RH
Genesis · read by Roy Hession
235 verses, in order. Only the verses Roy read aloud are shown.
Genesis 3
1
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden?'"Read from KJV · (Trees in the Christian Experience) 1. the Man Behind the Tree
2
The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,Read from KJV · (Trees in the Christian Experience) 1. the Man Behind the Tree
3
but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.'"Read from KJV · (Trees in the Christian Experience) 1. the Man Behind the Tree
4
"You will not surely die," the serpent told her.Read from KJV · (Trees in the Christian Experience) 1. the Man Behind the Tree
7
And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.Read from KJV · (Trees in the Christian Experience) 1. the Man Behind the Tree
8
Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.Read from KJV · (Trees in the Christian Experience) 1. the Man Behind the Tree
9
But the LORD God called out to the man, "Where are you?"Read from KJV · (Trees in the Christian Experience) 1. the Man Behind the Tree
10
"I heard Your voice in the garden," he replied, "and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself."Read from KJV · (Trees in the Christian Experience) 1. the Man Behind the Tree
11
"Who told you that you were naked?" asked the LORD God. "Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"Read from KJV · (Trees in the Christian Experience) 1. the Man Behind the Tree
22
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 · (Trees in the Christian Experience) 1. the Man Behind the Tree
23
Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.Read from KJV · (Trees in the Christian Experience) 1. the Man Behind the Tree
24
So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.Read from KJV · (Trees in the Christian Experience) 1. the Man Behind the Tree
Genesis 4
2
Later she gave birth to Cain's brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.Read from KJV · The Power of the Blood - Sermon 2 of 5 - Cain and Abel
3
So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,Read from KJV · The Power of the Blood - Sermon 2 of 5 - Cain and Abel
5
but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.Read from KJV · The Power of the Blood - Sermon 2 of 5 - Cain and Abel
6
"Why are you angry," said the LORD to Cain, "and why has your countenance fallen?Read from KJV · The Power of the Blood - Sermon 2 of 5 - Cain and Abel
7
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it."Read from KJV · The Power of the Blood - Sermon 2 of 5 - Cain and Abel
8
Then Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let us go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.Read from KJV · The Power of the Blood - Sermon 2 of 5 - Cain and Abel
9
And the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I do not know!" he answered. "Am I my brother's keeper?"Read from KJV · The Power of the Blood - Sermon 2 of 5 - Cain and Abel
10
"What have you done?" replied the LORD. "The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.Read from KJV · The Power of the Blood - Sermon 2 of 5 - Cain and Abel
11
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.Read from KJV · The Power of the Blood - Sermon 2 of 5 - Cain and Abel
12
When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."Read from KJV · The Power of the Blood - Sermon 2 of 5 - Cain and Abel
13
But Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.Read from KJV · The Power of the Blood - Sermon 2 of 5 - Cain and Abel
14
Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."Read from KJV · The Power of the Blood - Sermon 2 of 5 - Cain and Abel
15
"Not so!" replied the LORD. "If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold." And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.Read from KJV · The Power of the Blood - Sermon 2 of 5 - Cain and Abel
Genesis 11
27
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
28
During his father Terah's lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
29
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram's wife was named Sarai, and Nahor's wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
30
But Sarai was barren; she had no children.Read from NASB1995 · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
Genesis 12
1
Then the LORD said to Abram, "Leave your country, your kindred, and your father's household, and go to the land I will show you.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
2
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
3
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you."Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
4
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
5
And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
6
Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your offspring. " So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
8
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
10
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
11
As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
12
and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will let you live.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
13
Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared."Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
14
So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
15
When Pharaoh's officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
17
The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
18
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
19
Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!"Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
20
Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
Genesis 13
1
So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
4
to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 1
5
Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 3
6
But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 3
7
And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 3
8
So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 3
9
Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left."Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 3
10
And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 3
11
So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 3
12
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 3
13
But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 3
14
After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, "Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 3
16
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 3
17
Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you."Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 3
18
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 3
Genesis 14
12
They also carried off Abram's nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 3
17
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 · Let Us Go on - Part 3
18
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High —Read from KJV · Let Us Go on - Part 3
19
and he blessed Abram and said: "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,Read from KJV · Let Us Go on - Part 3
Genesis 15
2
But Abram replied, "O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
3
Abram continued, "Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir."Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
4
Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, "This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir."Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
5
And the LORD took him outside and said, "Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able." Then He told him, "So shall your offspring be."Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
6
Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
Genesis 16
1
Now Abram's wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
2
So Sarai said to Abram, "Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
4
And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
Genesis 17
1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
2
I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly."Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
4
"As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
16
And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her."Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
17
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?"Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
Genesis 18
9
"Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked. "There, in the tent," he replied.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
10
Then the LORD said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
11
And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
13
And the LORD asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Can I really bear a child when I am old?'Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
15
But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, "I did not laugh." "No," replied the LORD, "but you did laugh."Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
Genesis 19
1
Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
2
and said, "My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way." "No," they answered, "we will spend the night in the square."Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
3
But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
12
Then the two men said to Lot, "Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
13
because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it."Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
14
So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. "Get up," he said. "Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
15
At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, "Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city."Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
16
But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD's compassion for them.Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
17
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, "Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!"Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
19
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
20
Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved."Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
21
"Very well," he answered, "I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
23
And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
24
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
25
Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
27
Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
29
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
30
Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.Read from KJV · Escape for Thy Life
Genesis 21
1
Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
2
So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.Read from NKJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
3
And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
4
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
5
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
6
Then Sarah said, "God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me."Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
