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Genesis · read by John Fitzpatrick
28 verses, in order. Only the verses John read aloud are shown.
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 · Lessons from the life of Abram
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I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.Read from KJV · The Life of Abraham
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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 KJV · The Life of Abraham
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And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,Read from KJV · The Life of Abraham
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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 · The Life of Abraham
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Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your offspring. " So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.Read from KJV · Lessons from the life of Abram
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Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.Read from KJV · The Life of Abraham
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As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,Read from KJV · The Life of Abraham
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and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will let you live.Read from KJV · Lessons from the life of Abram
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Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared."Read from KJV · Maintaining Testimony
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So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.Read from KJV · Maintaining Testimony
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He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.Read from KJV · Maintaining Testimony
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The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai.Read from KJV · The Life of Abraham
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So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?Read from KJV · The Life of Abraham
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Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!"Read from KJV · The Life of Abraham
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Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.Read from KJV · The Life of Abraham
Genesis 20
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Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, "Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.Read from KJV · Maintaining Testimony
Genesis 24
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Then I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not come back with me?'Read from KJV · The Old Paths
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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 · The Old Paths
Genesis 27
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Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,Read from KJV · Maintaining Testimony
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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 · Maintaining Testimony
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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 · Maintaining Testimony
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But Isaac asked his son, "How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?" "Because the LORD your God brought it to me," he replied.Read from KJV · Maintaining Testimony
Genesis 49
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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 · Six days of the christian life
Genesis 50
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'This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.' So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." When their message came to him, Joseph wept.Read from KJV · Interpersonal Relations
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His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, "We are your slaves!"Read from KJV · Interpersonal Relations
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As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.Read from KJV · Interpersonal Relations