Genesis
by Ken Cayce
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Genesis Explained
Genesis is the book of beginnings. It records the beginning of time, life,
sin, salvation, the human race, and the Hebrew nation. It begins with
primeval history centered in four major events: the Creation, the Fall, the
Flood, and the dispersion of the nations. Genesis then narrates the history
of four great patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.
Title:
The English title, Genesis, comes from the Greek translation (Septuagint,
LXX) meaning "origins"; whereas, the Hebrew title is derived from the
Bible's very first word, translated "in the beginning." Genesis serves to
introduce the Pentateuch (the first 5 books of the Old Testament), and the
entire bible.
The influence of Genesis in Scripture is demonstrated by its being quoted
over 35 times in the New Testament and hundreds of allusions appearing in
both Testaments. The story line of salvation which begins in Genesis 3 is
not completed until Revelation chapters 21 and 22, where the eternal
kingdom of redeemed believers is gloriously pictured.
The title, Genesis (Greek, "Beginning"), was applied to this book by the
Septuagint. The Hebrew title (bereshit) comes from the first word of the
book in Hebrew ("In the beginning"). The book is divided by 10 units
(toledot) under the rubric: "These are the generations of." Thus, some have
suggested that Moses had access to the patriarchal records.
Authorship - Date:
With very few exceptions, Jewish and Christian scholars alike believed that
Moses wrote Genesis. His authorship is supported by the Samaritan
Pentateuch, the Palestinian Talmud, the Apocrypha (Ecclus. 45:4; 2 Macc.
7:30), the writings of Philo (Life of Moses 3:39), and Josephus
(Antiquities of the Jews 4:8:45; Contra Apion I.8.
Moses life extended 120 years (Deut. 34:7). The first 40 years (1525-1485
B.C.) he spent as Pharaoh's son, learning the wisdom of the Egyptians (Acts
7:22). He spent the next 40 years (1485-1445 B.C.) in the desert of Midian
as a shepherd (Exodus 2:15; Acts 7:30). The final 40 years (1445-1405
B.C.), he spent wandering in the Sinai wilderness with the children of
Israel (Deut. 8:2). He very likely wrote all of the books of the Pentateuch
after his call to lead the people out of Egypt, as recounted in Exodus 3.
This would have been in his last 40 years of life, during the wilderness
wanderings.
Background - Setting:
The initial setting for Genesis is eternity past. God then, by willful act
and divine Word, spoke all creation into existence, furnished it, and
finally breathed life into a lump of dirt which He fashioned in His image
to become Adam. God made mankind the crowning point of His creation, i.e.,
His companions who would enjoy fellowship with Him and bring glory to His
name.
The historical background for the early events in Genesis is clearly
Mesopotamian. While it is difficult to pinpoint precisely the historical
moment for which this book was written, Israel first heard Genesis sometime
prior to crossing the Jordan River and entering the Promised Land (ca. 1405
B.C.). Genesis has 3 distinct, sequential geographical settings:
(1) Mesopotamia (chapters 1-22);
(2) The Promised Land (chapters 12-36); and
(3) Egypt (chapters 37-50).
The time frames of these 3 segments are:
(1) Creation to ca 2090 B.C.;
(2) 2090-1897 B.C.; and
(3) 1897-1804 B.C.
Genesis covers more time than the remaining books of the Bible combined.
Historical - Theological Themes:
In this book of beginnings, God revealed Himself and a worldview to Israel
which contrasted, at times sharply, with the worldview of Israel's
neighbors. The author made no attempt to defend the existence of God or to
present a systematic discussion of His person and works. Rather, Israel's
God distinguished Himself clearly from the alleged gods of her neighbors.
Theological foundations are revealed which include God the Father, God the
Son, God the Holy Spirit, man, sin, redemption, covenant, promise, Satan
and angels, kingdom, revelation, Israel, judgment and blessing.
Genesis 1-11 (primeval history) reveals the origins of the universe, i.e.,
the beginnings of time and space and many of the firsts in human
experience, such as marriage, family, the Fall, sin, redemption, judgment,
and nations. Genesis 12-50 (patriarchal history), explained to Israel how
they came into existence as a family whose ancestry could be traced to Eber
(hence the "Hebrews"; Gen. 10:24-25), and even more remotely to Shem, the
son of Noah (hence the "Semites"; Gen. 10:21). God's people came to
understand not only their ancestry and family history, but also the origins
of their institutions, customs, languages, and different cultures,
especially basic human experiences such as sin and death.
Because they were preparing to enter Canaan and dispossess the Canaanite
inhabitants of their homes and properties, God revealed their enemies'
background. In addition, they needed to understand the actual basis of the
war they were about to declare in light of the immorality of killing,
consistent with the other 4 books that Moses was writing (Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Ultimately, the Jewish nation would
understand a selected portion of preceding world history and the inaugural
background of Israel as a basis by which they would live in their new
beginnings under Joshua's leadership in the land which had previously been
promised to their original patriarchal forefather, Abraham.
Genesis 12:1-3 established a primary focus on God's promises to Abraham.
This narrowed their view from the entire world of peoples in Genesis 1-11
to one small nation, Israel, through whom God would progressively
accomplish His redemptive plan. This underscored Israel's mission to be "a
light to the nations" (Isa. 42:6). God promised land, descendants (seed),
and blessing. The 3-fold promise became, in turn, the basis of the covenant
with Abraham (Gen. 15:1-20). The rest of Scripture bears out the
fulfillment of these promises.
On a larger scale, Genesis 1-11 set forth a singular message about the
character and works of God. In the sequence of accounts which make up these
chapters of Scripture, a pattern emerges which reveals God's abundant grace
as He responded to the willful disobedience of mankind. Without exception,
man responded in greater sinful rebellion. In biblical words, the more sin
abounded the more did God's grace abound (Romans 5:20).
One final theme of both theological and historical significance sets
Genesis apart from other books of Scripture, in that the first book of
Scripture corresponds closely with the final book. In the book of
Revelation, the paradise which was lost in Genesis will be regained. The
apostle John clearly presented the events recorded in his book as future
resolutions to the problems which began as a result of the curse in Genesis
3. His focus is upon the effects of the Fall in the undoing of creation and
the manner in which God rids His creation of the curse effect. In John's
own words, "There will no longer be any curse" (Rev. 22:3). Not
surprisingly, in the final chapter of God's Word, believers will find
themselves back in the Garden of Eden, the eternal paradise of God, eating
from the tree of life (Rev. 22:1-14). At that time, they will partake,
wearing robes washed in the blood of the Lamb (Rev. 22:14).
Genesis is the foundational book to the rest of the Bible. Its important
theological themes include the doctrines of God, Creation, man, sin and
salvation. It teaches the importance of substitutionary atonement and of
faith in God's revelation of Himself to mankind. It also records the first
messianic prophecies of the Bible predicting that the Redeemer would be
born of the seed of a woman (3:15); through the line of Seth (4:25); a son
of Shem (9:27); the offspring of Abraham (12:3); Isaac (21:12); and Jacob
(25:23); and from the tribe of Judah (49:10).
Genesis covers more time than any other book in the Bible. It opens with
the words: "In the beginning God created" (1:1), and it ends with "in a
coffin in Egypt (50:26). Thus, it covers the whole plight of man, who was
created in God's image to live forever, but because of sin became destined
for the grave. The book leaves the reader anxiously anticipating the
redemptive intervention of God.
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Genesis 1
Genesis Chapter 1
Genesis 1:1 "In the
beginning God created the
heaven and the earth."
Genesis 1:2 "And the earth
was without form, and void;
and darkness [was] upon the
face of the deep. And the
Spirit of God moved upon
the face of the waters."
Genesis 1:3 "And God said,
Let there be light: and
there was light."
Genesis 1:4 "And God saw
the light, that [it was]
good: and God divided the
light from the darkness."
Genesis 1:5 "And God called
the light Day, and the
darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the
morning were the first
day."
Genesis 1:6 "And God said, Let there be a firmament in
the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters
from the waters."
Genesis 1:7 "And God made the firmament, and divided
the waters which [were] under the firmament from the
waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was
so."
Genesis 1:8 "And God called the firmament Heaven. And
the evening and the morning were the second day."
Genesis 1:9 "And God said, Let the waters under the
heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the
dry [land] appear: and it was so."
Genesis 1:10 "And God called the dry [land] Earth; and
the gathering together of the waters called he Seas:
and God saw that [it was] good."
Genesis 1:11 "And God said, Let the earth bring forth
grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in
itself, upon the earth: and it was so."
Genesis 1:12 "And the earth brought forth grass, [and]
herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree
yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his
kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
Genesis 1:13 "And the evening and the morning were the
third day."
Genesis 1:14 "And God said, Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the
night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and
for days, and years:"
Genesis 1:15 "And let them be for lights in the
firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth:
and it was so."
Genesis 1:16 "And God made two great lights; the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to
rule the night: [he made] the stars also."
Genesis 1:17 "And God set them in the firmament of the
heaven to give light upon the earth,"
Genesis 1:18 "And to rule over the day and over the
night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and
God saw that [it was] good."
Genesis 1:19 "And the evening and the morning were the
fourth day."
Genesis 1:20 "And God said, Let the waters bring forth
abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that]
may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven."
Genesis 1:21
"And God created great whales, and every living creature that
moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their
kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that
[it was] good."
Genesis 1:22 "And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl
multiply in the earth."
Genesis 1:23 "And the evening and the morning were the fifth
day."
Genesis 1:24 "And God said, Let the earth bring forth the
living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and
beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so."
Genesis 1:25 "And God made the beast of the earth after his
kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that
creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it
was] good."
Genesis 1:26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after
our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the
sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and
over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth."
Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in his [own] image, in the
image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
Genesis 1:28 "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it:
and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl
of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the
earth."
Genesis 1:29 "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and
every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding
seed; to you it shall be for meat."
Genesis 1:30 "And to every beast of the earth, and to every
fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the
earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb
for meat: and it was so."
Genesis 1:31 "And God saw every thing that he had made, and,
behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning
were the sixth day."
Genesis 2
Genesis Chapter 2
Genesis 2:1 "Thus the heavens and the earth were
finished, and all the host of them."
Genesis 2:2 "And on the seventh day God ended his work
which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day
from all his work which he had made."
Genesis 2:3 "And God blessed the seventh day, and
sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from
all his work which God created and made."
Genesis 2:4 "These [are] the generations of the heavens
and of the earth when they were created, in the day
that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,"
Genesis 2:5 "And every plant of the field before it was
in the earth, and every herb of the field before it
grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon
the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the
ground."
Genesis 2:6 "But there went up a mist from the earth,
and watered the whole face of the ground."
Genesis 2:7 "And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust
of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became a living soul."
Genesis 2:8 "And the LORD God planted a garden eastward
in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed."
Genesis 2:9 "And out of the ground made the LORD God to
grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good
for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the
garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil."
Genesis 2:10 "And a river went out of Eden to water the garden;
and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads."
Genesis 2:11 "The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it
which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is]
gold;"
Genesis 2:12 "And the gold of that land [is] good: there [is]
bdellium and the onyx stone."
Genesis 2:13 "And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: the
same [is] it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia."
Genesis 2:14 "And the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel:
that [is] it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the
fourth river [is] Euphrates."
Genesis 2:15 "And the LORD God took the man, and put him into
the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it."
Genesis 2:16 "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of
every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:"
Genesis 2:17 "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest
thereof thou shalt surely die."
Genesis 2:18 "And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the
man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him."
Genesis 2:19 " And out of the ground the LORD God formed every
beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought
[them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever
Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name
thereof."
Genesis 2:20 "And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the
fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam
there was not found a help meet for him."
Genesis 2:21 "And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon
Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up
the flesh instead thereof;"
Genesis 2:22 "And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from
man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man."
Genesis 2:23 "And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones,
and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she
was taken out of Man."
Genesis 2:24 "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one
flesh."
Genesis 2:25 "And they were both naked, the man and his wife,
and were not ashamed."
Genesis 3
Genesis Chapter 3
Genesis 3:1 "Now the serpent was more subtile than any
beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he
said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not
eat of every tree of the garden?"
Genesis 3:2 "And the woman said unto the serpent, We
may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:"
Genesis 3:3 "But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in
the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not
eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die."
Genesis 3:4 "And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye
shall not surely die:"
Genesis 3:5 "For God doth know that in the day ye eat
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall
be as gods, knowing good and evil."
Genesis 3:6 "And when the woman saw that the tree [was]
good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes,
and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took
of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto
her husband with her; and he did eat."
Genesis 3:7 "And the eyes of them both were opened, and
they knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig
leaves together, and made themselves aprons."
Genesis 3:8 "And they heard the voice of the LORD God
walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam
and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the
LORD God amongst the trees of the garden."
Genesis 3:9 "And the LORD God called unto Adam, and
said unto him, Where [art] thou?"
Genesis 3:10 "And he said, I heard thy voice in the
garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I
hid myself."
Genesis 3:11 "And he said, Who told thee that thou
[wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I
commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?"
Genesis 3:12 "And the man said, The woman whom thou
gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I
did eat."
Genesis 3:13 "And the LORD God said unto the woman,
What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman
said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat."
Genesis 3:14 "And the LORD God said unto the serpent,
Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above
all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon
thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all
the days of thy life:"
Genesis 3:15 "And I will put enmity between thee and
the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall
bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."
Genesis 3:16 "Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply
thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth
children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he
shall rule over thee."
Genesis 3:17 "And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast
hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the
tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of
it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou
eat [of] it all the days of thy life;"
Genesis 3:18 "Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to
thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;"
Genesis 3:19 "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,
till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou
taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return."
Genesis 3:20 "And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she
was the mother of all living."
Genesis 3:21 "Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God
make coats of skins, and clothed them."
Genesis 3:22 "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become
as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth
his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live
for ever:"
Genesis 3:23 "Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the
garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken."
Genesis 3:24 "So he drove out the man; and he placed at the
east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which
turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life."
Genesis 4
Genesis Chapter 4
Genesis 4:1 "And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she
conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man
from the LORD."
Genesis 4:2 "And she again bare his brother Abel. And
Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of
the ground."
Genesis 4:3 "And in process of time it came to pass,
that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an
offering unto the LORD."
Genesis 4:4 "And Abel, he also brought of the
firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the
LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:"
Genesis 4:5 "But unto Cain and to his offering he had
not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his
countenance fell."
Genesis 4:6 "And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou
wroth? And why is thy countenance fallen?"
Genesis 4:7 "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be
accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the
door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire, and thou
shalt rule over him."
Genesis 4:8 "And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and
it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain
rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him."
Genesis 4:9 "And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is]
Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my
brother's keeper?
Genesis 4:10 "And he said, What hast thou done? the
voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the
ground."
Genesis 4:11 "And now [art] thou cursed from the earth,
which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's
blood from thy hand;"
Genesis 4:12 "When thou tillest the ground, it shall
not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive
and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth."
Genesis 4:13 And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment
[is] greater than I can bear.
Genesis 4:14 "Behold, thou hast driven me out this day
from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I
be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the
earth; and it shall come to pass, [that] every one that
findeth me shall slay me."
Genesis 4:15 "And the LORD said unto him, Therefore
whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him
sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any
finding him should kill him."
Genesis 4:16 "And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD,
and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden."
Genesis 4:17 "And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and
bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the
city, after the name of his son, Enoch."
Genesis 4:18 "And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat
Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat
Lamech."
Genesis 4:19 "And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of
the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah."
Genesis 4:20 "And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as
dwell in tents, and [of such as have] cattle."
Genesis 4:21 "And his brother's name [was] Jubal: he was the
father of all such as handle the harp and organ."
Genesis 4:22 "And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an
instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister
of Tubal-cain [was] Naamah."
Genesis 4:23 "And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah,
Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for
I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt."
Genesis 4:24 "If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech
seventy and sevenfold."
Genesis 4:25 "And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son,
and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed
me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew."
Genesis 4:26 "And to Seth, to him also there was born a son;
and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the
name of the LORD."
Genesis 5
Genesis Chapter 5
Genesis 5:1 "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 5:2 "Male and female created he them; and blessed them,
and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created."
Genesis 5:3 "And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and
begat [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and called
his name Seth:"
Genesis 5:4 "And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth
were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:"
Genesis 5:5 "And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred
and thirty years: and he died."
Genesis 5:6 "And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat
Enos:"
Genesis 5:7-8 "And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred
and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:" "And all the
days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died."
Genesis 5:9-11″And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:"
"And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen
years, and begat sons and daughters:" "And all the days of Enos
were nine hundred and five years: and he died."
Genesis 5:12-14 "And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat
Mahalaleel:" "And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight
hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:" "And
all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he
died."
Genesis 5:15-17 "And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and
begat Jared:" "And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight
hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:" "And
all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five
years: and he died."
Genesis 5:18-20 "And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years,
and he begat Enoch:" "And Jared lived after he begat Enoch
eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:" "And all
the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he
died."
Genesis 5:21-23 "And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and
begat Methuselah:" "And Enoch walked with God after he begat
Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:"
"And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five
years:"
Genesis 5:24 "And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for
God took him."
