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Genesis · read by Lawrence Chambers
97 verses, in order. Only the verses Lawrence read aloud are shown.
Genesis 1
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.Read from ESV · God's Plan for the Ages 01 God's Plan
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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 · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.Read from ESV · God's Plan for the Ages 03 God's Plan
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And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.Read from NKJV · God's Plan for the Ages 03 God's Plan
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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 · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters."Read from KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.Read from KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 03 God's Plan
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God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.Read from KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 03 God's Plan
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And God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear." And it was so.Read from KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering of waters He called "seas." And God saw that it was good.Read from KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind." And it was so.Read from KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.Read from KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.Read from KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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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 · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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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 · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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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 · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,Read from KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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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 · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.Read from KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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And God said, "Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky."Read from KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.Read from KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.Read from KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so.Read from KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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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 KJV · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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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 · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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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 · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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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 · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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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 · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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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 · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
Genesis 2
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Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.Read from ESV · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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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 · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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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 · God's Plan for the Ages 02 God's Plan
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 · The Flood
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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 · The Flood
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So the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years."Read from KJV · The Flood
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The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.Read from KJV · The Flood
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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 · The Flood
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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 · The Flood
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So the LORD said, "I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them."Read from KJV · The Flood
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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 · The Flood
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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 KJV · The Flood
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Then God said to Noah, "The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.Read from KJV · The Flood
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Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.Read from KJV · The Flood
Genesis 7
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Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.Read from KJV · The Flood
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In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.Read from KJV · The Flood
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On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—Read from KJV · The Flood
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they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.Read from KJV · The Flood
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They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.Read from KJV · The Flood
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And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.Read from KJV · The Flood
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For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.Read from KJV · The Flood
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So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.Read from KJV · The Flood
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Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.Read from KJV · The Flood
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The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.Read from KJV · The Flood
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And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.Read from KJV · The Flood
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Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.Read from KJV · The Flood
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And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.Read from KJV · The Flood
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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.Read from KJV · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
Genesis 24
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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Laban and Bethuel answered, "This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.Read from KJV · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.Read from KJV · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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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 · Genesis 2:2
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Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.Read from KJV · Genesis 2:2
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and asked the servant, "Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?" "It is my master," the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.Read from KJV · Genesis 2:2
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And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother's death.Read from KJV · Genesis 2:2