Genesis
The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
How each chapter begins
- Genesis 1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Genesis 2
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- Genesis 3
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea…
- Genesis 4
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
- 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 earth, and daughters were born to them,
- Genesis 7
And the LORD said to 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 every living animal, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind…
- Genesis 9
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Genesis 10
Now 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 was of one language, and of one speech.
- Genesis 12
Now the LORD had said to Abram, Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to a land…
- Genesis 13
And Abram returned from 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 the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy…
- Genesis 16
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
- Genesis 17
And when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk…
- Genesis 18
And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
- Genesis 19
And there came two angels to Sodom at evening; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot seeing them, rose to meet…
- Genesis 20
And Abraham journeyed from thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadash and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
- Genesis 21
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken.
- Genesis 22
And it came to pass after these things, that God tempted Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I…
- Genesis 23
And Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
- Genesis 24
And Abraham was old and far advanced in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
- Genesis 25
Then again Abraham took a 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 to…
- 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…
- 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
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people 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 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 came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the…
- Genesis 34
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
- Genesis 35
And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee…
- Genesis 36
Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
- Genesis 37
And Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father was a stranger, 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, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought…
- 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…
- 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 when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
- Genesis 43
And the famine was severe 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 to the God of his…
- Genesis 47
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, 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 to his sons, and said, Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the…
- Genesis 50
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.