Genesis 5:25-27 "And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and
seven years, and begat Lamech: " "And Methuselah lived after he
begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons
and daughters:" "And all the days of Methuselah were nine
hundred sixty and nine years: and he died."
Genesis 5:28-29 "And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two
years, and begat a son:" "And he called his name Noah, saying,
This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of
our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed."
Genesis 5:30-31 "And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five
hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:"
"And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and
seven years: and he died."
Genesis 5:32 "And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah
begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth."
Genesis 6
Genesis Chapter 6
Genesis 6:1 "And it came to pass, when men began to
multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were
born unto them,"
Genesis 6:2 "That the sons of God saw the daughters of
men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of
all which they chose."
Genesis 6:3 "And the LORD said, My spirit shall not
always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh:
yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."
Genesis 6:4 "There were giants in the earth in those
days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in
unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to
them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old,
men of renown."
Genesis 6:5 "And God saw that the wickedness of man
[was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination
of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil
continually."
Genesis 6:6 "And it repented the LORD that he had made
man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart."
Genesis 6:7 "And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom
I have created from the face of the earth; both man,
and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the
air; for it repenteth me that I have made them."
Genesis 6:8 "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the
LORD."
Genesis 6:9 "These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah
was a just man [and] perfect in his generations, [and]
Noah walked with God."
Genesis 6:10 "And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth."
Genesis 6:11 "The earth also was corrupt before God,
and the earth was filled with violence."
Genesis 6:12 "And God looked upon the earth, and,
behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his
way upon the earth."
Genesis 6:13 "And God said unto Noah, The end of all
flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with
violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them
with the earth."
Genesis 6:14 "Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms
shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within
and without with pitch."
Genesis 6:15 "And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make
it [of]: The length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits,
the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty
cubits."
Genesis 6:16 "A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a
cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt
thou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, and third
[stories] shalt thou make it."
Genesis 6:17 "And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of
waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein [is] the
breath of life, from under heaven; [and] every thing that [is]
in the earth shall die."
Genesis 6:18 "But with thee will I establish my covenant; and
thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife,
and thy sons' wives with thee."
Genesis 6:19 "And of every living thing of all flesh, two of
every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them]
alive with thee; they shall be male and female."
Genesis 6:20 "Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after
their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his
kind, two of every [sort] shall come unto thee, to keep [them]
alive."
Genesis 6:21 "And take thou unto thee of all food that is
eaten, and thou shalt gather [it] to thee; and it shall be for
food for thee, and for them."
Genesis 6:22 "Thus did Noah; according to all that God
commanded him, so did he."
Genesis 7
Genesis Chapter 7
Genesis 7:1 "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 generation."
Genesis 7:2 "Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by
sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that [are] not
clean by two, the male and his female."
Genesis 7:3 "Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and
the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth."
Genesis 7:4 "For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain
upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living
substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of
the earth."
Genesis 7:5 "And Noah did according unto all that the LORD
commanded him."
Genesis 7:6 "And Noah [was] six hundred years old when the
flood of waters was upon the earth."
Genesis 7:7 "And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and
his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters
of the flood."
Genesis 7:8 "Of clean beasts, and of beasts that [are] not
clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the
earth,"
Genesis 7:9 "There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark,
the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah."
Genesis 7:10 "And it came to pass after seven days, that the
waters of the flood were upon the earth."
Genesis 7:11 "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the
second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day
were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the
windows of heaven were opened."
Genesis 7:12 "And the rain was upon the earth forty days and
forty nights."
Genesis 7:13 "In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and
Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the
three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;"
Genesis 7:14-15 "They, and every beast after his kind, and all
the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after
his kind, every bird of every sort." "And they went in unto
Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [is] the
breath of life."
Genesis 7:16 "And they that went in, went in male and female of
all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in."
Genesis 7:17 "And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and
the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up
above the earth."
Genesis 7:18 "And the waters prevailed, and were increased
greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the
waters."
Genesis 7:19 "And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the
earth; and all the high hills, that [were] under the whole
heaven, were covered."
Genesis 7:20 "Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and
the mountains were covered."
Genesis 7:21 "And all flesh died that moved upon the earth,
both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:"
Genesis 7:22 "All in whose nostrils [was] the breath of life,
of all that [was] in the dry [land], died."
Genesis 7:23 "And every living substance was destroyed which
was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the
creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were
destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained [alive], and
they that [were] with him in the ark."
Genesis 7:24 "And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred
and fifty days."
Genesis 8
Genesis Chapter 8
Genesis 8:1 "And God remembered Noah, and every living thing,
and all the cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God made
a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;"
Genesis 8:2 "The fountains also of the deep and the windows of
heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;"
Genesis 8:3 "And the waters returned from off the earth
continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days
the waters were abated."
Genesis 8:4 "And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the
seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat."
Genesis 8:5 "And the waters decreased continually until the
tenth month: in the tenth [month], on the first [day] of the
month, were the tops of the mountains seen."
Genesis 8:6 "And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that
Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:"
Genesis 8:7 "And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and
fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth."
Genesis 8:8 "Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the
waters were abated from off the face of the ground;"
Genesis 8:9-10 "But the dove found no rest for the sole of her
foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters
[were] on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his
hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark."
"And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth
the dove out of the ark;"
Genesis 8:11-12 "And the dove came in to him in the evening;
and, lo, in her mouth [was] an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah
knew that the waters were abated from off the earth." "And he
stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which
returned not again unto him any more."
Genesis 8:13 "And it came to pass in the six hundredth and
first year, in the first [month], the first [day] of the month,
the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed
the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of
the ground was dry."
Genesis 8:14 "And in the second month, on the seven and
twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried."
Genesis 8:15 "And God spake unto Noah, saying,"
Genesis 8:17 "Bring forth with thee every living thing that
[is]with thee, of all flesh, [both] of fowl, and of cattle, and
of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they
may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and
multiply upon the earth."
Genesis 8:18 "And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife,
and his sons' wives with him:"
Genesis 8:19 "Every beast, every creeping thing, and every
fowl, [and] whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their
kinds, went forth out of the ark."
Genesis 8:20 "And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took
of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered
burnt offerings on the altar."
Genesis 8:21 "And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD
said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more
for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart [is] evil
from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing
living, as I have done."
Genesis 8:22 "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest,
and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night
shall not cease."
Genesis 9
Genesis Chapter 9
Genesis 9:1 "And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto
them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth."
Genesis 9:2 "And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be
upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air,
upon all that moveth [upon] the earth, and upon all the fishes
of the sea; into your hand are they delivered."
Genesis 9:3 "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
you; even as the green herb have I given you all things."
Genesis 9:4 "But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the
blood thereof, shall ye not eat."
Genesis 9:5 "And surely your blood of your lives will I
require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at
the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I
require the life of man."
Genesis 9:6 "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood
be shed: for in the image of God made he man."
Genesis 9:7 "And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth
abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein."
Genesis 9:8-10 "And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with
him, saying," "And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you,
and with your seed after you;" "And with every living creature
that [is] with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every
beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark,
to every beast of the earth."
Genesis 9:11 "And I will establish my covenant with you;
neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a
flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the
earth."
Genesis 9:12 "And God said, This [is] the token of the covenant
which I make between me and you and every living creature that
[is] with you, for perpetual generations;"
Genesis 9:13-15 "I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be
for a token of a covenant between me and the earth." "And it
shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that
the bow shall be seen in the cloud:" "And I will remember my
covenant, which [is] between me and you and every living
creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a
flood to destroy all flesh."
Genesis 9:16 "And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will
look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant
between God and every living creature of all flesh that [is]
upon the earth."
Genesis 9:17 "And God said unto Noah, This [is] the token of
the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh
that [is] upon the earth."
Genesis 9:18 "And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark,
were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham [is] the father of
Canaan."
Genesis 9:19 "These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of them
was the whole earth overspread."
Genesis 9:20 "And Noah began [to be] an husbandman, and he
planted a vineyard:"
Genesis 9:21 "And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he
was uncovered within his tent."
Genesis 9:22 "And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness
of his father, and told his two brethren without."
Genesis 9:23 "And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid
[it] upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered
the nakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward,
and they saw not their father's nakedness."
Genesis 9:24 "And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his
younger son had done unto him."
Genesis 9:25 "And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of
servants shall he be unto his brethren."
Genesis 9:26 "And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem;
and Canaan shall be his servant."
Genesis 9:27 "God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in
the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant."
Genesis 9:28-29 "And Noah lived after the flood three hundred
and fifty years." "And all the days of Noah were nine hundred
and fifty years: and he died."
Genesis 10
Genesis Chapter 10
Genesis 10:1 "Now these [are] the generations of the
sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them
were sons born after the flood."
Genesis 10:2 "The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog,
and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and
Tiras."
Genesis 10:3 "And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and
Riphath, and Togarmah."
Genesis 10:4 "And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and
Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim."
Genesis 10:5 "By these were the isles of the Gentiles
divided in their lands; every one after his tongue,
after their families, in their nations."
Genesis 10:6 "And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim,
and Phut, and Canaan."
Genesis 10:7 "And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah,
and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of
Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan."
Genesis 10:8 "And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a
mighty one in the earth."
Genesis 10:9 "He was a mighty hunter before the LORD:
wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter
before the LORD."
Genesis 10:10 "And the beginning of his kingdom was
Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of
Shinar."
Genesis 10:11 "Out of that land went forth Asshur, and
builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,"
Genesis 10:12 "And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the
same [is] a great city."
Genesis 10:13-14 "And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and
Lehabim, and Naphtuhim," "And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of
whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim."
Genesis 10:15-18 "And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and
Heth," "And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,"
"And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite," "And the
Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward
were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad."
Genesis 10:19 "And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon,
as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom,
and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha."
Genesis 10:20 "These [are] the sons of Ham, after their
families, after their tongues, in their countries, [and] in
their nations."
Genesis 10:21 "Unto Shem also, the father of all the children
of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were
[children] born."
Genesis 10:22 "The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and
Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram."
Genesis 10:23 "And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and
Gether, and Mash."
Genesis 10:24 "And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber."
Genesis 10:25 "And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of
one [was] Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his
brother's name [was] Joktan."
Genesis 10:26-29 "And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and
Hazarmaveth, and Jerah," "And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,"
"And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba," "And Ophir, and Havilah,
and Jobab: all these [were] the sons of Joktan."
Genesis 10:30 "And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest
unto Sephar a mount of the east."
Genesis 10:31 "These [are] the sons of Shem, after their
families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their
nations."
Genesis 10:32 "These [are] the families of the sons of Noah,
after their generations, in their nations: and by these were
the nations divided in the earth after the flood."
Genesis 11
Genesis Chapter 11
Genesis 11:1 "And the whole earth was of one language, and of
one speech."
Genesis 11:2 "And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the
east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they
dwelt there."
Genesis 11:5 "And the LORD came down to see the city and the
tower, which the children of men builded."
Genesis 11:6 "And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one,
and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and
now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have
imagined to do."
Genesis 11:8 "So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence
upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the
city."
Genesis 11:9 "Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because
the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and
from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of
all the earth."
Genesis 11:10-11 "These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem
[was] a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after
the flood:" "And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five
hundred years, and begat sons and daughters."
Genesis 11:12-13 "And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and
begat Salah:" "And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four
hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters."
Genesis 11:14 "And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:"
Genesis 11:15-19 "And Salah lived after he begat Eber four
hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters." "And
Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:" "And Eber
lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and
begat sons and daughters." "And Peleg lived thirty years, and
begat Reu:" "And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and
nine years, and begat sons and daughters."
Genesis 11:20-22 "And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat
Serug:" "And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and
seven years, and begat sons and daughters." "And Serug lived
thirty years, and begat Nahor:"
Genesis 11:23-25 "And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two
hundred years, and begat sons and daughters." "And Nahor lived
nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:" "And Nahor lived after
he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and
daughters."
Genesis 11:26 "And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram,
Nahor, and Haran."
Genesis 11:27-28 "Now these [are] the generations of Terah:
Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot."
Genesis 11:28 "And Haran died before his father Terah in the
land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees."
Genesis 11:29 "And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of
Abram's wife [was] Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah,
the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of
Iscah."
Genesis 11:30 "But Sarai was barren; she [had] no child."
Genesis 11:31 "And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of
Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son
Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the
Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto
Haran, and dwelt there."
Genesis 11:32 "And the days of Terah were two hundred and five
years: and Terah died in Haran.
Genesis 12
Genesis Chapter 12
Genesis 12:1 "Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of
thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house,
unto a land that I will shew thee:"
Genesis 12:2 "And I will make of thee a great nation, and I
will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a
blessing:"
Genesis 12:3 "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse
him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the
earth be blessed."
Genesis 12:4 "So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto
him; and Lot went with him: and Abram [was] seventy and five
years old when he departed out of Haran."
Genesis 12:5 "And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his
brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered,
and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went
forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of
Canaan they came."
Genesis 12:6 "And Abram passed through the land unto the place
of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was]
then in the land."
Genesis 12:7 "And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto
thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar
unto the LORD, who appeared unto him."
Genesis 12:8 "And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the
east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, [having] Beth-el on the
west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto
the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD."
Genesis 12:9 "And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the
south."
Genesis 12:10 "And there was a famine in the land: and Abram
went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was]
grievous in the land."
Genesis 12:11 "And it came to pass, when he was come near to
enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now,
I know that thou [art] a fair woman to look upon:"
Genesis 12:12-13 "Therefore it shall come to pass, when the
Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This [is] his
wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive."
"Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister: that it may be well
with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee."
Genesis 12:14 "And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come
into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very
fair."
Genesis 12:15 "The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and
commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into
Pharaoh's house."
Genesis 12:16 "And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he
had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and
maidservants, and she asses, and camels."
Genesis 12:17 "And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with
great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife."
Genesis 12:18-19 "And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is]
this [that] thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me
that she [was] thy wife?" "Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister?
so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold
thy wife, take [her], and go thy way."
Genesis 12:20 "And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him:
and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had."
Genesis 13
Genesis Chapter 13
Genesis 13:1 "And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife,
and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south."
Genesis 13:2 "And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver,
and in gold."
Genesis 13:3 "And he went on his journeys from the south even
to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the
beginning, between Beth-el and Hai;"
Genesis 13:4 "Unto the place of the altar, which he had made
there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the
LORD."
Genesis 13:5-6 "And Lot also, which went with Abram, had
flocks, and herds, and tents." "And the land was not able to
bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance
was great, so that they could not dwell together."
Genesis 13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of
Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the
Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
Genesis 13:8 "And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife,
I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and
thy herdmen; for we [be] brethren."
Genesis 13:9 "[Is] not the whole land before thee? Separate
thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt take] the left
hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou depart] to the
right hand, then I will go to the left."
Genesis 13:10 "And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the
plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before
the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of
the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar."
Genesis 13:11 "Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and
Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from
the other."
Genesis 13:12 "Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot
dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched [his] tent
toward Sodom."
Genesis 13:13 "But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners
before the LORD exceedingly."
Genesis 13:14 "And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was
separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the
place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward,
and westward:"
Genesis 13:15 "For all the land which thou seest, to thee will
I give it, and to thy seed for ever."
Genesis 13:16 "And I will make thy seed as the dust of the
earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth,
[then] shall thy seed also be numbered."
Genesis 13:17 "Arise, walk through the land in the length of it
and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee."
Genesis 13:18 "Then Abram removed [his] tent, and came and
dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which [is] in Hebron, and built
there an altar unto the LORD."
Genesis 14
Genesis Chapter 14
Genesis 14:1 "And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king
of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam,
and Tidal king of nations;"
Genesis 14:2 "[That these] made war with Bera king of Sodom,
and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and
Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar."
Genesis 14:3 "All these were joined together in the vale of
Siddim, which is the salt sea."
Genesis 14:4 "Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the
thirteenth year they rebelled."
Genesis 14:5 "And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and
the kings that [were] with him, and smote the Rephaims in
Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emins in
Shaveh Kiriathaim,"
Genesis 14:6 "And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto
El-paran, which [is] by the wilderness."
Genesis 14:7 "And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which
[is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and
also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar."
Genesis 14:8 "And there went out the king of Sodom, and the
king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of
Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same [is] Zoar;) and they
joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;"
Genesis 14:9 "With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with
Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch
king of Ellasar; four kings with five."
Genesis 14:10 "And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits;
and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and
they that remained fled to the mountain."
Genesis 14:11 "And they took all the goods of Sodom and
Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way."
Genesis 14:12 "And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who
dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed."
Genesis 14:13 "And there came one that had escaped, and told
Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the
Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these
[were] confederate with Abram."
Genesis 14:14 "And when Abram heard that his brother was taken
captive, he armed his trained [servants], born in his own
house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued [them] unto
Dan."
Genesis 14:15-16 "And he divided himself against them, he and
his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto
Hobah, which [is] on the left hand of Damascus." "And he
brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother
Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people."
Genesis 14:17 "And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after
his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings
that [were] with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which [is] the
king's dale."
Genesis 14:18 "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth
bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God."
Genesis 14:19 "And he blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram
of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:"
Genesis 14:20 "And blessed be the most high God, which hath
delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes
of all."
