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Genesis · read by Murray McCandless
66 verses, in order. Only the verses Murray read aloud are shown.
Genesis 3
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Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."Read from KJV · The first and last Adam looking in
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Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.Read from KJV · The first and last Adam looking in
Genesis 21
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and Abimelech asked him, "Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?"Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
Genesis 26
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Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham's time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, "She is my sister." For he was afraid to say, "She is my wife," since he thought to himself, "The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful."Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, "So she is really your wife! How could you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac replied, "Because I thought I might die on account of her."Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us."Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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Then Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen and said, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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"We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you," they replied. "We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with youRead from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD."Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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On that same day, Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug. "We have found water!" they told him.Read from KJV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
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So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.Read from ESV · Gaining the wells of our fathers
Genesis 29
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Laban said to him, "Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be."Read from KJV · Leah
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Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.Read from KJV · Leah
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Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."Read from KJV · Leah
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Laban replied, "Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me."Read from KJV · Leah
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So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.Read from KJV · Leah
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Finally Jacob said to Laban, "Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her."Read from KJV · Leah
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And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.Read from KJV · Leah
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Laban replied, "It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.Read from KJV · Leah
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And Jacob did just that. He finished the week's celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.Read from KJV · Leah
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Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.Read from KJV · Leah
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Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.Read from KJV · Leah
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When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.Read from ESV · Leah
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And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, "The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now."Read from KJV · Leah
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Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, "Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well." So she named him Simeon.Read from KJV · Leah
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Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, "Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." So he was named Levi.Read from KJV · Leah
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And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, "This time I will praise the LORD." So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.Read from KJV · Leah
Genesis 35
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So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.Read from KJV · Jacob the grave digger
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Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone."Read from KJV · Jacob the grave digger
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As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob's sons.Read from KJV · Jacob the grave digger
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There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.Read from KJV · Jacob the grave digger
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After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.Read from KJV · Jacob the grave digger
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Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.Read from NKJV · Jacob the grave digger
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Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.Read from KJV · Jacob the grave digger
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During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, "Do not be afraid, for you are having another son."Read from KJV · Jacob the grave digger
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Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel's tomb to this day.Read from KJV · Jacob the grave digger
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Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.Read from KJV · Jacob the grave digger
Genesis 40
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On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.Read from KJV · Joseph
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But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.Read from ESV · Joseph
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The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.Read from KJV · Joseph
Genesis 41
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After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,Read from KJV · Joseph
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So Pharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?"Read from KJV · Joseph
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.Read from KJV · Joseph
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You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you."Read from KJV · Joseph
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He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, "Bow the knee!" So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.Read from KJV · Joseph
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And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift his hand or foot."Read from KJV · Joseph
Genesis 49
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Then Jacob called for his sons and said, "Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:Read from KJV · Levi and Levites
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Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.Read from KJV · Levites
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Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father's bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.Read from KJV · Levi and Levites
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Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down to you.Read from KJV · Levi and Levites
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There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.Read from ESV · Leah