Bible Read Genesis 1

Genesis

The First Book of Moses, called Genesis

King James Version (KJV) · 50 chapters

How each chapter begins

  1. Genesis 1

    In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

  2. Genesis 2

    Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

  3. Genesis 3

    Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman…

  4. Genesis 4

    And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

  5. 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;

  6. Genesis 6

    And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

  7. Genesis 7

    And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this…

  8. Genesis 8

    And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind…

  9. Genesis 9

    And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

  10. Genesis 10

    Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

  11. Genesis 11

    And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

  12. Genesis 12

    Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto…

  13. 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.

  14. Genesis 14

    And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and…

  15. Genesis 15

    After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy…

  16. Genesis 16

    Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

  17. Genesis 17

    And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God…

  18. Genesis 18

    And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

  19. Genesis 19

    And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them…

  20. Genesis 20

    And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

  21. Genesis 21

    And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

  22. Genesis 22

    And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold…

  23. Genesis 23

    And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

  24. Genesis 24

    And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

  25. Genesis 25

    Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

  26. Genesis 26

    And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto…

  27. 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…

  28. Genesis 28

    And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the…

  29. Genesis 29

    Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.

  30. Genesis 30

    And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children…

  31. 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…

  32. Genesis 32

    And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

  33. Genesis 33

    And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the…

  34. Genesis 34

    And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

  35. Genesis 35

    And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto…

  36. Genesis 36

    Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

  37. Genesis 37

    And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

  38. 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…

  39. Genesis 39

    And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought…

  40. Genesis 40

    And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the…

  41. Genesis 41

    And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

  42. Genesis 42

    Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

  43. Genesis 43

    And the famine was sore in the land.

  44. 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…

  45. 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…

  46. 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…

  47. Genesis 47

    Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that…

  48. 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…

  49. Genesis 49

    And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you…

  50. Genesis 50

    And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

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