Genesis 14:21-24 "And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give
me the persons, and take the goods to thyself." "And Abram said
to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD,
the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth," "That I
will not [take] from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I
will not take any thing that [is] thine, lest thou shouldest
say, I have made Abram rich:" "Save only that which the young
men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me,
Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion."
Genesis 15
Genesis Chapter 15
Genesis 15:1 "After these things the word of the LORD came unto
Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield,
[and] thy exceeding great reward."
Genesis 15:2 "And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me,
seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house [is] this
Eliezer of Damascus?"
Genesis 15:3 "And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no
seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir."
Genesis 15:4 "And, behold, the word of the LORD [came] unto
him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall
come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir."
Genesis 15:5 "And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look
now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to
number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be."
Genesis 15:6 "And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to
him for righteousness."
Genesis 15:7 "And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that
brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land
to inherit it."
Genesis 15:8 "And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that
I shall inherit it?"
Genesis 15:9-10 "And he said unto him, Take me a heifer of
three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram
of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon." "And
he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and
laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he
not."
Genesis 15:11 "And when the fowls came down upon the carcases,
Abram drove them away."
Genesis 15:12 "And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep
fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon
him."
Genesis 15:13 "And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that
thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs,
and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred
years;"
Genesis 15:14 "And also that nation, whom they shall serve,
will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great
substance."
Genesis 15:15 "And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou
shalt be buried in a good old age."
Genesis 15:16 "But in the fourth generation they shall come
hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet
full."
Genesis 15:17 "And it came to pass, that, when the sun went
down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning
lamp that passed between those pieces."
Genesis 15:18 "In the same day the LORD made a covenant with
Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the
river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:"
Genesis 15:19 "The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the
Kadmonites,"
Genesis 15:20 "And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the
Rephaims,"
Genesis 15:21 "And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the
Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
Genesis 16
Genesis Chapter 16
Genesis 16:1 "Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and
she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar."
Genesis 16:2 "And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD
hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my
maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram
hearkened to the voice of Sarai."
Genesis 16:3 "And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the
Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of
Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife."
Genesis 16:4 "And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and
when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised
in her eyes."
Genesis 16:5 "And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong [be] upon
thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw
that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD
judge between me and thee."
Genesis 16:6 "But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid [is]
in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai
dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face."
Genesis 16:7 "And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain
of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to
Shur."
Genesis 16:8 "And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest
thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the
face of my mistress Sarai."
Genesis 16:9 "And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return
to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands."
Genesis 16:10 "And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will
multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered
for multitude."
Genesis 16:11 "And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold,
thou [art] with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his
name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction."
Genesis 16:12 "And he will be a wild man; his hand [will be]
against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he
shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren."
Genesis 16:13 "And she called the name of the LORD that spake
unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here
looked after him that seeth me?"
Genesis 16:14 "Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi;
behold, [it is] between Kadesh and Bered."
Genesis 16:15 "And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his
son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael."
Genesis 16:16 "And Abram [was] fourscore and six years old,
when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram."
Genesis 17
Genesis Chapter 17
Genesis 17:1 "And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the
LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty
God; walk before me, and be thou perfect."
Genesis 17:2 "And I will make my covenant between me and thee,
and will multiply thee exceedingly."
Genesis 17:3 "And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with
him, saying,"
Genesis 17:4 "As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee,
and thou shalt be a father of many nations."
Genesis 17:5 "Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram,
but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations
have I made thee."
Genesis 17:6 "And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I
will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee."
Genesis 17:7-8 "And I will establish my covenant between me and
thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an
everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed
after thee." "And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after
thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of
Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their
God."
Genesis 17:9 "And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my
covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their
generations."
Genesis 17:10 "This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep,
between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child
among you shall be circumcised."
Genesis 17:11 "And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your
foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me
and you."
Genesis 17:12-13 "And he that is eight days old shall be
circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he
that is born in the house, or bought with money of any
stranger, which [is] not of thy seed." "He that is born in thy
house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be
circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an
everlasting covenant."
Genesis 17:14 "And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of
his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off
from his people; he hath broken my covenant."
Genesis 17:15 "And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy
wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her
name [be]."
Genesis 17:16 "And I will bless her, and give thee a son also
of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother] of
nations; kings of people shall be of her."
Genesis 17:17 "Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed,
and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is
an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years
old, bear?"
Genesis 17:18 "And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might
live before thee!"
Genesis 17:19 "And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a
son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will
establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant,
[and] with his seed after him."
Genesis 17:20 "And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I
have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply
him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make
him a great nation."
Genesis 17:21 "But my covenant will I establish with Isaac,
which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next
year."
Genesis 17:22 "And he left off talking with him, and God went
up from Abraham."
Genesis 17:23 "And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that
were born in his house, and all that were bought with his
money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and
circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as
God had said unto him."
Genesis 17:24 "And Abraham [was] ninety years old and nine,
when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin."
Genesis 17:25 "And Ishmael his son [was] thirteen years old,
when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin."
Genesis 17:26 "In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and
Ishmael his son."
Genesis 17:27 "And all the men of his house, born in the house,
and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with
him."
Genesis 18
Genesis Chapter 18
Genesis 18:1 "And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of
Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;"
Genesis 18:2 "And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo,
three men stood by him: and when he saw [them], he ran to meet
them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,"
Genesis 18:3 "And said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in
thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:"
Genesis 18:4 "Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and
wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:"
Genesis 18:5 "And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort
ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are
ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast
said."
Genesis 18:6 "And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah,
and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead
[it], and make cakes upon the hearth."
Genesis 18:7 "And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf
tender and good, and gave [it] unto a young man; and he hasted
to dress it.
Genesis 18:8 "And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which
he had dressed, and set [it] before them; and he stood by them
under the tree, and they did eat."
Genesis 18:9 "And they said unto him, Where [is] Sarah thy
wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent."
Genesis 18:10 "And he said, I will certainly return unto thee
according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall
have a son. And Sarah heard [it] in the tent door, which [was]
behind him."
Genesis 18:11 "Now Abraham and Sarah [were] old [and] well
stricken in age; [and] it ceased to be with Sarah after the
manner of women."
Genesis 18:12 "Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying,
After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old
also?"
Genesis 18:13 "And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did
Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am
old?"
Genesis 18:14 "Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time
appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of
life, and Sarah shall have a son."
Genesis 18:15 "Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for
she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh."
Genesis 18:16 "And the men rose up from thence, and looked
toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the
way."
Genesis 18:17-18 "And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham
that thing which I do;" "Seeing that Abraham shall surely
become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the
earth shall be blessed in him?"
Genesis 18:19 "For I know him, that he will command his
children and his household after him, and they shall keep the
way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may
bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him."
Genesis 18:20 "And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and
Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;"
Genesis 18:21 "I will go down now, and see whether they have
done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto
me; and if not, I will know."
Genesis 18:22 "And the men turned their faces from thence, and
went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD."
Genesis 18:23 "And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also
destroy the righteous with the wicked?"
Genesis 18:24 "Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the
city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the
fifty righteous that [are] therein?"
Genesis 18:25 "That be far from thee to do after this manner,
to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous
should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the
Judge of all the earth do right?"
Genesis 18:26 "And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty
righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for
their sakes."
Genesis 18:27 "And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I
have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust
and ashes:"
Genesis 18:28-32 "Peradventure there shall lack five of the
fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for [lack of]
five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not
destroy [it]." "And he spake unto him yet again, and said,
Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I
will not do [it] for forty's sake." "And he said [unto him], Oh
let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there
shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do [it],
if I find thirty there." "And he said, Behold now, I have taken
upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be
twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for
twenty's sake." "And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and
I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found
there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten's sake."
Genesis 18:33 "And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had
left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his
place."
Genesis 19
Genesis Chapter 19
Genesis 19:1 "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; and he bowed himself with
his face toward the ground;"
Genesis 19:2 "And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn
in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry
all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up
early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we
will abide in the street all night."
Genesis 19:3 "And he pressed upon them greatly; and
they turned in unto him, and entered into his house;
and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened
bread, and they did eat."
Genesis 19:4 "But before they lay down, the men of the
city, [even] the men of Sodom, compassed the house
round, both old and young, all the people from every
quarter:"
Genesis 19:5 "And they called unto Lot, and said unto
him, Where [are] the men which came in to thee this
night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them."
Genesis 19:6 "And Lot went out at the door unto them,
and shut the door after him,"
Genesis 19:7 "And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so
wickedly."
Genesis 19:8 "Behold now, I have two daughters which
have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out
unto you, and do ye to them as [is] good in your eyes:
only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they
under the shadow of my roof."
Genesis 19:9 "And they said, Stand back. And they said
[again], This one [fellow] came in to sojourn, and he
will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with
thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the
man, [even] Lot, and came near to break the door."
Genesis 19:10 "But the men put forth their hand, and
pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the
door."
Genesis 19:11 "And they smote the men that [were] at
the door of the house with blindness, both small and
great: so that they wearied themselves to find the
door."
Genesis 19:12 "And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou
here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy
daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring
[them] out of this place:"
Genesis 19:13 "For we will destroy this place, because
the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the
LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it."
Genesis 19:14 "And Lot went out, and spake unto his
sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up,
get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy
this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his
sons in law."
Genesis 19:15 "And when the morning arose, then the
angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and
thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be
consumed in the iniquity of the city."
Genesis 19:16 "And while he lingered, the men laid hold
upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon
the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful
unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him
without the city."
Genesis 19:17 "And it came to pass, when they had
brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy
life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all
the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be
consumed."
Genesis 19:18 "And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my
Lord:"
Genesis 19:19 "Behold now, thy servant hath found grace
in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which
thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I
cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me,
and I die:"
Genesis 19:20 "Behold now, this city [is] near to flee
unto, and it [is] a little one: Oh, let me escape
thither, ([is] it not a little one?) and my soul shall
live."
Genesis 19:21 "And he said unto him, See, I have
accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will
not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast
spoken."
Genesis 19:22 "Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot
do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the
name of the city was called Zoar."
Genesis 19:23 "The sun was risen upon the earth when
Lot entered into Zoar."
Genesis 19:24 "Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon
Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of
heaven;"
enesis 19:25 "And he overthrew those cities, and all
the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and
that which grew upon the ground."
Genesis 19:26 "But his wife looked back from behind
him, and she became a pillar of salt."
Genesis 19:27 "And Abraham gat up early in the morning
to the place where he stood before the LORD:"
Genesis 19:28 "And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah,
and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and,
lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a
furnace."
Genesis 19:29 "And it came to pass, when God destroyed
the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham,
and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he
overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt."
Genesis 19:30 "And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the
mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to
dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two
daughters."
Genesis 19:31 "And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our
father [is] old, and [there is] not a man in the earth to come
in unto us after the manner of all the earth:"
Genesis 19:32 "Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we
will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father."
Genesis 19:33 "And they made their father drink wine that
night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and
he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose."
Genesis 19:34 "And it came to pass on the morrow, that the
firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with
my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go
thou in, [and] lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our
father."
Genesis 19:35 "And they made their father drink wine that night
also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived
not when she lay down, nor when she arose."
Genesis 19:36 "Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child
by their father."
Genesis 19:37 "And the firstborn bare a son, and called his
name Moab: the same [is] the father of the Moabites unto this
day."
Genesis 19:38 "And the younger, she also bare a son, and called
his name Ben-ammi: the same [is] the father of the children of
Ammon unto this day."
Genesis 20
Genesis Chapter 20
Genesis 20:1 "And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the
south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and
sojourned in Gerar."
Genesis 20:2 "And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my
sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah."
Genesis 20:3 "But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night,
and said to him, Behold, thou [art but] a dead man, for the
woman which thou hast taken; for she [is] a man's wife."
Genesis 20:4 "But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said,
Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?"
Genesis 20:5 "Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she,
even she herself said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of
my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this."
Genesis 20:6 "And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know
that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also
withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I
thee not to touch her."
Genesis 20:7 "Now therefore restore the man [his] wife; for he
[is] a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt
live: and if thou restore [her] not, know thou that thou shalt
surely die, thou, and all that [are] thine."
Genesis 20:8 "Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning,
and called all his servants, and told all these things in their
ears: and the men were sore afraid."
Genesis 20:9 "Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him,
What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee,
that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin?
thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done."
Genesis 20:10 "And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest
thou, that thou hast done this thing?"
Genesis 20:11 "And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the
fear of God [is] not in this place; and they will slay me for
my wife's sake."
Genesis 20:12 "And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the
daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and
she became my wife."
Genesis 20:13 "And it came to pass, when God caused me to
wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This [is]
thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place
whither we shall come, say of me, He [is] my brother."
Genesis 20:14 "And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and
menservants, and women servants, and gave [them] unto Abraham,
and restored him Sarah his wife."
Genesis 20:15 "And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before
thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee."
Genesis 20:16 "And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy
brother a thousand [pieces] of silver: behold, he [is] to thee
a covering of the eyes, unto all that [are] with thee, and with
all [other]: thus she was reproved."
Genesis 20:17 "So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed
Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare
[children]."
Genesis 20:18 "For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of
the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife."
Genesis 21
Genesis Chapter 21
Genesis 21:1 "And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and
the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken."
Genesis 21:2 "For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in
his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him."
Genesis 21:3 "And Abraham called the name of his son that was
born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac."
Genesis 21:4 "And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight
days old, as God had commanded him."
Genesis 21:5 "And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son
Isaac was born unto him."
Genesis 21:6 "And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so
that] all that hear will laugh with me."
Genesis 21:7 "And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham,
that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born
[him] a son in his old age."
Genesis 21:8 "And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham
made a great feast the [same] day that Isaac was weaned."
Genesis 21:9 "And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian,
which she had born unto Abraham, mocking."
Genesis 21:10 "Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this
bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not
be heir with my son, [even] with Isaac."
Genesis 21:11 "And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's
sight because of his son."
Genesis 21:12 "And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be
grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy
bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto
her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called."
Genesis 21:13 "And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make
a nation, because he [is] thy seed."
Genesis 21:14 "And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and
took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar,
putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away:
and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of
Beer-sheba."
Genesis 21:15 "And the water was spent in the bottle, and she
cast the child under one of the shrubs."
Genesis 21:16 "And she went, and sat her down over against
[him] a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let
me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against
[him], and lift up her voice, and wept."
Genesis 21:17 "And God heard the voice of the lad; and the
angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her,
What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice
of the lad where he [is]."
Genesis 21:18 "Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine
hand; for I will make him a great nation."
Genesis 21:19 "And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of
water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave
the lad drink."
Genesis 21:20 "And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt
in the wilderness, and became an archer."
Genesis 21:21 "And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his
mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt."
Genesis 21:22 "And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech
and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham,
saying, God [is] with thee in all that thou doest:"
Genesis 21:23 "Now therefore swear unto me here by God that
thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with
my son's son: [but] according to the kindness that I have done
unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou
hast sojourned."
Genesis 21:24 "And Abraham said, I will swear."
Genesis 21:25 "And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well
of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away."
Genesis 21:26 "And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this
thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I [of it],
but to day."
Genesis 21:27 "And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them
unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant."
Genesis 21:28 "And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by
themselves."
Genesis 21:29 "And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean]
these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?"
Genesis 21:30 "And he said, For [these] seven ewe lambs shalt
thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that
I have digged this well."
Genesis 21:31 "Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba;
because there they sware both of them."
Genesis 21:32 "Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then
Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host,
and they returned into the land of the Philistines."
Genesis 21:33 "And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and
called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God."
Genesis 21:34 "And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land
many days."
Genesis 22
Genesis Chapter 22
Genesis 22:1 "And it came to pass after these things, that God
did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said,
Behold, [here] I [am]."
Genesis 22:2 "And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son]
Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah;
and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the
mountains which I will tell thee of."
Genesis 22:3 "And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and
saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and
Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and
rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him."
Genesis 22:4 "Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes,
and saw the place afar off."
Genesis 22:5 "And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye
here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and
worship, and come again to you."
Genesis 22:6 "And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering,
and laid [it] upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his
hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together."
Genesis 22:7 "And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and
said, My father: and he said, Here [am] I, my son. And he said,
Behold the fire and the wood: but where [is] the lamb for a
burnt offering?"
Genesis 22:8 "And Abraham said, My son, God will provide
himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them
together."
Genesis 22:9 "And they came to the place which God had told him
of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in
order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon
the wood."
Genesis 22:10 "And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took
the knife to slay his son."
Genesis 22:11 "And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of
heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I."
Genesis 22:12 "And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad,
neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou
fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only
[son] from me."
Genesis 22:13 "And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and
behold behind [him] a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and
Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt
offering in the stead of his son."
Genesis 22:14 "And Abraham called the name of that place
Jehovah-jireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the
LORD it shall be seen."
Genesis 22:15 "And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham
out of heaven the second time,"
Genesis 22:16 "And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the
LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not
withheld thy son, thine only [son]:"
Genesis 22:17 "That in blessing I will bless thee, and in
multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the
heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy
seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;"
Genesis 22:18 "And in thy seed shall all the nations of the
earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice."