8
So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
9
But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
11
Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
12
But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 4
Genesis 22
2
"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 · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 5
3
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 · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 5
4
On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 5
5
"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 · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 5
6
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 · Jesus as the Lamb
7
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 · Jesus as the Lamb
8
Abraham answered, "God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two walked on together.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 5
9
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 · Jesus as the Lamb
10
Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 5
11
Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 5
12
"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 · Jesus as the Lamb
13
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 · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 5
14
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 · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 5
15
And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 5
16
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 · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 5
18
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."Read from KJV · Abraham: The Life of Faith - Part 5
Genesis 25
19
This is the account of Abraham's son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 1 of 5
20
and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 1 of 5
21
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 1 of 5
22
But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 1 of 5
24
When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.Read from NASB1995 · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 1 of 5
25
The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 1 of 5
27
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 1 of 5
28
Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 1 of 5
Genesis 27
41
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
42
When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, "Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
43
So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
44
Stay with him for a while, until your brother's fury subsides—Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?"Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
Genesis 28
1
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. "Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women," he commanded.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
2
"Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother's father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
3
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
4
And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
5
So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
11
On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
12
And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God's angels were going up and down the ladder.Read from KJV · Christian and Self-Effort
13
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
14
Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
15
Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."Read from KJV · Jacob's Ladder
16
When Jacob woke up, he thought, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it."Read from KJV · Christian and Self-Effort
17
And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!"Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
18
Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
20
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
21
so that I may return safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
22
And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 2 of 5
Genesis 31
1
Now Jacob heard that Laban's sons were saying, "Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father's expense."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
2
And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
3
Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
20
Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
21
So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
22
On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
23
So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
24
But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, "Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
25
Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there as well.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
26
Then Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
27
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
28
But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
29
I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, 'Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.'Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
Genesis 32
1
Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
2
When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is the camp of God." So he named that place Mahanaim.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
3
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
4
He instructed them, "You are to say to my master Esau, 'Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
6
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
7
In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
8
He thought, "If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
9
Then Jacob declared, "O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, 'Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,'Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
11
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
12
But You have said, 'I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.'"Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
13
Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
14
200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
16
He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, "Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
17
He instructed the one in the lead, "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, 'To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?'Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
18
then you are to say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.'"Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
19
He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: "When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
20
You are also to say, 'Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.'" For he thought, "I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
21
So Jacob's gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
22
During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
23
He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
24
So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
25
When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob's hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 4 of 5
27
"What is your name?" the man asked. "Jacob," he replied.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 4 of 5
29
And Jacob requested, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed Jacob there.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
31
The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 3 of 5
32
Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob's hip was struck near that tendon.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 4 of 5
Genesis 33
1
Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 4 of 5
4
Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 4 of 5
6
Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 4 of 5
7
Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 4 of 5
8
"What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?" asked Esau. "To find favor in your sight, my lord," Jacob answered.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 4 of 5
10
But Jacob insisted, "No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 4 of 5
11
Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need." So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 4 of 5
13
But Jacob replied, "My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
14
Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
15
"Let me leave some of my people with you," Esau said. But Jacob replied, "Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
16
So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
17
but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
18
After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
Genesis 35
1
Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
3
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 - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
4
So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
5
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 - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
6
So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
10
And God said to him, "Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel. " So God named him Israel.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
11
And God told him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
12
The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
13
Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
14
So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
15
Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.Read from NKJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
Genesis 37
34
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
35
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. "No," he said. "I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son." So his father wept for him.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
Genesis 40
8
"We both had dreams," they replied, "but there is no one to interpret them." Then Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams."Read from KJV · Of Him and Through Him and for Him
Genesis 46
1
So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
2
And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: "Jacob, Jacob!" He said. "Here I am," replied Jacob.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
3
"I am God," He said, "the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
4
I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph's own hands will close your eyes."Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
Genesis 47
9
"My travels have lasted 130 years," Jacob replied. "My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers."Read from NKJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
10
Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5
Genesis 48
21
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.Read from KJV · Jacob - Gods Unchanging Grace - Genesis 25 - Sermon 5 of 5