"Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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Joseph said to his father, "They are the sons God has given me in this place." So Jacob said, "Please bring them to me, that I may bless them."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh's head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim's head, he was displeased and took his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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"Not so, my father!" Joseph said. "This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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Then Israel said to Joseph, "Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 46-48
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 KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father's bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.Read from ESV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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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 KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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Asher's food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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Then Jacob instructed them, "I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
Genesis 50
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Then Joseph fell upon his father's face, wept over him, and kissed him.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh's court, "If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh thatRead from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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my father made me swear an oath when he said, 'I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.' Now let me go and bury my father, and then return."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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Pharaoh replied, "Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh's household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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along with all of Joseph's household, and his brothers, and his father's household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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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 · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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So they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Before he died, your father commanded,Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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But Joseph replied, "Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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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 KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, "God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place."Read from KJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50
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So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.Read from NKJV · (Genesis) Genesis 49-50