Genesis 22:19 "So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they
rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at
Beer-sheba."
Genesis 22:20 "And it came to pass after these things, that it
was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born
children unto thy brother Nahor;"
Genesis 22:21 "Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and
Kemuel the father of Aram,"
Genesis 22:22 "And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph,
and Bethuel."
Genesis 22:23 "And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah
did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother."
Genesis 22:24 "And his concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she
bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah."
Genesis 23
Genesis Chapter 23
Genesis 23:1 "And Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty
years old: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah."
Genesis 23:2 "And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same [is]
Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for
Sarah, and to weep for her."
Genesis 23:3 "And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and
spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,"
Genesis 23:4 "I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you: give
me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my
dead out of my sight."
Genesis 23:5-6 "And the children of Heth answered Abraham,
saying unto him," "Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a mighty prince
among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead; none
of us shall withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou
mayest bury thy dead."
Genesis 23:7 "And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the
people of the land, [even] to the children of Heth."
Genesis 23:8 "And he communed with them, saying, If it be your
mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and
entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar"
Genesis 23:9 "That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which
he hath, which [is] in the end of his field; for as much money
as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a
buryingplace amongst you."
Genesis 23:10 "And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and
Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the
children of Heth, [even] of all that went in at the gate of his
city, saying,"
Genesis 23:11 "Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee,
and the cave that [is] therein, I give it thee; in the presence
of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead."
Genesis 23:12 "And Abraham bowed down himself before the people
of the land."
Genesis 23:13 "And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the
people of the land, saying, But if thou [wilt give it], I pray
thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take [it]
of me, and I will bury my dead there."
Genesis 23:14 "And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,"
Genesis 23:15 "My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth]
four hundred shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and
thee? Bury therefore thy dead."
Genesis 23:16 "And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham
weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the
audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver,
current [money] with the merchant."
Genesis 23:17 "And the field of Ephron, which [was] in
Machpelah, which [was] before Mamre, the field, and the cave
which [was] therein, and all the trees that [were] in the
field, that [were] in all the borders round about, were made
sure"
Genesis 23:18 "Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of
the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of
his city."
Genesis 23:19 "And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in
the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same [is]
Hebron in the land of Canaan."
Genesis 23:20 "And the field, and the cave that [is] therein,
were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying place
by the sons of Heth."
Genesis 24
Genesis Chapter 24
Genesis 24:1 "And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age:
and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things."
Genesis 24:2 "And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his
house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy
hand under my thigh:"
Genesis 24:3 "And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God
of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a
wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom
I dwell:"
Genesis 24:4 "But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my
kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac."
Genesis 24:5 "And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the
woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I
needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou
camest?"
Genesis 24:6 "And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou
bring not my son thither again."
Genesis 24:7 "The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my
father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which
spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed
will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and
thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence."
Genesis 24:8 "And if the woman will not be willing to follow
thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring
not my son thither again."
Genesis 24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of
Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
Genesis 24:10 "And the servant took ten camels of the camels of
his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master
[were] in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto
the city of Nahor."
Genesis 24:11 "And he made his camels to kneel down without the
city by a well of water at the time of the evening, [even] the
time that women go out to draw [water]."
Genesis 24:12 "And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I
pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto
my master Abraham."
Genesis 24:13 "Behold, I stand [here] by the well of water; and
the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:"
Genesis 24:14 "And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom
I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may
drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels
drink also: [let the same be] she [that] thou hast appointed
for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast
shewed kindness unto my master."
Genesis 24:15 "And it came to pass, before he had done
speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to
Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother,
with her pitcher upon her shoulder."
Genesis 24:16 "And the damsel [was] very fair to look upon, a
virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the
well, and filled her pitcher, and came up."
Genesis 24:17 "And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let
me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher."
Genesis 24:18 "And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted,
and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink."
Genesis 24:19 "And when she had done giving him drink, she
said, I will draw [water] for thy camels also, until they have
done drinking."
Genesis 24:20 "And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the
trough, and ran again unto the well to draw [water], and drew
for all his camels."
Genesis 24:21 "And the man wondering at her held his peace, to
wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not."
Genesis 24:22 "And it came to pass, as the camels had done
drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel
weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten [shekels] weight
of gold;"
Genesis 24:23 "And said, Whose daughter [art] thou? tell me, I
pray thee: is there room [in] thy father's house for us to
lodge in?"
Genesis 24:24 "And she said unto him, I [am] the daughter of
Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor."
Genesis 24:25 "She said moreover unto him, We have both straw
and provender enough, and room to lodge in."
Genesis 24:26 "And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped
the LORD."
Genesis 24:27 "And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of my
master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his
mercy and his truth: I [being] in the way, the LORD led me to
the house of my master's brethren."
Genesis 24:28 "And the damsel ran, and told [them of] her
mother's house these things."
Genesis 24:29 "And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was]
Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well."
Genesis 24:30 "And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and
bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words
of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that
he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at
the well."
Genesis 24:31 "And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD;
wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house,
and room for the camels."
Genesis 24:32 "And the man came into the house: and he ungirded
his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and
water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that [were] with
him."
Genesis 24:33 "And there was set [meat] before him to eat: but
he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he
said, Speak on."
Genesis 24:34 "And he said, I [am] Abraham's servant."
Genesis 24:35 "And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and
he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds,
and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and
camels, and asses."
Genesis 24:36 "And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my
master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he
hath."
Genesis 24:37 "And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt
not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites,
in whose land I dwell:"
Genesis 24:38 "But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to
my kindred, and take a wife unto my son."
Genesis 24:39 "And I said unto my master, Peradventure the
woman will not follow me."
Genesis 24:40 "And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I
walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and
thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my
father's house:"
Genesis 24:41 "Then shalt thou be clear from [this] my oath,
when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee
[one], thou shalt be clear from my oath."
Genesis 24:42 "And I came this day unto the well, and said, O
LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way
which I go:
Genesis 24:43 "Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it
shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw
[water], and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water
of thy pitcher to drink;"
Genesis 24:44 "And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will
also draw for thy camels: [let] the same [be] the woman whom
the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son."
Genesis 24:45 "And before I had done speaking in mine heart,
behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder;
and she went down unto the well, and drew [water]: and I said
unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee."
Genesis 24:46 "And she made haste, and let down her pitcher
from her [shoulder], and said, Drink, and I will give thy
camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink
also."
Genesis 24:47 "And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter [art]
thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom
Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and
the bracelets upon her hands."
Genesis 24:48 "And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the
LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had
led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter
unto his son."
Genesis 24:49 "And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my
master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the
right hand, or to the left."
Genesis 24:50 "Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The
thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad
or good."
Genesis 24:51 "Behold, Rebekah [is] before thee, take [her],
and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD
hath spoken."
Genesis 24:52″ And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard
their words, he worshipped the LORD, [bowing himself] to the earth."
Genesis 24:53 "And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and
jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave [them] to Rebekah: he gave also
to her brother and to her mother precious things."
Genesis 24:54 "And they did eat and drink, he and the men that [were]
with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and
he said, Send me away unto my master."
Genesis 24:55 "And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel
abide with us [a few] days, at the least ten; after that she shall go."
Genesis 24:56 "And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD
hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master."
Genesis 24:57 "And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at
her mouth."
Genesis 24:58 "And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go
with this man? And she said, I will go."
Genesis 24:59 "And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse,
and Abraham's servant, and his men."
Genesis 24:60 "And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art]
our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy
seed possess the gate of those which hate them."
Genesis 24:61 "And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon
the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and
went his way."
Genesis 24:62 "And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for
he dwelt in the south country."
Genesis 24:63 "And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the
eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels
[were] coming."
Genesis 24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac,
she lighted off the camel.
Genesis 24:65 "For she [had] said unto the servant, What man [is] this
that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant [had] said, It
[is] my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself."
Genesis 24:66 "And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done."
Genesis 24:67 "And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and
took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was
comforted after his mother's [death]."
Genesis 25
Genesis Chapter 25
Genesis 25:1 "Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name
[was] Keturah."
Genesis 25:2 "And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan,
and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah."
Genesis 25:3 "And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons
of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim."
Genesis 25:4 "And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and
Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these [were] the children
of Keturah."
Genesis 25:5 "And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac."
Genesis 25:6 "But unto the sons of the concubines, which
Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac
his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country."
Genesis 25:7 "And these [are] the days of the years of
Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred three score and
fifteen years."
Genesis 25:8 "Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a
good old age, an old man, and full [of years]; and was gathered
to his people."
Genesis 25:9 "And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the
cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the
Hittite, which [is] before Mamre;"
Genesis 25:10 "The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of
Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife."
Genesis 25:11 "And it came to pass after the death of Abraham,
that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well
Lahai-roi."
Genesis 25:12 "Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael,
Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare
unto Abraham:"
Genesis 25:13 "And these [are] the names of the sons of
Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the
firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and
Mibsam,"
Genesis 25:14 "And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,"
Genesis 25:15 "Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:"
Genesis 25:16 "These [are] the sons of Ishmael, and these [are]
their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve
princes according to their nations."
Genesis 25:17 "And these [are] the years of the life of
Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up
the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people."
Genesis 25:18 "And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is]
before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died in
the presence of all his brethren."
Genesis 25:19 "And these [are] the generations of Isaac,
Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:"
Genesis 25:20 "And Isaac was forty years old when he took
Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of
Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian."
Genesis 25:21 "And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife,
because she [was] barren: and the LORD was entreated of him,
and Rebekah his wife conceived."
Genesis 25:22 "And the children struggled together within her;
and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to
inquire of the LORD."
Genesis 25:23 "And the LORD said unto her, Two nations [are] in
thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy
bowels; and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other]
people; and the elder shall serve the younger."
Genesis 25:24 "And when her days to be delivered were
fulfilled, behold, [there were] twins in her womb."
Genesis 25:25 "And the first came out red, all over like a
hairy garment; and they called his name Esau."
Genesis 25:26 "And after that came his brother out, and his
hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:
and Isaac [was] threescore years old when she bare them."
Genesis 25:27 "And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning
hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man,
dwelling in tents."
Genesis 25:28 "And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of
[his] venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob."
Genesis 25:29 "And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the
field, and he [was] faint:"
Genesis 25:30 "And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee,
with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was
his name called Edom."
Genesis 25:31 "And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy
birthright."
Genesis 25:32 "And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to
die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?"
Genesis 25:33 "And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he
sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob."
Genesis 25:34 "Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of
lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his
way: thus Esau despised [his] birthright."
Genesis 26
Genesis Chapter 26
Genesis 26:1 "And there was a famine in the land,
beside the first famine that was in the days of
Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the
Philistines unto Gerar."
Genesis 26:3 "Sojourn in this land, and I will be with
thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy
seed, I will give all these countries, and I will
perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy
father;"
Genesis 26:4 "And I will make thy seed to multiply as
the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all
these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations
of the earth be blessed;"
Genesis 26:5 "Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and
kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my
laws."
Genesis 26:6 "And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:"
Genesis 26:7 "And the men of the place asked [him] of
his wife; and he said, She [is] my sister: for he
feared to say, [She is] my wife; lest, [said he], the
men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because
she [was] fair to look upon."
Genesis 26:8 "And it came to pass, when he had been
there a long time, that Abimelech king of the
Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and,
behold, Isaac [was] sporting with Rebekah his wife."
Genesis 26:9 "And Abimelech called Isaac, and said,
Behold, of a surety she [is] thy wife: and how saidst
thou, She [is] my sister? And Isaac said unto him,
Because I said, Lest I die for her."
Genesis 26:10 "And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou
hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have
lain with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought
guiltiness upon us."
Genesis 26:11 "And Abimelech charged all [his] people,
saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall
surely be put to death."
Genesis 26:12 "Then Isaac sowed in that land, and
received in the same year a hundredfold: and the LORD
blessed him."
Genesis 26:13 "And the man waxed great, and went
forward, and grew until he became very great:"
Genesis 26:14 "For he had possession of flocks, and
possession of herds, and great store of servants: and
the Philistines envied him."
Genesis 26:15 "For all the wells which his father's
servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father,
the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with
earth."
Genesis 26:17 "And Isaac departed thence, and pitched
his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there."
Genesis 26:18 "And Isaac digged again the wells of
water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his
father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the
death of Abraham: and he called their names after the
names by which his father had called them."
Genesis 26:19 "And Isaac's servants digged in the
valley, and found there a well of springing water."
Genesis 26:20 "And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with
Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he
called the name of the well Esek; because they strove
with him."
Genesis 26:21″And they digged another well, and strove
for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah."
Genesis 26:22 "And he removed from thence, and digged
another well; and for that they strove not: and he
called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now
the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be
fruitful in the land."
Genesis 26:23″And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba."
Genesis 26:24 "And the LORD appeared unto him the same night,
and said, I [am] the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I
[am] with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for
my servant Abraham's sake."
Genesis 26:25 "And he builded an altar there, and called upon
the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there
Isaac's servants digged a well."
Genesis 26:26 "Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and
Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of
his army."
Genesis 26:27 "And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to
me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?"
Genesis 26:28 "And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD
was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt
us, [even] betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with
thee;"
Genesis 26:29 "That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not
touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good,
and have sent thee away in peace: thou [art] now the blessed of
the LORD."
Genesis 26:30 "And he made them a feast, and they did eat and
drink."
Genesis 26:31 "And they rose up betimes in the morning, and
sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they
departed from him in peace."
Genesis 26:32 "And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's
servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had
digged, and said unto him, We have found water."
Genesis 26:33 "And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of
the city [is] Beer-sheba unto this day."
Genesis 26:34 "And Esau was forty years old when he took to
wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath
the daughter of Elon the Hittite:"
Genesis 26:35 "Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to
Rebekah."
Genesis 27
Genesis Chapter 27
Genesis 27:1 "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 eldest son, and said unto him, My
son: and he said unto him, Behold, [here am] I."
Genesis 27:2 "And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know
not the day of my death:"
Genesis 27:3 "Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy
weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the
field, and take me [some] venison;"
Genesis 27:4 "And make me savory meat, such as I love,
and bring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my soul may
bless thee before I die."
Genesis 27:5 "And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to
Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt [for]
venison, [and] to bring [it]."
Genesis 27:6 "And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son,
saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy
brother, saying,"
Genesis 27:7 "Bring me venison, and make me savory
meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD
before my death."
Genesis 27:8 "Now therefore, my son, obey my voice
according to that which I command thee."
Genesis 27:10 "And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father,
that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his
death."
Genesis 27:11 "And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother,
Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a
smooth man:"
Genesis 27:12 My father peradventure will feel me, and
I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a
curse upon me, and not a blessing."
Genesis 27:13 "And his mother said unto him, Upon me
[be] thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go
fetch me [them]."
Genesis 27:14 "And he went, and fetched, and brought
[them] to his mother: and his mother made savory meat,
such as his father loved."
Genesis 27:15 "And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her
eldest son Esau, which [were] with her in the house,
and put them upon Jacob her younger son:"
Genesis 27:16 "And she put the skins of the kids of the
goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:"
Genesis 27:17 "And she gave the savory meat and the
bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son
Jacob."
Genesis 27:18 "And he came unto his father, and said,
My father: and he said, Here [am] I; who [art] thou, my
son?"
Genesis 27:19 "And Jacob said unto his father, I [am]
Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou
badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my
venison, that thy soul may bless me."
Genesis 27:20 And Isaac said unto his son, How [is it]
that thou hast found [it] so quickly, my son? And he
said, Because the LORD thy God brought [it] to me."
Genesis 27:21 "And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I
pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou
[be] my very son Esau or not."
Genesis 27:22 "And Jacob went near unto Isaac his
father; and he felt him, and said, The voice [is]
Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau."
Genesis 27:23 "And he discerned him not, because his
hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he
blessed him."
Genesis 27:24 "And he said, [Art] thou my very son
Esau? And he said, I [am]."
Genesis 27:25 "And he said, Bring [it] near to me, and
I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless
thee. And he brought [it] near to him, and he did eat:
and he brought him wine, and he drank."
Genesis 27:26 "And his father Isaac said unto him, Come
near now, and kiss me, my son."
Genesis 27:27 "And he came near, and kissed him: and he
smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and
said, See, the smell of my son [is] as the smell of a
field which the LORD hath blessed:"
Genesis 27:28 "Therefore God give thee of the dew of
heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of
corn and wine:"
Genesis 27:29 "Let people serve thee, and nations bow
down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy
mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed [be] every one
that curseth thee, and blessed [be] he that blesseth
thee."
Genesis 27:30 "And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made
an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out
from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother
came in from his hunting."
Genesis 27:31 "And he also had made savory meat, and brought it
unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise,
and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me."
Genesis 27:32 "And Isaac his father said unto him, Who [art]
thou? And he said, I [am] thy son, thy firstborn Esau."
Genesis 27:33 "And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said,
Who? where [is] he that hath taken venison, and brought [it]
me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have
blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be blessed."
Genesis 27:34 "And when Esau heard the words of his father, he
cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his
father, Bless me, [even] me also, O my father."
Genesis 27:35 "And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety, and
hath taken away thy blessing."
Genesis 27:36 "And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for
he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my
birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing.
