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Genesis · read by Shane Idleman

62 verses, in order. Only the verses Shane read aloud are shown.

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Genesis 1

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.Read from ESV · Are You Ready?
2 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 NKJV · God - Fairytale or Fact?
4 And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.Read from NKJV · God - Fairytale or Fact?
5 God called the light "day," and the darkness He called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.Read from NKJV · God - Fairytale or Fact?
6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters."Read from NKJV · God - Fairytale or Fact?
8 God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.Read from NKJV · God - Fairytale or Fact?
26 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 NKJV · The Doctrine of Man, Sin & the Curse
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.Read from ESV · The Doctrine of Man (Sin & the Curse)
28 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 NKJV · The Doctrine of Man, Sin & the Curse
29 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 NASB1995 · Health - What Does the Bible Say?

Genesis 2

7 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 NKJV · Fearfully Made - Body, Mind, & Spirit - Genesis 1 Continued
18 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 NKJV · Does Thou Shalt Not Still Apply - Genesis 2 & 3
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.Read from NKJV · Does Thou Shalt Not Still Apply - Genesis 2 & 3
21 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 NKJV · Don't Tell Me What to Do!
22 And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.Read from NKJV · Don't Tell Me What to Do!
23 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 · Don't Tell Me What to Do!
24 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 NASB1995 · Can I Divorce My Spouse Because of Adultery

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 NKJV · The Doctrine of Man, Sin & the Curse
2 The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,Read from NKJV · The Doctrine of Man, Sin & the Curse
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 NKJV · The Doctrine of Man (Sin & the Curse)
4 "You will not surely die," the serpent told her.Read from NKJV · The Doctrine of Man, Sin & the Curse
5 "For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."Read from NKJV · The Doctrine of Man (Sin & the Curse)
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 NKJV · The Doctrine of Man, Sin & the Curse
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 NKJV · Genesis 3 - What Extinguishes the Presence of the Lord
16 To the woman He said: "I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."Read from NKJV · Don't Tell Me What to Do!
21 And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.Read from NKJV · An Autopsy of Temptation

Genesis 4

3 So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,Read from NKJV · Anger, One Letter Away From Danger
6 "Why are you angry," said the LORD to Cain, "and why has your countenance fallen?Read from NKJV · Anger, One Letter Away From Danger
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 NKJV · Anger - One Letter Away From Danger
25 And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, "God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him."Read from NKJV · Anger, One Letter Away From Danger

Genesis 6

1 Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,Read from NKJV · The Day God Was Sorry (Video)
2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.Read from NKJV · Don't Give Demons Too Much Credit
3 So the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years."Read from NKJV · The Day God Was Sorry
5 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 NKJV · Don't Give Demons Too Much Credit
6 And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.Read from NASB1995 · Don't Give Demons Too Much Credit
7 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 NKJV · Don't Give Demons Too Much Credit (Video)
8 Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.Read from ESV · Finding Favor in the Eyes of the Lord

Genesis 7

12 And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.Read from NKJV · God Doesn't Forget His Word to You (Video)

Genesis 8

2 The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.Read from NKJV · God Doesn't Forget His Word to You (Video)

Genesis 9

1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.Read from NKJV · Reasons Why I'm Not Panicking God's Promises
4 But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.Read from ESV · Reasons Why I'm Not Panicking God's Promises
5 And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:Read from NKJV · Reasons Why I'm Not Panicking God's Promises
20 Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.Read from NKJV · Slippery Slope of Addiction
21 But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.Read from NKJV · Slippery Slope of Addiction
28 After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.Read from NASB1995 · The Slippery Slope of Addiction

Genesis 11

1 Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.Read from NKJV · The Sin of Pride, Nimrod
2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.Read from NKJV · The Sin of Pride, Nimrod
3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.Read from NKJV · The Sin of Self Advancement
4 "Come," they said, "let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth."Read from NKJV · The Sin of Self Advancement
5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.Read from NASB1995 · The Sin of Self Advancement - Puffed by Pride

Genesis 12

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 NKJV · Hearing and Obeying God's Voice (Video)

Genesis 15

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 NKJV · Mis Direction - Failure Is Not Final
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 NKJV · Mis Direction - Failure Is Not Final
7 The LORD also told him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess."Read from NKJV · Mis Direction - Failure Is Not Final
12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.Read from NKJV · Mis Direction - Failure Is Not Final
13 Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.Read from NKJV · Mis Direction - Failure Is Not Final
16 In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."Read from NASB1995 · Mis Direction - Failure Is Not Final

Genesis 16

11 The angel of the LORD proceeded: "Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.Read from NKJV · Mis Direction - Failure Is Not Final

Genesis 18

13 And the LORD asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Can I really bear a child when I am old?'Read from NKJV · Is Anything Too Hard For God (Video)

Genesis 34

7 When Jacob's sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter—a thing that should not be done.Read from NKJV · Anger, Danger, Dreams and Destiny

Genesis 37

4 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.Read from ESV · Anger, Danger, Dreams and Destiny
11 And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.Read from NKJV · Anger, Danger, Dreams and Destiny

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