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Genesis · read by Leslie Craig
38 verses, in order. Only the verses Leslie read aloud are shown.
Genesis 1
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.Read from KJV · 2nd Narrative of Creation: Rule, Relationship, Responsibility
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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 · 1st Narrative of Creation: Life for the Glory of God
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And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.Read from ESV · 1st Narrative of Creation: Life for the Glory of God
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And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.Read from NKJV · 1st Narrative of Creation: Life for the Glory of God
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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 · 1st Narrative of Creation: Life for the Glory of God
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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 · 1st Narrative of Creation: Life for the Glory of God
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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 · 1st Narrative of Creation: Life for the Glory of God
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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 · 1st Narrative of Creation: Life for the Glory of God
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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 · 1st Narrative of Creation: Life for the Glory of God
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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 · 1st Narrative of Creation: Life for the Glory of God
Genesis 2
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Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.Read from KJV · 2nd Narrative of Creation: Rule, Relationship, Responsibility
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But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.Read from KJV · 2nd Narrative of Creation: Rule, Relationship, Responsibility
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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 · 2nd Narrative of Creation: Rule, Relationship, Responsibility
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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 · 2nd Narrative of Creation: Rule, Relationship, Responsibility
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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 · 2nd Narrative of Creation: Rule, Relationship, Responsibility
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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 · 2nd Narrative of Creation: Rule, Relationship, Responsibility
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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 · 2nd Narrative of Creation: Rule, Relationship, Responsibility
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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 · 2nd Narrative of Creation: Rule, Relationship, Responsibility
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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 · 2nd Narrative of Creation: Rule, Relationship, Responsibility
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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 · 2nd Narrative of Creation: Rule, Relationship, Responsibility
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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 · 2nd Narrative of Creation: Rule, Relationship, Responsibility
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And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.Read from NKJV · 2nd Narrative of Creation: Rule, Relationship, Responsibility
Genesis 3
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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 KJV · 2nd Narrative of Creation: Rule, Relationship, Responsibility
Genesis 5
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And he named him Noah, saying, "May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed."Read from KJV · 3rd Narrative of Creation: Righteousness and Rest
Genesis 6
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Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.Read from NKJV · 3rd Narrative of Creation: Righteousness and Rest
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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 · 3rd Narrative of Creation: Righteousness and Rest
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 · 3rd Narrative of Creation: Righteousness and Rest
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Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.Read from KJV · 3rd Narrative of Creation: Righteousness and Rest
Genesis 14
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And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.Read from KJV · Melchisedek
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He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.Read from KJV · Melchisedek
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After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).Read from KJV · Melchisedek
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Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High —Read from KJV · Melchisedek
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and he blessed Abram and said: "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,Read from KJV · Melchisedek
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The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself."Read from KJV · Melchisedek
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But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,Read from KJV · Melchisedek
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that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'Read from KJV · Melchisedek
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I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion."Read from KJV · Melchisedek
Genesis 15
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After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward."Read from KJV · Melchisedek