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Genesis · read by John Meekin
42 verses, in order. Only the verses John read aloud are shown.
Genesis 1
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.Read from ESV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 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 · (Last posted?) Couplets in John 3:16
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And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.Read from ESV · (Last posted?) Couplets in John 3:16
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And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.Read from KJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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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 · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth."Read from KJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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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 · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.Read from KJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.Read from KJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
Genesis 2
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Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.Read from ESV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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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 · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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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 · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.Read from KJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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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 · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.Read from KJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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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 · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.Read from KJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.Read from KJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.Read from KJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.Read from KJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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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 · Pictures of the resurrection
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And the LORD God commanded him, "You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,Read from KJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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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 · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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The LORD God also said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper."Read from KJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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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 · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.Read from KJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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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 · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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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 · Pictures of the resurrection
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And the man said: "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for out of man she was taken."Read from NKJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.Read from KJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.Read from NKJV · The Kingdom in Eden: The Original Design - Part 1
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 · Pictures of the resurrection
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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 · Pictures of the resurrection
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And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.Read from KJV · Pictures of the resurrection
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 · Pictures of the resurrection
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So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.Read from KJV · Pictures of the resurrection
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On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.Read from KJV · Pictures of the resurrection
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"Stay here with the donkey," Abraham told his servants. "The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you."Read from KJV · Pictures of the resurrection
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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 · Pictures of the resurrection
Genesis 41
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Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph's finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.Read from KJV · Pictures of the resurrection
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He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, "Bow the knee!" So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.Read from KJV · Pictures of the resurrection
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 · He goeth before you