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Genesis · read by John Piper
55 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 · In the Beginning Was the Word
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Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it."Read from NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2a
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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 NASB1995 · Thank God for the Mercies of Christ (Festival of Thanksgiving)
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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 ESV · Marriage Is Meant for Making Children Disciples of Jesus, 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 ESV · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 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 ESV · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 1
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 ESV · Is There a 'Lord's Day'?
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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 NKJV · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2a
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And the LORD God commanded him, "You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,Read from NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2a
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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 NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2a
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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 NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2a
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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 NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2a
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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 NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2a
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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 ESV · Staying Married Is Not About Staying in Love, Part 1
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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 NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2a
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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 ESV · Staying Married Is Not About Staying in Love, Part 1
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And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.Read from ESV · Staying Married Is Not About Staying in Love, Part 1
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 NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2a
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The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,Read from NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2a
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"You will not surely die," the serpent told her.Read from NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2a
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When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.Read from ESV · Staying Married Is Not About Staying in Love, Part 2
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And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.Read from ESV · Staying Married Is Not About Staying in Love, Part 2
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Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.Read from NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2a
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And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."Read from ESV · The Triumph of the Gospel in the New Heavens and the New Earth
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To the woman He said: "I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."Read from NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2b
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 NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2b
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 · Marriage Is Meant for Making Children Disciples of Jesus, Part 1
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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 ESV · Love Your Unborn Neighbor
Genesis 11
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But Sarai was barren; she had no children.Read from NASB1995 · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
Genesis 12
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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 NKJV · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
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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 ESV · Let the Nations Be Glad - Part 1
Genesis 15
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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 NASB1995 · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
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Abram continued, "Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir."Read from NASB1995 · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
Genesis 16
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Now Abram's wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.Read from NASB1995 · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
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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 NASB1995 · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
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And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.Read from NASB1995 · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
Genesis 17
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"As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.Read from ESV · Let the Nations Be Glad - Part 1
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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 ESV · How the Offspring of Isaac Blesses the Sons of Ishmael
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And Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"Read from ESV · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
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But God replied, "Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.Read from ESV · How the Offspring of Isaac Blesses the Sons of Ishmael
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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 ESV · How the Offspring of Isaac Blesses the Sons of Ishmael
Genesis 18
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Then the LORD said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.Read from NASB1995 · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
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And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.Read from NASB1995 · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
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So she laughed to herself, saying, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"Read from NASB1995 · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
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Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son."Read from NASB1995 · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
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But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, "I did not laugh." "No," replied the LORD, "but you did laugh."Read from NASB1995 · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
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 NASB1995 · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
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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 NASB1995 · (Education for Exultation) the Isaac Factor
Genesis 28
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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 ESV · Son of God, Son of Man, King of Israel
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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 ESV · Son of God, Son of Man, King of Israel
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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 ESV · Son of God, Son of Man, King of Israel
Genesis 41
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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 ESV · Providential Peril for Joseph, Jesus, and You
Genesis 45
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God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.Read from ESV · Providential Peril for Joseph, Jesus, and You
Genesis 50
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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 NASB1995 · Battling Unbelief - Part 10