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 and all their host were finished.
- Genesis 3
And the serpent was more crafty than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said to the woman…
- Genesis 4
And Man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have acquired a man with Jehovah.
- Genesis 5
This is the book of Adam's generations. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him.
- Genesis 6
And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them,
- Genesis 7
And Jehovah said to Noah, Go into the ark, thou and all thy house; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this…
- Genesis 8
And God remembered Noah, and all the animals, 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 to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
- Genesis 10
And these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and to them were sons born after the flood.
- Genesis 11
And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.
- Genesis 12
And Jehovah had said to Abram, Go out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land that…
- Genesis 13
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, towards the south.
- Genesis 14
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel the king of Shinar, Arioch the king of El-lasar, Chedorlaomer the king of…
- Genesis 15
After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, thy…
- Genesis 16
And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him [children]. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.
- Genesis 17
And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I [am] the Almighty God: walk…
- Genesis 18
And Jehovah appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre. And he sat at the tent-door in the heat of the day.
- Genesis 19
And the two angels came to Sodom at even. And Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to…
- Genesis 20
And Abraham departed thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned at Gerar.
- Genesis 21
And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as he had spoken.
- Genesis 22
And it came to pass after these things, that God tried Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! and he said, Here am I.
- Genesis 23
And the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah.
- Genesis 24
And Abraham was old, [and] advanced in age; and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.
- Genesis 25
And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.
- Genesis 26
And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to…
- Genesis 27
And it came to pass when Isaac had become old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, that he called Esau his…
- Genesis 28
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters…
- Genesis 29
And Jacob continued his journey, and went into the land of the children of the east.
- Genesis 30
And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or…
- Genesis 31
And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and of what was our…
- 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 distributed…
- Genesis 34
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
- Genesis 35
And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unto the God that appeared unto…
- Genesis 36
And these are the generations of Esau, that is Edom.
- Genesis 37
And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned — 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 man of Adullam whose name…
- Genesis 39
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard, an…
- Genesis 40
And it came to pass after these things, [that] the cup-bearer of the king of Egypt and the baker offended their lord…
- 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
And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
- Genesis 43
And the famine was grievous in the land.
- Genesis 44
And he commanded him who was over his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry; and put…
- Genesis 45
And Joseph could not control himself before all them that stood by him, and he cried, Put every man out from me! And no…
- Genesis 46
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba; and he offered sacrifices to the God of his…
- Genesis 47
And Joseph came and told Pharaoh and said, My father and my brethren, and their sheep and their cattle, and all that…
- Genesis 48
And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick. And he took with him his two…
- Genesis 49
And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, and I will tell you what will befall you at the end of…
- Genesis 50
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.