And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?"
Genesis 27:37 "And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I
have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to
him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him:
and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?"
Genesis 27:38 "And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one
blessing, my father? bless me,
[even] me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and
wept."
Genesis 27:39 "And Isaac his father answered and said unto him,
Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of
the dew of heaven from above;"
Genesis 27:40 "And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt
serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt
have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy
neck."
Genesis 27:41 "And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing
wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart,
The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I
slay my brother Jacob."
Genesis 27:42 "And these words of Esau her elder son were told
to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and
said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth
comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee."
Genesis 27:43 "Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise,
flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;"
Genesis 27:44 "And tarry with him a few days, until thy
brother's fury turn away;"
Genesis 27:45 "Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee,
and he forget [that] which thou hast done to him: then I will
send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also
of you both in one day?"
Genesis 27:46 "And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life
because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the
daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters
of the land, what good shall my life do me?"
Genesis 28
Genesis Chapter 28
Genesis 28:1 "And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and
charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of
the daughters of Canaan."
Genesis 28:2 "Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel
thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the
daughters of Laban thy mother's brother."
Genesis 28:3 "And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee
fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of
people;"
Genesis 28:4 "And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee,
and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land
wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham."
Genesis 28:5 "And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to
Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother
of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother."
Genesis 28:6 "When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and
sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence;
and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou
shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;"
Genesis 28:7 "And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother,
and was gone to Padan-aram;"
Genesis 28:8 "And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan
pleased not Isaac his father;"
Genesis 28:9 "Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the
wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's
son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife."
Genesis 28:10 "And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went
toward Haran."
Genesis 28:11 "And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried
there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the
stones of that place, and put [them for] his pillows, and lay
down in that place to sleep."
Genesis 28:12 "And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on
the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the
angels of God ascending and descending on it."
Genesis 28:13 "And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said,
I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of
Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and
to thy seed;"
Genesis 28:14 "And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth,
and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and
to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed
shall all the families of the earth be blessed."
Genesis 28:15 "And, behold, I [am] with thee, and will keep
thee in all [places] whither thou goest, and will bring thee
again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have
done [that] which I have spoken to thee of."
Genesis 28:16 "And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said,
Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew [it] not."
Genesis 28:17 "And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful [is]
this place! this [is] none other but the house of God, and this
[is] the gate of heaven."
Genesis 28:18 "And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took
the stone that he had put [for] his pillows, and set it up
[for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it."
Genesis 28:19 "And he called the name of that place Beth-el:
but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first."
Genesis 28:20 "And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be
with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give
me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,"
Genesis 28:21 "So that I come again to my father's house in
peace; then shall the LORD be my God:"
Genesis 28:22 "And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar,
shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will
surely give the tenth unto thee."
Genesis 29
Genesis Chapter 29
Genesis 29:1 "Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the
land of the people of the east."
Genesis 29:2 "And he looked, and behold a well in the field,
and, lo, there [were] three flocks of sheep lying by it; for
out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone
[was] upon the well's mouth."
Genesis 29:3 "And thither were all the flocks gathered: and
they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the
sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his
place."
Genesis 29:4 "And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence
[be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we."
Genesis 29:5 "And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of
Nahor? And they said, We know [him]."
Genesis 29:6 "And he said unto them, [Is] he well? And they
said, [He is] well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh
with the sheep."
Genesis 29:7 "And he said, Lo, [it is] yet high day, neither
[is it] time that the cattle should be gathered together: water
ye the sheep, and go [and] feed [them]."
Genesis 29:8 "And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be
gathered together, and [till] they roll the stone from the
well's mouth; then we water the sheep."
Genesis 29:9 "And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came
with her father's sheep: for she kept them."
Genesis 29:10 "And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the
daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban
his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the
stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his
mother's brother."
Genesis 29:11 "And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his
voice, and wept."
Genesis 29:12 "And Jacob told Rachel that he [was] her father's
brother, and that he [was] Rebekah's son: and she ran and told
her father."
Genesis 29:13 "And it came to pass, when Laban heard the
tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and
embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And
he told Laban all these things."
Genesis 29:14 "And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my bone
and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month."
Genesis 29:15 "And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou [art] my
brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me,
what [shall] thy wages [be]?"
Genesis 29:16 "And Laban had two daughters: the name of the
elder [was] Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel."
Genesis 29:17 "Leah [was] tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful
and well favored."
Genesis 29:18 "And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve
thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter."
Genesis 29:19 "And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her
to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with
me."
Genesis 29:20 "And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and
they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to
her."
Genesis 29:21 "And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife,
for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her."
Genesis 29:22 "And Laban gathered together all the men of the
place, and made a feast."
Genesis 29:23 "And it came to pass in the evening, that he took
Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto
her."
Genesis 29:24 "And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his
maid [for] a handmaid."
Genesis 29:25 "And it came to pass, that in the morning,
behold, it [was] Leah: and he said to Laban, What [is] this
thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel?
wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?"
Genesis 29:26 "And Laban said, It must not be so done in our
country, to give the younger before the firstborn."
Genesis 29:27 "Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also
for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other
years."
Genesis 29:28 "And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he
gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also."
Genesis 29:29 "And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his
handmaid to be her maid."
Genesis 29:30 "And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved
also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other
years."
Genesis 29:31 "And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he
opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren."
Genesis 29:32 "And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she
called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath
looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love
me."
Genesis 29:33 "And she conceived again, and bare a son; and
said, Because the LORD hath heard that I [was] hated, he hath
therefore given me this [son] also: and she called his name
Simeon."
Genesis 29:34 "And she conceived again, and bare a son; and
said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because
I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called
Levi."
Genesis 29:35 "And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she
said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name
Judah; and left bearing."
Genesis 30
Genesis Chapter 30
Genesis 30:1 "And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob
no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto
Jacob, Give me children, or else I die."
Genesis 30:2 "And Jacob's anger was kindled against
Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in God's stead, who hath
withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?"
Genesis 30:3 "And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go
in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I
may also have children by her."
Genesis 30:4 "And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to
wife: and Jacob went in unto her."
Genesis 30:5 "And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a
son."
Genesis 30:6 "And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and
hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son:
therefore called she his name Dan."
Genesis 30:7 "And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again,
and bare Jacob a second son."
Genesis 30:8 "And Rachel said, With great wrestlings
have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed:
and she called his name Naphtali."
Genesis 30:9 "When Leah saw that she had left bearing,
she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife."
Genesis 30:10 "And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a
son."
Genesis 30:11 "And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she
called his name Gad."
Genesis 30:12 "And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a
second son."
Genesis 30:13 "And Leah said, Happy am I, for the
daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name
Asher."
Genesis 30:14 "And Reuben went in the days of wheat
harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought
them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah,
Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes."
Genesis 30:15 "And she said unto her, [Is it] a small
matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest
thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel
said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy
son's mandrakes."
Genesis 30:16 "And Jacob came out of the field in the
evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou
must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with
my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night."
Genesis 30:17 "And God hearkened unto Leah, and she
conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son."
Genesis 30:18 "And Leah said, God hath given me my
hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and
she called his name Issachar."
Genesis 30:19 "And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob
the sixth son."
Genesis 30:20 "And Leah said, God hath endued me [with]
a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me,
because I have born him six sons: and she called his
name Zebulun.
Genesis 30:21 "And afterwards she bare a daughter, and
called her name Dinah."
Genesis 30:22 "And God remembered Rachel, and God
hearkened to her, and opened her womb."
Genesis 30:23 "And she conceived, and bare a son; and
said, God hath taken away my reproach:"
Genesis 30:24 "And she called his name Joseph; and
said, The LORD shall add to me another son."
Genesis 30:25 "And it came to pass, when Rachel had born
Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go
unto mine own place, and to my country."
Genesis 30:26 "Give [me] my wives and my children, for whom I
have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service
which I have done thee."
Genesis 30:27 "And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have
found favor in thine eyes, [tarry: for] I have learned by
experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake."
Genesis 30:28 "And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will
give [it]."
Genesis 30:29 "And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have
served thee, and how thy cattle was with me."
Genesis 30:30 "For [it was] little which thou hadst before I
[came], and it is [now] increased unto a multitude; and the
LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I
provide for mine own house also?"
Genesis 30:31 "And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob
said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this
thing for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock."
Genesis 30:32 "I will pass through all thy flock to day,
removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and
all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and
speckled among the goats: and [of such] shall be my hire."
Genesis 30:33 "So shall my righteousness answer for me in time
to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every
one that [is] not speckled and spotted among the goats, and
brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me."
Genesis 30:34 "And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be
according to thy word."
Genesis 30:35 "And he removed that day the he goats that were
ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were
speckled and spotted, [and] every one that had [some] white in
it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave [them] into the
hand of his sons."
Genesis 30:36 "And he set three days' journey betwixt himself
and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks."
Genesis 30:37 "And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of
the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them,
and made the white appear which [was] in the rods."
Genesis 30:38 "And he set the rods which he had pilled before
the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the
flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came
to drink."
Genesis 30:39 "And the flocks conceived before the rods, and
brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted."
Genesis 30:40 "And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the
faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown
in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves,
and put them not unto Laban's cattle."
Genesis 30:41 "And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger
cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes
of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among
the rods."
Genesis 30:42 "But when the cattle were feeble, he put [them]
not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's."
Genesis 30:43 "And the man increased exceedingly, and had much
cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and
asses."
Genesis 31
Genesis Chapter 31
Genesis 31:1 "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] our father's hath
he gotten all this glory."
Genesis 31:2 "And Jacob beheld the countenance of
Laban, and, behold, it [was] not toward him as before."
Genesis 31:4 "And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah
to the field unto his flock,"
Genesis 31:5 "And said unto them, I see your father's
countenance, that it [is] not toward me as before; but
the God of my father hath been with me."
Genesis 31:6 "And ye know that with all my power I have
served your father."
Genesis 31:7 "And your father hath deceived me, and
changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to
hurt me."
Genesis 31:8 "If he said thus, The speckled shall be
thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he
said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare
all the cattle ringstraked."
Genesis 31:9 "Thus God hath taken away the cattle of
your father, and given [them] to me."
Genesis 31:10 "And it came to pass at the time that the
cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw
in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the
cattle [were] ringstraked, speckled, and grisled."
Genesis 31:11 "And the angel of God spake unto me in a
dream, [saying], Jacob: And I said, Here [am] I."
Genesis 31:12 "And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and
see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle [are]
ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all
that Laban doeth unto thee."
Genesis 31:13 "I [am] the God of Beth-el, where thou
anointedst the pillar, [and] where thou vowedst a vow
unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and
return unto the land of thy kindred."
Genesis 31:14 "And Rachel and Leah answered and said
unto him, [Is there] yet any portion or inheritance for
us in our father's house?"
Genesis 31:15 "Are we not counted of him strangers? for
he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our
money."
Genesis 31:16 For all the riches which God hath taken
from our father, that [is] ours, and our children's:
now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do."
Genesis 31:17 "Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and
his wives upon camels;"
Genesis 31:18 "And he carried away all his cattle, and
all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his
getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go
to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan."
Genesis 31:19 "And Laban went to shear his sheep: and
Rachel had stolen the images that [were] her father's."
Genesis 31:20 "And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban
the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled."
Genesis 31:21 "So he fled with all that he had; and he
rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face
[toward] the mount Gilead."
Genesis 31:22 "And it was told Laban on the third day
that Jacob was fled."
Genesis 31:23 "And he took his brethren with him, and
pursued after him seven days' journey; and they
overtook him in the mount Gilead."
Genesis 31:24 "And God came to Laban the Syrian in a
dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou
speak not to Jacob either good or bad."
Genesis 31:25 "Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had
pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his
brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead."
Genesis 31:26 "And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou
done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and
carried away my daughters, as captives [taken] with the
sword?"
Genesis 31:27 "Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly,
and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I
might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs,
with tabret, and with harp?"
Genesis 31:28 "And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons
and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in [so]
doing."
Genesis 31:29 "It is in the power of my hand to do you
hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me
yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not
to Jacob either good or bad."
Genesis 31:30 "And now, [though] thou wouldest needs be
gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's
house, [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?"
Genesis 31:31 "And Jacob answered and said to Laban,
Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou
wouldest take by force thy daughters from me."
Genesis 31:32 "With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him
not live: before our brethren discern thou what [is] thine with
me, and take [it] to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had
stolen them."
Genesis 31:33 "And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into
Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found
[them] not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into
Rachel's tent."
Genesis 31:34 "Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in
the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched
all the tent, but found [them] not."
Genesis 31:35 "And she said to her father, Let it not displease
my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of
women [is] upon me. And he searched, but found not the images."
Genesis 31:36 "And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and
Jacob answered and said to Laban, What [is] my trespass? what
[is] my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?"
Genesis 31:37 "Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what
hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set [it] here
before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge
betwixt us both."
Genesis 31:38 "This twenty years [have] I [been] with thee; thy
ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams
of thy flock have I not eaten."
Genesis 31:39 "That which was torn [of beasts] I brought not
unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require
it, [whether] stolen by day, or stolen by night."
Genesis 31:40 "[Thus] I was; in the day the drought consumed
me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine
eyes."
Genesis 31:41 "Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I
served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years
for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times."
Genesis 31:42 "Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham,
and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent
me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor
of my hands, and rebuked [thee] yesternight."
Genesis 31:43 "And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, [These]
daughters [are] my daughters, and [these] children [are] my
children, and [these] cattle [are] my cattle, and all that thou
seest [is] mine: and what can I do this day unto these my
daughters, or unto their children which they have born?"
Genesis 31:44 "Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant,
I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee."
Genesis 31:45 "And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a
pillar."
Genesis 31:46 "And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones;
and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there
upon the heap."
Genesis 31:47 "And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob
called it Galeed."
Genesis 31:48 "And Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between
me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called
Galeed;"
Genesis 31:49 "And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between
me and thee, when we are absent one from another."
Genesis 31:50 "If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou
shalt take [other] wives beside my daughters, no man [is] with
us; see, God [is] witness betwixt me and thee."
Genesis 31:51 "And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and
behold [this] pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;"
Genesis 31:52 "This heap [be] witness, and [this] pillar [be]
witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that
thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for
harm."
Genesis 31:53 "The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the
God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the
fear of his father Isaac."
Genesis 31:54 "Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and
called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and
tarried all night in the mount."
Genesis 31:55 "And early in the morning Laban rose up, and
kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban
departed, and returned unto his place."
Genesis 32
Genesis Chapter 32
Genesis 32:1 "And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God
met him."
Genesis 32:2 "And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God's
host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim."
Genesis 32:3 "And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his
brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom."
Genesis 32:4 "And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye
speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have
sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:"
Genesis 32:5 "And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and
menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my
lord, that I may find grace in thy sight."
Genesis 32:6 "And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We
came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and
four hundred men with him."
Genesis 32:7 "Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and
he divided the people that [was] with him, and the flocks, and
herds, and the camels, into two bands;"
Genesis 32:8 "And said, If Esau come to the one company, and
smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape."
Genesis 32:9 "And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and
God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return
unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with
thee:"
Genesis 32:10 "I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies,
and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant;
for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am
become two bands."
Genesis 32:11 "Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my
brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will
come and smite me, [and] the mother with the children."
Genesis 32:12 "And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and
make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered
for multitude."
Genesis 32:13 "And he lodged there that same night; and took of
that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;"
Genesis 32:14 "Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two
hundred ewes, and twenty rams,"
Genesis 32:15 "Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty
kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals."
Genesis 32:16 "And he delivered [them] into the hand of his
servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his
servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove
and drove."
Genesis 32:17 "And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau
my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art]
thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before
thee?"
Genesis 32:18 "Then thou shalt say, [They be] thy servant
Jacob's; it [is] a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold,
also he [is] behind us."
Genesis 32:19 "And so commanded he the second, and the third,
and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall
ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him."
Genesis 32:20 "And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob
[is] behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the
present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his
face; peradventure he will accept of me."
Genesis 32:21 "So went the present over before him: and himself
lodged that night in the company."
Genesis 32:22 "And he rose up that night, and took his two
wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and
passed over the ford Jabbok."
Genesis 32:23 "And he took them, and sent them over the brook,
and sent over that he had."
Genesis 32:24 "And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a
man with him until the breaking of the day."
Genesis 32:25 "And when he saw that he prevailed not against
him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of
Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him."
Genesis 32:26 "And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.
And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me."
Genesis 32:27 "And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he
said, Jacob."
Genesis 32:28 "And he said, Thy name shall be called no more
Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and
with men, and hast prevailed."
Genesis 32:29 "And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I
pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou
dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there."
Genesis 32:30 "And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel:
for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."
Genesis 32:31 "And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon
him, and he halted upon his thigh."
Genesis 32:32 "Therefore the children of Israel eat not [of]
the sinew which shrank, which [is] upon the hollow of the
thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's
thigh in the sinew that shrank."
Genesis 33
Genesis Chapter 33
Genesis 33:1 "And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and,
behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he
divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the
two handmaids."
Genesis 33:2 "And he put the handmaids and their children
foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and
Joseph hindermost."
