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Genesis · read by Joseph Carroll
76 verses, in order. Only the verses Joseph read aloud are shown.
Genesis 1
Genesis 6
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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 · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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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 · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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 · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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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 · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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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 · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.Read from KJV · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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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 · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.Read from KJV · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father!" "Here I am, my son," he replied. "The fire and the wood are here," said Isaac, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"Read from KJV · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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Abraham answered, "God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two walked on together.Read from KJV · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.Read from KJV · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.Read from KJV · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.Read from KJV · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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"Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him," said the angel, "for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me."Read from KJV · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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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 · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."Read from KJV · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,Read from KJV · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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saying, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,Read from KJV · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.Read from KJV · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."Read from KJV · (Worship) Session 3: A True Heart
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 · Session 8: John 17
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So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, "Place your hand under my thigh,Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac."Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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The servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?"Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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Abraham replied, "Make sure that you do not take my son back there.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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"O LORD, God of my master Abraham," he prayed, "please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, 'Please let down your jar that I may drink,' and who responds, 'Drink, and I will water your camels as well'—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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"Drink, my lord," she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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She replied, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor."Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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The girl ran and told her mother's household about these things.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's wrists, and heard Rebekah's words, "The man said this to me," he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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"Come, you who are blessed by the LORD," said Laban. "Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels."Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say." So Laban said, "Please speak."Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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Then I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not come back with me?'Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, 'Please let me drink a little water from your jar,'Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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and she replies, 'Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,' may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master's son.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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Then I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?' She replied, 'The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.' So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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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 KJV · Session 8: John 17
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Laban and Bethuel answered, "This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master's son, just as the LORD has decreed."Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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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 · Session 8: John 17
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Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, "Send me on my way to my master."Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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But her brother and mother said, "Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go."Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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But he replied, "Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master."Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17
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They called Rebekah and asked her, "Will you go with this man?" "I will go," she replied.Read from KJV · Session 8: John 17