Genesis
The First Book of Moses, Commonly Called Genesis
How each chapter begins
- Genesis 1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Genesis 2
And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- Genesis 3
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman…
- Genesis 4
And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah.
- Genesis 5
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
- Genesis 6
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them,
- Genesis 7
And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this…
- Genesis 8
And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to…
- Genesis 9
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Genesis 10
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, namely, of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born…
- Genesis 11
And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
- Genesis 12
Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto the…
- Genesis 13
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.
- Genesis 14
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and…
- Genesis 15
After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy…
- Genesis 16
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
- Genesis 17
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk…
- Genesis 18
And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
- Genesis 19
And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them…
- Genesis 20
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in…
- Genesis 21
And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
- Genesis 22
And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.
- Genesis 23
And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
- Genesis 24
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.
- Genesis 25
And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.
- Genesis 26
And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto…
- Genesis 27
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder…
- Genesis 28
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the…
- Genesis 29
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
- Genesis 30
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me…
- Genesis 31
And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was…
- Genesis 32
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
- Genesis 33
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided…
- Genesis 34
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
- Genesis 35
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto…
- Genesis 36
Now these are the generations of Esau (the same is Edom).
- Genesis 37
And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 38
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose…
- Genesis 39
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian…
- Genesis 40
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king…
- Genesis 41
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
- Genesis 42
Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
- Genesis 43
And the famine was sore in the land.
- Genesis 44
And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put…
- Genesis 45
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from…
- Genesis 46
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his…
- Genesis 47
Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all…
- Genesis 48
And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his…
- Genesis 49
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you…
- Genesis 50
And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.