Genesis 33:3 "And he passed over before them, and bowed himself
to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother."
Genesis 33:4 "And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and
fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept."
Genesis 33:5 "And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and
the children; and said, Who [are] those with thee? And he said,
The children which God hath graciously given thy servant."
Genesis 33:6 "Then the handmaidens came near, they and their
children, and they bowed themselves."
Genesis 33:7 "And Leah also with her children came near, and
bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and
they bowed themselves."
Genesis 33:8 "And he said, What [meanest] thou by all this
drove which I met? And he said, [These are] to find grace in
the sight of my lord."
Genesis 33:9 "And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep
that thou hast unto thyself."
Genesis 33:10 "And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have
found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand:
for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the
face of God, and thou wast pleased with me."
Genesis 33:11 "Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought
to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because
I have enough. And he urged him, and he took [it]."
Genesis 33:12 "And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us
go, and I will go before thee."
Genesis 33:13 "And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the
children [are] tender, and the flocks and herds with young
[are] with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all
the flock will die."
Genesis 33:14 "Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his
servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle
that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until
I come unto my lord unto Seir."
Genesis 33:15 "And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee [some]
of the folk that [are] with me. And he said, What needeth it?
let me find grace in the sight of my lord."
Genesis 33:16 "So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir."
Genesis 33:17 "And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a
house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of
the place is called Succoth."
Genesis 33:18 "And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem,
which [is] in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram;
and pitched his tent before the city."
Genesis 33:19 "And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had
spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor,
Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money."
Genesis 33:20 "And he erected there an altar, and called it
El-elohe-Israel."
Genesis 34
Genesis Chapter 34
Genesis 34:1 "And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare
unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land."
Genesis 34:2 "And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite,
prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her,
and defiled her."
Genesis 34:3 "And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of
Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the
damsel."
Genesis 34:4 "And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying,
Get me this damsel to wife."
Genesis 34:5 "And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his
daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and
Jacob held his peace until they were come."
Genesis 34:6 "And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto
Jacob to commune with him."
Genesis 34:7 "And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when
they heard [it]: and the men were grieved, and they were very
wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with
Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done."
Genesis 34:8 "And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of
my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her
him to wife."
Genesis 34:9 "And make ye marriages with us, [and] give your
daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you."
Genesis 34:10 "And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall
be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you
possessions therein."
Genesis 34:11 "And Shechem said unto her father and unto her
brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say
unto me I will give."
Genesis 34:12 "Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will
give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel
to wife."
Genesis 34:13 "And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor
his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah
their sister:"
Genesis 34:14 "And they said unto them, We cannot do this
thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for
that [were] a reproach unto us:"
Genesis 34:15 "But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will
be as we [be], that every male of you be circumcised;"
Genesis 34:16 "Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we
will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and
we will become one people."
Genesis 34:17 "But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be
circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be
gone."
Genesis 34:18 "And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem
Hamor's son."
Genesis 34:19 "And the young man deferred not to do the thing,
because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he [was] more
honorable than all the house of his father."
Genesis 34:20 "And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate
of their city, and communed with the men of their city,
saying,"
Genesis 34:21 "These men [are] peaceable with us; therefore let
them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land,
behold, [it is] large enough for them; let us take their
daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters."
Genesis 34:22 "Only herein will the men consent unto us for to
dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be
circumcised, as they [are] circumcised."
Genesis 34:23 "[Shall] not their cattle and their substance and
every beast of theirs [be] ours? only let us consent unto them,
and they will dwell with us."
Genesis 34:24 "And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son
hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every
male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his
city."
Genesis 34:25 "And it came to pass on the third day, when they
were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi,
Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the
city boldly, and slew all the males."
Genesis 34:26 "And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the
edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and
went out."
Genesis 34:27 "The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and
spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister."
Genesis 34:28 "They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their
asses, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was]
in the field,"
Genesis 34:29 "And all their wealth, and all their little ones,
and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that
[was] in the house."
Genesis 34:30 "And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have
troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the
land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I [being]
few in number, they shall gather themselves together against
me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house."
Genesis 34:31 "And they said, Should he deal with our sister as
with a harlot?"
Genesis 35
Genesis Chapter 35
Genesis 35:1 "And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el,
and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that
appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy
brother."
Genesis 35:2 "Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all
that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are]
among you, and be clean, and change your garments:"
Genesis 35:3 "And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I
will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day
of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."
Genesis 35:4 "And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods
which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earrings which
[were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which
[was] by Shechem."
Genesis 35:5 "And they journeyed: and the terror of God was
upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not
pursue after the sons of Jacob."
Genesis 35:6 "So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of
Canaan, that [is], Beth-el, he and all the people that [were]
with him."
Genesis 35:7 "And he built there an altar, and called the place
El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled
from the face of his brother."
Genesis 35:8 "But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was
buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was
called Allon-bachuth."
Genesis 35:9 "And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came
out of Padan-aram, and blessed him."
Genesis 35:10 "And God said unto him, Thy name [is] Jacob: thy
name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be
thy name: and he called his name Israel."
Genesis 35:11 "And God said unto him, I [am] God Almighty: be
fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall
be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;"
Genesis 35:12 "And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to
thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the
land."
Genesis 35:13 "And God went up from him in the place where he
talked with him."
Genesis 35:14 "And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he
talked with him, [even] a pillar of stone: and he poured a
drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon."
Genesis 35:15 "And Jacob called the name of the place where God
spake with him, Beth-el."
Genesis 35:16 "And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was
but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and
she had hard labor."
Genesis 35:17 "And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor,
that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this
son also."
Genesis 35:18 "And it came to pass, as her soul was in
departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but
his father called him Benjamin."
Genesis 35:19 "And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to
Ephrath, which [is] Beth-lehem."
Genesis 35:20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that [is]
the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day."
Genesis 35:21 "And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond
the tower of Edar."
Genesis 35:22 "And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that
land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's
concubine: and Israel heard [it]. Now the sons of Jacob were
twelve:"
Genesis 35:23 "The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and
Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:"
Genesis 35:24 "The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:"
Genesis 35:25 "And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan,
and Naphtali:"
Genesis 35:26 "And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad,
and Asher: these [are] the sons of Jacob, which were born to
him in Padan-aram."
Genesis 35:27 "And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre,
unto the city of Arbah, which [is] Hebron, where Abraham and
Isaac sojourned."
Genesis 35:28 "And the days of Isaac were a hundred and
fourscore years."
Genesis 35:29 "And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was
gathered unto his people, [being] old and full of days: and his
sons Esau and Jacob buried him."
Genesis 36
Genesis Chapter 36
Genesis 36:1 "Now these [are] the generations of Esau, who [is]
Edom."
Genesis 36:2 "Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan;
Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;"
Genesis 36:3 "And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of
Nebajoth."
Genesis 36:4 "And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare
Reuel;"
Genesis 36:5 "And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah:
these [are] the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the
land of Canaan."
Genesis 36:6 "And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his
daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle,
and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in
the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of
his brother Jacob."
Genesis 36:7 "For their riches were more than that they might
dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could
not bear them because of their cattle."
Genesis 36:8 "Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau [is] Edom."
Genesis 36:9 "And these [are] the generations of Esau the
father of the Edomites in mount Seir:"
Genesis 36:10 "These [are] the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz
the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath
the wife of Esau."
Genesis 36:11 "And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho,
and Gatam, and Kenaz."
Genesis 36:12 "And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son;
and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these [were] the sons of Adah
Esau's wife."
Genesis 36:13 "And these [are] the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and
Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath
Esau's wife."
Genesis 36:14 "And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the
daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she
bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah."
Genesis 36:15 "These [were] dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons
of Eliphaz the firstborn [son] of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar,
duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,"
Genesis 36:16 "Duke Korah, duke Gatam, [and] duke Amalek: these
[are] the dukes [that came] of Eliphaz in the land of Edom;
these [were] the sons of Adah."
Genesis 36:17 "And these [are] the sons of Reuel Esau's son;
duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these [are]
the dukes [that came] of Reuel in the land of Edom; these [are]
the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife."
Genesis 36:18 "And these [are] the sons of Aholibamah Esau's
wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these [were] the
dukes [that came] of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's
wife."
Genesis 36:19 "These [are] the sons of Esau, who [is] Edom, and
these [are] their dukes."
Genesis 36:20 "These [are] the sons of Seir the Horite, who
inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,"
Genesis 36:21 "And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these [are]
the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of
Edom."
Genesis 36:22 "And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam;
and Lotan's sister [was] Timna."
Genesis 36:23 "And the children of Shobal [were] these; Alvan,
and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam."
Genesis 36:24 "And these [are] the children of Zibeon; both
Ajah, and Anah: this [was that] Anah that found the mules in
the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father."
Genesis 36:25 "And the children of Anah [were] these; Dishon,
and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah."
Genesis 36:26 "And these [are] the children of Dishon; Hemdan,
and Esh-ban, and Ithran, and Cheran."
Genesis 36:27 "The children of Ezer [are] these; Bilhan, and
Zaavan, and Akan."
Genesis 36:28 "The children of Dishan [are] these; Uz, and
Aran."
Genesis 36:29 "These [are] the dukes [that came] of the
Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,"
Genesis 36:30 "Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these [are]
the dukes [that came] of Hori, among their dukes in the land of
Seir."
Genesis 36:31 "And these [are] the kings that reigned in the
land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children
of Israel."
Genesis 36:32 "And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and
the name of his city [was] Dinhabah."
Genesis 36:33 "And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of
Bozrah reigned in his stead."
Genesis 36:34 "And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani
reigned in his stead."
Genesis 36:35 "And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who
smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and
the name of his city [was] Avith."
Genesis 36:36 "And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned
in his stead."
Genesis 36:37 "And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth [by] the
river reigned in his stead."
Genesis 36:38 "And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor
reigned in his stead."
Genesis 36:39 "And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar
reigned in his stead: and the name of his city [was] Pau; and
his wife's name [was] Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the
daughter of Mezahab."
Genesis 36:40 "And these [are] the names of the dukes [that
came] of Esau, according to their families, after their places,
by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,"
Genesis 36:41 "Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,"
Genesis 36:42 "Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,"
Genesis 36:43 "Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these [be] the dukes of
Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their
possession: he [is] Esau the father of the Edomites."
Genesis 37
Genesis Chapter 37
Genesis 37:1 "And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his
father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan."
Genesis 37:2 "These [are] the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, [being] seventeen years old, was feeding the
flock with his brethren; and the lad [was] with the
sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his
father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father
their evil report."
Genesis 37:3 "Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his
children, because he [was] the son of his old age: and
he made him a coat of [many] colors."
Genesis 37:4 "And when his brethren saw that their
father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated
him, and could not speak peaceably unto him."
Genesis 37:5 "And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told
[it] his brethren: and they hated him yet the more."
Genesis 37:6 "And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you,
this dream which I have dreamed:"
Genesis 37:7 "For, behold, we [were] binding sheaves in
the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood
upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about,
and made obeisance to my sheaf."
Genesis 37:8 "And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou
indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have
dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for
his dreams, and for his words."
Genesis 37:9 "And he dreamed yet another dream, and
told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed
a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the
eleven stars made obeisance to me."
Genesis 37:10 "And he told [it] to his father, and to
his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto
him, What [is] this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall
I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow
down ourselves to thee to the earth?"
Genesis 37:11 "And his brethren envied him; but his
father observed the saying."
Genesis 37:12 "And his brethren went to feed their
father's flock in Shechem."
Genesis 37:13 "And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy
brethren feed [the flock] in Shechem? come, and I will
send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here [am I]."
Genesis 37:14 "And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see
whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the
flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of
the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem."
Genesis 37:15 "And a certain man found him, and,
behold, [he was] wandering in the field: and the man
asked him, saying, What seekest thou?"
Genesis 37:16 "And he said, I seek my brethren: tell
me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks]."
Genesis 37:17 "And the man said, They are departed
hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And
Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in
Dothan."
Genesis 37:18 "And when they saw him afar off, even
before he came near unto them, they conspired against
him to slay him."
Genesis 37:19 "And they said one to another, Behold,
this dreamer cometh."
Genesis 37:20 "Come now therefore, and let us slay him,
and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil
beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will
become of his dreams."
Genesis 37:21 "And Reuben heard [it], and he delivered
him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him."
Genesis 37:22 "And Reuben said unto them, Shed no
blood, [but] cast him into this pit that [is] in the
wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid
him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father
again."
Genesis 37:23 "And it came to pass, when Joseph was
come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out
of his coat, [his] coat of [many] colors that [was] on
him;"
Genesis 37:24 "And they took him, and cast him into a
pit: and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in
it."
Genesis 37:25 "And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted
up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites
came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and
myrrh, going to carry [it] down to Egypt."
Genesis 37:26 "And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit
[is it] if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?"
Genesis 37:27 "Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites,
and let not our hand be upon him; for he [is] our brother [and]
our flesh. And his brethren were content."
Genesis 37:28 "Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and
they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph
to the Ishmaelites for twenty [pieces] of silver: and they
brought Joseph into Egypt."
Genesis 37:29 "And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold,
Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his clothes."
Genesis 37:30 "And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The
child [is] not; and I, whither shall I go?"
Genesis 37:31 "And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of
the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;"
Genesis 37:32 "And they sent the coat of [many] colors, and
they brought [it] to their father; and said, This have we
found: know now whether it [be] thy son's coat or no."
Genesis 37:33 "And he knew it, and said, [It is] my son's coat;
an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent
in pieces."
Genesis 37:34 "And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth
upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days."
Genesis 37:35 "And all his sons and all his daughters rose up
to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said,
For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus
his father wept for him."
Genesis 37:36 "And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto
Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, [and] captain of the guard."
Genesis 38
Genesis Chapter 38
Genesis 38:1 "And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went
down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite,
whose name [was] Hirah."
Genesis 38:2 "And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain
Canaanite, whose name [was] Shuah; and he took her, and went in
unto her."
Genesis 38:3 "And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called
his name Er."
Genesis 38:4 "And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she
called his name Onan."
Genesis 38:5 "And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and
called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare
him."
Genesis 38:6 "And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose
name [was] Tamar."
Genesis 38:7 "And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the
sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him."
Genesis 38:9 "And Onan knew that the seed should not be his;
and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife,
that he spilled [it] on the ground, lest that he should give
seed to his brother."
Genesis 38:10 "And the thing which he did displeased the LORD:
wherefore he slew him also."
Genesis 38:11 "Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law,
Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be
grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his
brethren [did]. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's
house."
Genesis 38:12 "And in process of time the daughter of Shuah
Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto
his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the
Adullamite."
Genesis 38:13 "And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father
in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep."
Genesis 38:14 "And she put her widow's garments off from her,
and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an
open place, which [is] by the way to Timnath; for she saw that
Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife."
Genesis 38:15 "When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] a
harlot; because she had covered her face."
Genesis 38:16 "And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go
to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not
that she [was] his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt
thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?"
Genesis 38:17 "And he said, I will send [thee] a kid from the
flock. And she said, Wilt thou give [me] a pledge, till thou
send [it]?"
Genesis 38:18 "And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And
she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that
[is] in thine hand. And he gave [it] her, and came in unto her,
and she conceived by him."
Genesis 38:19 "And she arose, and went away, and laid by her
veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood."
Genesis 38:20 "And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend
the Adullamite, to receive [his] pledge from the woman's hand:
but he found her not."
Genesis 38:21 "Then he asked the men of that place, saying,
Where [is] the harlot, that [was] openly by the way side? And
they said, There was no harlot in this [place]."
Genesis 38:22 "And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot
find her; and also the men of the place said, [that] there was
no harlot in this [place]."
Genesis 38:23 "And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest
we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found
her."
Genesis 38:24 "And it came to pass about three months after,
that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath
played the harlot; and also, behold, she [is] with child by
whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be
burnt."
Genesis 38:25 "When she [was] brought forth, she sent to her
father in law, saying, By the man, whose these [are, am] I with
child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose [are] these,
the signet, and bracelets, and staff."
Genesis 38:26 "And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She
hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to
Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more."
Genesis 38:27 "And it came to pass in the time of her travail,
that, behold, twins [were] in her womb."
Genesis 38:28 "And it came to pass, when she travailed, that
[the one] put out [his] hand: and the midwife took and bound
upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first."
Genesis 38:29 "And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand,
that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou
broken forth? [this] breach [be] upon thee: therefore his name
was called Pharez."
Genesis 38:30 "And afterward came out his brother, that had the
scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah."
Genesis 39
Genesis Chapter 39
Genesis 39:1 "And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and
Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an
Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had
brought him down thither."
Genesis 39:2 "And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a
prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the
Egyptian."
Genesis 39:3 "And his master saw that the LORD [was] with him,
and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand."
Genesis 39:4 "And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he
served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all
[that] he had he put into his hand."
Genesis 39:5 "And it came to pass from the time [that] he had
made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that
the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and
the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house,
and in the field."
Genesis 39:6 "And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and
he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And
Joseph was [a] goodly [person], and well-favored."
Genesis 39:7 "And it came to pass after these things, that his
master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with
me."
