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Genesis · read by John Whitcomb
28 verses, in order. Only the verses John 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 · The Origin of the Universe
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And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.Read from ESV · The Origin of the Universe
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And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.Read from NKJV · The Origin of the Universe
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God called the light "day," and the darkness He called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.Read from KJV · The Origin of the Universe
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And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.Read from KJV · The Origin of the Universe
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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 · The Origin of the Universe
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God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.Read from KJV · The Origin of the Universe
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God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,Read from KJV · The Origin of the Universe
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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 · The Origin of the Universe
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And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.Read from KJV · The Origin of the Universe
Genesis 5
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When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.Read from NKJV · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel
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After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.Read from KJV · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel
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 · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel
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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 · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel
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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 · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel
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Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.Read from ESV · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel
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This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.Read from KJV · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel
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Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.Read from NKJV · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel
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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 ESV · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel
Genesis 8
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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 NKJV · The Flood and Modern Geology
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 · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel
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But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.Read from KJV · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel
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And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:Read from KJV · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel
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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 · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel
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But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.Read from KJV · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel
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And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers outside.Read from KJV · Noah and the Dispersal From Babel