Genesis 39:8 "But he refused, and said unto his master's wife,
Behold, my master wotteth not what [is] with me in the house,
and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;"
Genesis 39:9 "[There is] none greater in this house than I;
neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because
thou [art] his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness,
and sin against God?"
Genesis 39:10 "And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day
by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, [or] to
be with her."
Genesis 39:11 "And it came to pass about this time, that
[Joseph] went into the house to do his business; and [there
was] none of the men of the house there within."
Genesis 39:12 "And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie
with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got
him out."
Genesis 39:13 "And it came to pass, when she saw that he had
left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,"
Genesis 39:14 "That she called unto the men of her house, and
spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto
us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried
with a loud voice:"
Genesis 39:15 "And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted
up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and
fled, and got him out."
Genesis 39:16 "And she laid up his garment by her, until his
lord came home."
Genesis 39:17 "And she spake unto him according to these words,
saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us,
came in unto me to mock me:"
Genesis 39:18 "And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and
cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out."
Genesis 39:19 "And it came to pass, when his master heard the
words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this
manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled."
Genesis 39:20 "And Joseph's master took him, and put him into
the prison, a place where the king's prisoners [were] bound:
and he was there in the prison."
Genesis 39:21 "But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him
mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the
prison."
Genesis 39:22 "And the keeper of the prison committed to
Joseph's hand all the prisoners that [were] in the prison; and
whatsoever they did there, he was the doer [of it]."
Genesis 39:23 "The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing
[that was] under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and
[that] which he did, the LORD made [it] to prosper."
Genesis 40
Genesis Chapter 40
Genesis 40:1 "And it came to pass after these things, [that]
the butler of the king of Egypt and [his] baker had offended
their lord the king of Egypt."
Genesis 40:2 "And Pharaoh was wroth against two [of] his
officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the
chief of the bakers."
Genesis 40:3 "And he put them in ward in the house of the
captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph
[was] bound."
Genesis 40:4 "And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with
them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward."
Genesis 40:5 "And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man
his dream in one night, each man according to the
interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the
king of Egypt, which [were] bound in the prison."
Genesis 40:6 "And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and
looked upon them, and, behold, they [were] sad."
Genesis 40:7 "And he asked Pharaoh's officers that [were] with
him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye
[so] sadly today?"
Genesis 40:8 "And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream,
and [there is] no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them,
[Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [them], I
pray you."
Genesis 40:9 "And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph,
and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine [was] before me;"
Genesis 40:10 "And in the vine [were] three branches: and it
[was] as though it budded, [and] her blossoms shot forth; and
the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:"
Genesis 40:11 "And Pharaoh's cup [was] in my hand: and I took
the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the
cup into Pharaoh's hand."
Genesis 40:12 "And Joseph said unto him, This [is] the
interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days:"
Genesis 40:13 "Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up
thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt
deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner
when thou wast his butler."
Genesis 40:14 "But think on me when it shall be well with thee,
and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me
unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:"
Genesis 40:15 "For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of
the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should
put me into the dungeon."
Genesis 40:16 "When the chief baker saw that the interpretation
was good, he said unto Joseph, I also [was] in my dream, and,
behold, [I had] three white baskets on my head:"
Genesis 40:17 "And in the uppermost basket [there was] of all
manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out
of the basket upon my head."
Genesis 40:18 "And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the
interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days:"
Genesis 40:19 "Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy
head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the
birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee."
Genesis 40:20 "And it came to pass the third day, [which was]
Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants:
and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief
baker among his servants.
Genesis 40:21 "And he restored the chief butler unto his
butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:"
Genesis 40:22 "But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had
interpreted to them."
Genesis 40:23 "Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph,
but forgat him."
Genesis 41
Genesis Chapter 41
Genesis 41:1 "And it came to pass at the end of two
full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood
by the river."
Genesis 41:2 "And, behold, there came up out of the
river seven well favored kine and fat-fleshed; and they
fed in a meadow."
Genesis 41:3 "And, behold, seven other kine came up
after them out of the river, ill favored and
lean-fleshed; and stood by the [other] kine upon the
brink of the river."
Genesis 41:4 "And the ill favored and lean-fleshed kine
did eat up the seven well favored and fat kine. So
Pharaoh awoke."
Genesis 41:5 "And he slept and dreamed the second time:
and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk,
rank and good."
Genesis 41:6 "And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted
with the east wind sprung up after them."
Genesis 41:7 "And the seven thin ears devoured the
seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and,
behold, [it was] a dream."
Genesis 41:8 "And it came to pass in the morning that
his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all
the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof:
and Pharaoh told them his dream; but [there was] none
that could interpret them unto Pharaoh."
Genesis 41:9 "Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh,
saying, I do remember my faults this day:"
Genesis 41:10 "Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and
put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house,
[both] me and the chief baker:"
Genesis 41:11 "And we dreamed a dream in one night, I
and he; we dreamed each man according to the
interpretation of his dream."
Genesis 41:12 "And [there was] there with us a young
man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and
we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to
each man according to his dream he did interpret."
Genesis 41:13 "And it came to pass, as he interpreted
to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and
him he hanged."
Genesis 41:14 "Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and
they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he
shaved [himself], and changed his raiment, and came in
unto Pharaoh."
Genesis 41:15 "And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have
dreamed a dream, and [there is] none that can interpret
it: and I have heard say of thee, [that] thou canst
understand a dream to interpret it."
Genesis 41:16 "And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [It
is] not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of
peace."
Genesis 41:17 "And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my
dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:"
Genesis 41:18 "And, behold, there came up out of the
river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well favored; and
they fed in a meadow:"
Genesis 41:19 "And, behold, seven other kine came up
after them, poor and very ill favored and lean-fleshed,
such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for
badness:"
Genesis 41:20 "And the lean and the ill favored kine
did eat up the first seven fat kine:"
Genesis 41:21 "And when they had eaten them up, it
could not be known that they had eaten them; but they
[were] still ill favored, as at the beginning. So I
awoke."
Genesis 41:22 "And I saw in my dream, and, behold,
seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:"
Genesis 41:23 "And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin,
[and] blasted with the east wind, sprung up after
them:"
Genesis 41:24 "And the thin ears devoured the seven
good ears: and I told [this] unto the magicians; but
[there was] none that could declare [it] to me."
Genesis 41:25 "And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream
of Pharaoh [is] one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he
[is] about to do."
Genesis 41:26 "The seven good kine [are] seven years;
and the seven good ears [are] seven years: the dream
[is] one."
Genesis 41:27 "And the seven thin and ill favored kine
that came up after them [are] seven years; and the
seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be
seven years of famine."
Genesis 41:28 "This [is] the thing which I have spoken
unto Pharaoh: What God [is] about to do he showeth unto
Pharaoh."
Genesis 41:29 "Behold, there come seven years of great
plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:"
Genesis 41:30 "And there shall arise after them seven
years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten
in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the
land;"
Genesis 41:31 "And the plenty shall not be known in the
land by reason of that famine following; for it [shall
be] very grievous."
Genesis 41:32 "And for that the dream was doubled unto
Pharaoh twice; [it is] because the thing [is]
established by God, and God will shortly bring it to
pass."
Genesis 41:33 "Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man
discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt."
Genesis 41:34 "Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him
appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth
part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous
years."
Genesis 41:35 "And let them gather all the food of
those good years that come, and lay up corn under the
hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities."
Genesis 41:36 "And that food shall be for store to the
land against the seven years of famine, which shall be
in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through
the famine."
Genesis 41:37 "And the thing was good in the eyes of
Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants."
Genesis 41:38 "And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can
we find [such a one] as this [is], a man in whom the
Spirit of God [is]?"
Genesis 41:39 "And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch
as God hath showed thee all this, [there is] none so
discreet and wise as thou [art]:"
Genesis 41:40 "Thou shalt be over my house, and
according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled:
only in the throne will I be greater than thou."
Genesis 41:41 "And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I
have set thee over all the land of Egypt."
Genesis 41:42 "And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and
put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine
linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;"
Genesis 41:43 "And he made him to ride in the second chariot
which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he
made him [ruler] over all the land of Egypt."
Genesis 41:44 "And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I [am] Pharaoh,
and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all
the land of Egypt."
Genesis 41:45 "And Pharaoh called Joseph's name
Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter
of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over [all] the
land of Egypt."
Genesis 41:46 "And Joseph [was] thirty years old when he stood
before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the
presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of
Egypt."
Genesis 41:47 "And in the seven plenteous years the earth
brought forth by handfuls."
Genesis 41:48 "And he gathered up all the food of the seven
years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in
the cities: the food of the field, which [was] round about
every city, laid he up in the same."
Genesis 41:49 "And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea,
very much, until he left numbering; for [it was] without
number."
Genesis 41:50 "And unto Joseph were born two sons before the
years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah
priest of On bare unto him."
Genesis 41:51 "And Joseph called the name of the firstborn
Manasseh: For God, [said he], hath made me forget all my toil,
and all my father's house."
Genesis 41:52 "And the name of the second called he Ephraim:
For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my
affliction."
Genesis 41:53 "And the seven years of plenteousness, that was
in the land of Egypt, were ended."
Genesis 41:54 "And the seven years of dearth began to come,
according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands;
but in all the land of Egypt there was bread."
Genesis 41:56 "And the famine was over all the face of the
earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the
Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt."
Genesis 41:57 "And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for
to buy [corn]; because that the famine was [so] sore in all
lands."
Genesis 42
Genesis Chapter 42
Genesis 42:1 "Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt,
Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?"
Genesis 42:2 "And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is
corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from
thence; that we may live, and not die."
Genesis 42:3 "And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn
in Egypt."
Genesis 42:4 "But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not
with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief
befall him."
Genesis 42:5 "And the sons of Israel came to buy [corn] among
those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan."
Genesis 42:6 "And Joseph [was] the governor over the land,
[and] he [it was] that sold to all the people of the land: and
Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him
[with] their faces to the earth."
Genesis 42:7 "And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them,
but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto
them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said,
From the land of Canaan to buy food."
Genesis 42:8 "And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not
him."
Genesis 42:9 "And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed
of them, and said unto them, Ye [are] spies; to see the
nakedness of the land ye are come."
Genesis 42:10 "And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy
food are thy servants come."
Genesis 42:11 "We [are] all one man's sons; we [are] true
[men], thy servants are no spies."
Genesis 42:12 "And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the
nakedness of the land ye are come."
Genesis 42:13 "And they said, Thy servants [are] twelve
brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and,
behold, the youngest [is] this day with our father, and one
[is] not."
Genesis 42:14 "And Joseph said unto them, That [is it] that I
spake unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies:"
Genesis 42:15 "Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of
Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest
brother come hither."
Genesis 42:16 "Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother,
and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved,
whether [there be any] truth in you: or else by the life of
Pharaoh surely ye [are] spies."
Genesis 42:17 "And he put them all together into ward three
days."
Genesis 42:18 "And Joseph said unto them the third day, This
do, and live; [for] I fear God:"
Genesis 42:19 "If ye [be] true [men], let one of your brethren
be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the
famine of your houses:"
Genesis 42:20 "But bring your youngest brother unto me; so
shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they
did so."
Genesis 42:21 "And they said one to another, We [are] verily
guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of
his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore
is this distress come upon us."
Genesis 42:22 "And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not
unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would
not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required."
Genesis 42:23 "And they knew not that Joseph understood [them];
for he spake unto them by an interpreter."
Genesis 42:24 "And he turned himself about from them, and wept;
and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took
from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes."
Genesis 42:25 "Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with
corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to
give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them."
Genesis 42:26 "And they laded their asses with the corn, and
departed thence."
Genesis 42:27 "And as one of them opened his sack to give his
ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it
[was] in his sack's mouth."
Genesis 42:28 "And he said unto his brethren, My money is
restored; and, lo, [it is] even in my sack: and their heart
failed [them], and they were afraid, saying one to another,
What [is] this [that] God hath done unto us?"
Genesis 42:29 "And they came unto Jacob their father unto the
land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them;
saying,"
Genesis 42:30 "The man, [who is] the lord of the land, spake
roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country."
Genesis 42:31 "And we said unto him, We [are] true [men]; we
are no spies:"
Genesis 42:32 "We [be] twelve brethren, sons of our father; one
[is] not, and the youngest [is] this day with our father in the
land of Canaan."
Genesis 42:33 "And the man, the lord of the country, said unto
us, Hereby shall I know that ye [are] true [men]; leave one of
your brethren [here] with me, and take [food for] the famine of
your households, and be gone:"
Genesis 42:34 "And bring your youngest brother unto me: then
shall I know that ye [are] no spies, but [that] ye [are] true
[men: so] will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic
in the land."
Genesis 42:35 "And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks,
that, behold, every man's bundle of money [was] in his sack:
and when [both] they and their father saw the bundles of money,
they were afraid."
Genesis 42:36 "And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have
ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is]
not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are
against me."
Genesis 42:37 "And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay
my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my
hand, and I will bring him to thee again."
Genesis 42:38 "And he said, My son shall not go down with you;
for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief
befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring
down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave."
Genesis 43
Genesis Chapter 43
Genesis 43:1 "And the famine [was] sore in the land."
Genesis 43:3 "And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did
solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face,
except your brother [be] with you."
Genesis 43:4 "If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go
down and buy thee food:"
Genesis 43:5 "But if thou wilt not send [him], we will not go
down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face,
except your brother [be] with you."
Genesis 43:6 "And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye [so] ill with
me, [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?"
Genesis 43:7 "And they said, The man asked us straitly of our
state, and of our kindred, saying, [Is] your father yet alive?
have ye [another] brother? and we told him according to the
tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would
say, Bring your brother down?"
Genesis 43:8 "And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the
lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and
not die, both we, and thou, [and] also our little ones."
Genesis 43:9 "I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou
require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before
thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:"
Genesis 43:10 "For except we had lingered, surely now we had
returned this second time."
Genesis 43:11 "And their father Israel said unto them, If [it
must be] so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land
in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little
balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and
almonds:"
Genesis 43:12 "And take double money in your hand; and the
money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry
[it] again in your hand; peradventure it [was] an oversight:"
Genesis 43:13 "Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto
the man:"
Genesis 43:14 "And God Almighty give you mercy before the man,
that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be
bereaved [of my children], I am bereaved."
Genesis 43:15 "And the men took that present, and they took
double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went
down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph."
Genesis 43:16 "And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said
to the ruler of his house, Bring [these] men home, and slay,
and make ready; for [these] men shall dine with me at noon."
Genesis 43:17 "And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man
brought the men into Joseph's house."
Genesis 43:18 "And the men were afraid, because they were
brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the
money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we
brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon
us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses."
Genesis 43:19 "And they came near to the steward of Joseph's
house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,"
Genesis 43:20 "And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the
first time to buy food:"
Genesis 43:21 "And it came to pass, when we came to the inn,
that we opened our sacks, and, behold, [every] man's money
[was] in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and
we have brought it again in our hand."
Genesis 43:22 "And other money have we brought down in our
hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our
sacks."
Genesis 43:23 "And he said, Peace [be] to you, fear not: your
God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in
your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto
them."
Genesis 43:24 "And the man brought the men into Joseph's house,
and gave [them] water, and they washed their feet; and he gave
their asses provender."
Genesis 43:25 "And they made ready the present against Joseph
came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there."
Genesis 43:26 "And when Joseph came home, they brought him the
present which [was] in their hand into the house, and bowed
themselves to him to the earth."
Genesis 43:27 "And he asked them of [their] welfare, and said,
[Is] your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? [Is] he
yet alive?"
Genesis 43:28 "And they answered, Thy servant our father [is]
in good health, he [is] yet alive. And they bowed down their
heads, and made obeisance."
Genesis 43:29 "And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother
Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, [Is] this your younger
brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious
unto thee, my son."
Genesis 43:30 "And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn
upon his brother: and he sought [where] to weep; and he entered
into [his] chamber, and wept there."
Genesis 43:31 "And he washed his face, and went out, and
refrained himself, and said, Set on bread."
Genesis 43:32 "And they set on for him by himself, and for them
by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him,
by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with
the Hebrews; for that [is] an abomination unto the Egyptians."
Genesis 43:33 "And they sat before him, the firstborn according
to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and
the men marveled one at another."
Genesis 43:34 "And he took [and sent] messes unto them from
before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any
of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him."
Genesis 44
Genesis Chapter 44
Genesis 44:1 "And he commanded the steward of his house,
saying, Fill the men's sacks [with] food, as much as they can
carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth."
Genesis 44:2 "And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's
mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according
to the word that Joseph had spoken."
Genesis 44:3 "As soon as the morning was light, the men were
sent away, they and their asses."
Genesis 44:4 "[And] when they were gone out of the city, [and]
not [yet] far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow
after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them,
Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?"
Genesis 44:5 "[Is] not this [it] in which my lord drinketh, and
whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing."
Genesis 44:6 "And he overtook them, and he spake unto them
these same words."
Genesis 44:7 "And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord
these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according
to this thing:"
Genesis 44:8 "Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks'
mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan:
how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or
gold?"
Genesis 44:9 "With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both
let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen."
Genesis 44:10 "And he said, Now also [let] it [be] according
unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant;
and ye shall be blameless."
Genesis 44:11 "Then they speedily took down every man his sack
to the ground, and opened every man his sack."
Genesis 44:12 "And he searched, [and] began at the eldest, and
left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's
sack."
Genesis 44:13 "Then they rent their clothes, and laded every
man his ass, and returned to the city."
Genesis 44:14 "And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's
house; for he [was] yet there: and they fell before him on the
ground."
Genesis 44:15 "And Joseph said unto them, What deed [is] this
that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can
certainly divine?"
Genesis 44:16 "And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord?
what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath
found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we [are] my
lord's servants, both we, and [he] also with whom the cup is
found."
Genesis 44:17 "And he said, God forbid that I should do so:
[but] the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my
servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father."
Genesis 44:18 "Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my
lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's
ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for
thou [art] even as Pharaoh."
Genesis 44:19 "My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a
father, or a brother?"
Genesis 44:20 "And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an
old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his
brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his
father loveth him."
Genesis 44:21 "And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him
down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him."
Genesis 44:22 "And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave
his father: for [if] he should leave his father, [his father]
would die."
Genesis 44:23 "And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your
youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no
more."
Genesis 44:24 "And it came to pass when we came up unto thy
servant my father, we told him the words of my lord."
Genesis 44:26 "And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest
brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see
the man's face, except our youngest brother [be] with us."
Genesis 44:27 "And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know
that my wife bare me two [sons]:"
Genesis 44:28 "And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely
he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:"
Genesis 44:29 "And if ye take this also from me, and mischief
befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to
the grave."
Genesis 44:30 "Now therefore when I come to thy servant my
father, and the lad [be] not with us; seeing that his life is
bound up in the lad's life;"
Genesis 44:31 "It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the
lad [is] not [with us], that he will die: and thy servants
shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with
sorrow to the grave."
Genesis 44:32 "For thy servant became surety for the lad unto
my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall
bear the blame to my father for ever."
Genesis 44:33 "Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant
abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad
go up with his brethren."
Genesis 44:34 "For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad
[be] not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall
come on my father."
Genesis 45
Genesis Chapter 45
Genesis 45:1 "Then Joseph could not refrain himself
before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause
every man to go out from me. And there stood no man
with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his
brethren."
Genesis 45:2 "And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and
the house of Pharaoh heard."
Genesis 45:3 "And Joseph said unto his brethren, I [am]
Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could
not answer him; for they were troubled at his
presence."
Genesis 45:4 "And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come
near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he
said, I [am] Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into
Egypt."
Genesis 45:5 "Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry
with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did
send me before you to preserve life."
Genesis 45:6 "For these two years [hath] the famine
[been] in the land: and yet [there are] five years, in
the which [there shall] neither [be] earing nor
harvest."
Genesis 45:7 "And God sent me before you to preserve
you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by
a great deliverance."
Genesis 45:8 "So now [it was] not you [that] sent me
hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to
Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler
throughout all the land of Egypt."
Genesis 45:9 "Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say
unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me
lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:"
Genesis 45:10 "And thou shalt dwell in the land of
Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy
children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks,
and thy herds, and all that thou hast:"
Genesis 45:11 "And there will I nourish thee; for yet
[there are] five years of famine; lest thou, and thy
household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty."
Genesis 45:12 "And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes
of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth that
speaketh unto you."
Genesis 45:13 "And ye shall tell my father of all my
glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye
shall haste and bring down my father hither."
Genesis 45:14 "And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's
neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck."
Genesis 45:15 "Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and
wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with
him."
Genesis 45:16 "And the fame thereof was heard in
Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come:
and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants."
Genesis 45:17 "And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy
brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto
the land of Canaan;"
Genesis 45:18 "And take your father and your households, and
come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of
Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land."
Genesis 45:19 "Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you
wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for
your wives, and bring your father, and come."
Genesis 45:20 "Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all
the land of Egypt [is] yours."
Genesis 45:21 "And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph
gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and
gave them provision for the way."
Genesis 45:22 "To all of them he gave each man changes of
raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred [pieces] of
silver, and five changes of raiment."
Genesis 45:23 "And to his father he sent after this [manner];
ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she
asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the
way."
Genesis 45:24 "So he sent his brethren away, and they departed:
and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way."
Genesis 45:25 "And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the
land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,"
Genesis 45:26 "And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and
he [is] governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart
fainted, for he believed them not."
Genesis 45:27 "And they told him all the words of Joseph, which
he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph
had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father
revived:"
Genesis 45:28 "And Israel said, [It is] enough; Joseph my son
[is] yet alive: I will go and see him before I die."
Genesis 46
Genesis Chapter 46
Genesis 46:1 "And Israel took his journey with all that he had,
and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of
his father Isaac."
Genesis 46:2 "And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the
night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here [am] I."
Genesis 46:3 "And he said, I [am] God, the God of thy father:
fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a
great nation:"
Genesis 46:4 "I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will
also surely bring thee up [again]: and Joseph shall put his
hand upon thine eyes."
Genesis 46:5 "And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons
of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones,
and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry
him."
Genesis 46:6 "And they took their cattle, and their goods,
which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into
Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:"
Genesis 46:7 "His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his
daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he
with him into Egypt."
Genesis 46:8 "And these [are] the names of the children of
Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben,
Jacob's firstborn."
Genesis 46:9 "And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and
Hezron, and Carmi."
Genesis 46:10 "And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and
Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish
woman."
Genesis 46:11 "And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and
Merari."
Genesis 46:12 "And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah,
and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of
Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul."
Genesis 46:13 "And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and
Job, and Shimron."
Genesis 46:14 "And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and
Jahleel."
Genesis 46:15 "These [be] the sons of Leah, which she bare unto
Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of
his sons and his daughters [were] thirty and three."
Genesis 46:16 "And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni,
and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli."
Genesis 46:17 "And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and
Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of
Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel."
Genesis 46:18 "These [are] the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave
to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, [even]
sixteen souls."
Genesis 46:19 "The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and
Benjamin."
Genesis 46:20 "And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born
Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah
priest of On bare unto him."
Genesis 46:21 "And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah, and
Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim,
and Huppim, and Ard."
Genesis 46:22 "These [are] the sons of Rachel, which were born
to Jacob: all the souls [were] fourteen."
Genesis 46:23 "And the sons of Dan; Hushim."
Genesis 46:24 "And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and
Jezer, and Shillem."
Genesis 46:25 "These [are] the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave
unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all
the souls [were] seven."
Genesis 46:26 "All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt,
which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all
the souls [were] threescore and six;"
Genesis 46:27 "And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in
Egypt, [were] two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob,
which came into Egypt, [were] threescore and ten."
Genesis 46:28 "And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to
direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of
Goshen."
Genesis 46:29 "And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up
to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself
unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good
while."
Genesis 46:30 "And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die,
since I have seen thy face, because thou [art] yet alive."
Genesis 46:31 "And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his
father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto
him, My brethren, and my father's house, which [were] in the
land of Canaan, are come unto me;"
Genesis 46:32 "And the men [are] shepherds, for their trade
hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks,
and their herds, and all that they have."
Genesis 46:33 "And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall
call you, and shall say, What [is] your occupation?"
Genesis 46:34 "That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been
about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, [and] also
our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every
shepherd [is] an abomination unto the Egyptians."
Genesis 47
Genesis Chapter 47
Genesis 47:1 "Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My
father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and
all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and,
behold, they [are] in the land of Goshen."
Genesis 47:2 "And he took some of his brethren, [even] five
men, and presented them unto Pharaoh."
Genesis 47:3 "And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What [is]
your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants [are]
shepherds, both we, [and] also our fathers."
Genesis 47:4 "They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn
in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for
their flocks; for the famine [is] sore in the land of Canaan:
now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land
of Goshen."
Genesis 47:5 "And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father
and thy brethren are come unto thee:"
Genesis 47:6 "The land of Egypt [is] before thee; in the best
of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land
of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest [any] men of
activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle."
Genesis 47:7 "And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set
him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh."
Genesis 47:8 "And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old [art] thou?"
Genesis 47:9 "And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the
years of my pilgrimage [are] an hundred and thirty years: few
and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have
not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my
fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."
Genesis 47:10 "And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from
before Pharaoh."
Genesis 47:11 "And Joseph placed his father and his brethren,
and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of
the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded."
Genesis 47:12 "And Joseph nourished his father, and his
brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according
to [their] families."
Genesis 47:13 "And [there was] no bread in all the land; for
the famine [was] very sore, so that the land of Egypt and [all]
the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine."
Genesis 47:14 "And Joseph gathered up all the money that was
found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the
corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into
Pharaoh's house."
Genesis 47:15 "And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and
in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and
said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for
the money faileth."
Genesis 47:16 "And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will
give you for your cattle, if money fail."
Genesis 47:17 "And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and
Joseph gave them bread [in exchange] for horses, and for the
flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and
he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year."
Genesis 47:18 "When that year was ended, they came unto him the
second year, and said unto him, We will not hide [it] from my
lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds
of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but
our bodies, and our lands:"
Genesis 47:19 "Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both
we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our
land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give [us] seed, that we
may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate."
Genesis 47:20 "And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for
Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because
the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's."
Genesis 47:21 "And as for the people, he removed them to cities
from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end
thereof."
Genesis 47:22 "Only the land of the priests bought he not; for
the priests had a portion [assigned them] of Pharaoh, and did
eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold
not their lands."
Genesis 47:23 "Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have
bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, [here is]
seed for you, and ye shall sow the land."
Genesis 47:24 "And it shall come to pass in the increase, that
ye shall give the fifth [part] unto Pharaoh, and four parts
shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food,
and for them of your households, and for food for your little
ones."
Genesis 47:25 "And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us
find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's
servants."
Genesis 47:26 "And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt
unto this day, [that] Pharaoh should have the fifth [part];
except the land of the priests only, [which] became not
Pharaoh's."
Genesis 47:27 "And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the
country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew,
and multiplied exceedingly."
Genesis 47:28 "And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen
years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven
years."
Genesis 47:29 "And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and
he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have
found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my
thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray
thee, in Egypt:"
Genesis 47:30 "But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt
carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And
he said, I will do as thou hast said."
Genesis 47:31 "And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto
him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head."
Genesis 48
Genesis Chapter 48
Genesis 48:1 "And it came to pass after these things, that
[one] told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took
with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim."
Genesis 48:2 "And [one] told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son
Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and
sat upon the bed."
Genesis 48:3 "And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared
unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,"
Genesis 48:4 "And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee
fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a
multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after
thee [for] an everlasting possession."
Genesis 48:5 "And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which
were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto
thee into Egypt, [are] mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall
be mine."
Genesis 48:6 "And thy issue, which thou begettest after them,
shall be thine, [and] shall be called after the name of their
brethren in their inheritance."
Genesis 48:7 "And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel
died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was
but a little way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there
in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem."
Genesis 48:8 "And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who
[are] these?"
Genesis 48:9 "And Joseph said unto his father, They [are] my
sons, whom God hath given me in his [place]. And he said, Bring
them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them."
Genesis 48:10 "Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, [so
that] he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and
he kissed them, and embraced them."
Genesis 48:11 "And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought
to see thy face: and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed."
Genesis 48:12 "And Joseph brought them out from between his
knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth."
Genesis 48:13 "And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right
hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand
toward Israel's right hand, and brought [them] near unto him."
Genesis 48:14 "And Israel stretched out his right hand, and
laid [it] upon Ephraim's head, who [was] the younger, and his
left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly;
for Manasseh [was] the firstborn."
Genesis 48:15 "And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before
whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed
me all my life long unto this day,"
Genesis 48:16 "The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless
the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my
fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude
in the midst of the earth."
Genesis 48:17 "And when Joseph saw that his father laid his
right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he
held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head
unto Manasseh's head."
Genesis 48:18 "And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my
father: for this [is] the firstborn; put thy right hand upon
his head."
Genesis 48:19 "And his father refused, and said, I know [it],
my son, I know [it]: he also shall become a people, and he also
shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater
than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations."
Genesis 48:20 "And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee
shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as
Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh."
Genesis 48:21 "And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but
God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of
your fathers."
Genesis 48:22 "Moreover I have given to thee one portion above
thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with
my sword and with my bow."
Genesis 49
Genesis Chapter 49
Genesis 49:1 "And Jacob called unto his sons, and said,
Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that]
which shall befall you in the last days."
Genesis 49:2 "Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye
sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father."
Genesis 49:3 "Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my
might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency
of dignity, and the excellency of power:"
Genesis 49:4 "Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel;
because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then
defiledst thou [it]: he went up to my couch."
Genesis 49:5 "Simeon and Levi [are] brethren;
instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations."
Genesis 49:6 "O my soul, come not thou into their
secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou
united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in
their self-will they digged down a wall."
Genesis 49:7 "Cursed [be] their anger, for [it was]
fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will
divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel."
Genesis 49:8 "Judah, thou [art he] whom thy brethren
shall praise: thy hand [shall be] in the neck of thine
enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before
thee."
Genesis 49:9 "Judah [is] a lion's whelp: from the prey,
my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched
as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?"
Genesis 49:10 "The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh
come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people
[be]."
Genesis 49:11 "Binding his foal unto the vine, and his
ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments
in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:"
Genesis 49:12 "His eyes [shall be] red with wine, and
his teeth white with milk."
Genesis 49:13 "Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the
sea; and he [shall be] for a haven of ships; and his
border [shall be] unto Zidon."
Genesis 49:14 "Issachar [is] a strong ass couching down
between two burdens:"
Genesis 49:15 "And he saw that rest [was] good, and the
land that [it was] pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to
bear, and became a servant unto tribute."
Genesis 49:16 "Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes
of Israel.
Genesis 49:17 "Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in
the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall
fall backward."
Genesis 49:18 "I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD."
Genesis 49:19 "Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall
overcome at the last."
Genesis 49:20 "Out of Asher his bread [shall be] fat, and he
shall yield royal dainties."
Genesis 49:21 "Naphtali [is] a hind let loose: he giveth goodly
words."
Genesis 49:22 "Joseph [is] a fruitful bough, [even] a fruitful
bough by a well; [whose] branches run over the wall:"
Genesis 49:23 "The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot
[at him], and hated him:"
Genesis 49:24 "But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of
his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty [God] of
Jacob; (from thence [is] the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)"
Genesis 49:25 "[Even] by the God of thy father, who shall help
thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings
of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under,
blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:"
Genesis 49:26 "The blessings of thy father have prevailed above
the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the
everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on
the crown of the head of him that was separate from his
brethren."
Genesis 49:27 "Benjamin shall raven [as] a wolf: in the morning
he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the
spoil."
Genesis 49:28 "All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel: and
this [is it] that their father spake unto them, and blessed
them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them."
Genesis 49:29 "And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to
be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave
that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,"
Genesis 49:30 "In the cave that [is] in the field of Machpelah,
which [is] before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham
bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of
a burying place."
Genesis 49:31 "There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife;
there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I
buried Leah.
Genesis 49:32 "The purchase of the field and of the cave that
[is] therein [was] from the children of Heth."
Genesis 49:33 "And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his
sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the
ghost, and was gathered unto his people."
Genesis 50
Genesis Chapter 50
Genesis 50:1 "And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept
upon him, and kissed him."
Genesis 50:2 "And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians
to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel."
Genesis 50:3 "And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are
fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the
Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days."
Genesis 50:4 "And when the days of his mourning were past,
Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have
found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of
Pharaoh, saying,"
Genesis 50:5 "My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my
grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there
shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee,
and bury my father, and I will come again."
Genesis 50:7 "And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with
him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his
house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,"
Genesis 50:8 "And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren,
and his father's house: only their little ones, and their
flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen."
Genesis 50:9 "And there went up with him both chariots and
horsemen: and it was a very great company."
Genesis 50:10 "And they came to the threshing floor of Atad,
which [is] beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great
and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his
father seven days."
Genesis 50:11 "And when the inhabitants of the land, the
Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said,
This [is] a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the
name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which [is] beyond Jordan."
Genesis 50:12 "And his sons did unto him according as he
commanded them:"
Genesis 50:13 "For his sons carried him into the land of
Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah,
which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a
buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre."
Genesis 50:14 "And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his
brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father,
after he had buried his father."
Genesis 50:15 "And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father
was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will
certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him."
Genesis 50:16 "And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying,
Thy father did command before he died, saying,"
Genesis 50:17 "So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray
thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they
did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass
of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when
they spake unto him."
Genesis 50:18 "And his brethren also went and fell down before
his face; and they said, Behold, we [be] thy servants."
Genesis 50:19 "And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for [am] I
in the place of God?"
Genesis 50:20 "But as for you, ye thought evil against me;
[but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this
day, to save much people alive."
Genesis 50:21 "Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you,
and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly
unto them."
Genesis 50:22 "And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's
house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years."
Genesis 50:23 "And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third
[generation]: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh
were brought up upon Joseph's knees."
Genesis 50:24 "And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and
God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto
the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
Genesis 50:25 "And Joseph took an oath of the children of
Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry
up my bones from hence."
Genesis 50:26 "So Joseph died, [being] a hundred and ten years
old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in
Egypt."
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