Old Testament
Genesis
In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth. ... and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
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Chapter I: In the beginning...
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surfa…
Chapter II: Thus the heavens...
1 The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. 2 On the seventh day God finished his work which he ha…
Chapter III: The Fall of mankind
1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God…
Chapter IV: Cain and Abel, am I my brothers keeper
1 The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.” …
Chapter V: From Adam to Noah
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness. 2 He crea…
Chapter VI: Wickedness in the World
1 When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, 2 God’s sons saw that men’s …
Chapter VII: The Lord then said to Noah
1 Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in t…
Chapter VIII: But God remembered Noah
1 God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pas…
Chapter IX: God’s Covenant With Noah
1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 The fear of you an…
Chapter X: The Table of Nations
1 Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them a…
Chapter XI: The Tower of Babel
1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech. 2 As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shin…
Chapter XII: The Call of Abram
1 Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I …
Chapter XIII: Abram and Lot Separate
1 Abram went up out of Egypt—he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him—into the South. 2 Abram was very rich in li…
Chapter XIV: Abram Rescues Lot
1 In the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar; Arioch, king of Ellasar; Chedorlaomer, king of Elam; and Tidal, king of Goiim…
Chapter XV: The Lord’s Covenant With Abram
1 After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your ex…
Chapter XVI: Hagar and Ishmael
1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 Sarai said to A…
Chapter XVII: The Covenant of Circumcision
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and…
Chapter XVIII: The Three Visitors
1 Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eye…
Chapter XIX: Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed
1 The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowe…
Chapter XX: Abraham and Abimelek
1 Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner i…
Chapter XXI: The Birth of Isaac
1 Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken. 2 Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a s…
Chapter XXII: Abraham Tested
1 After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Now take your so…
Chapter XXIII: The Death of Sarah
1 Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s life. 2 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also ca…
Chapter XXIV: Isaac and Rebekah
1 Abraham was old, and well advanced in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 Abraham said to his servant, th…
Chapter XXV: The Death of Abraham
1 Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.…
Chapter XXVI: Isaac and Abimelek
1 There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimele…
Chapter XXVII: When Isaac was old
1 When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “M…
Chapter XXVIII: So Isaac called for Jacob
1 Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go…
Chapter XXIX: Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram
1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east. 2 He looked, and saw a well in the f…
Chapter XXX: Give me children!
1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or el…
Chapter XXXI: Jacob Flees From Laban
1 Jacob heard Laban’s sons’ words, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. He has obtained all this wea…
Chapter XXXII: Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau
1 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called …
Chapter XXXIII: Jacob Meets Esau
1 Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the chil…
Chapter XXXIV: Dinah and the Shechemites
1 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 Shechem the son of H…
Chapter XXXV: Jacob Returns to Bethel
1 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you f…
Chapter XXXVI: Esau’s Descendants
1 Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan…
Chapter XXXVII: Joseph’s Dreams
1 Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan. 2 This is the history of the generations of Ja…
Chapter XXXVIII: Judah and Tamar
1 At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 There, Juda…
Chapter XXXIX: Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife
1 Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him…
Chapter XL: The Cupbearer and the Baker
1 After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt. 2 Pharaoh wa…
Chapter XLI: Pharaoh’s Dreams
1 At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by the river. 2 Behold, seven cattle came up out o…
Chapter XLII: Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt
1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?” 2 He said, …
Chapter XLIII: The Second Journey to Egypt
1 The famine was severe in the land. 2 When they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their fathe…
Chapter XLIV: A Silver Cup in a Sack
1 He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put eac…
Chapter XLV: Joseph Makes Himself Known
1 Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go o…
Chapter XLVI: Jacob Goes to Egypt
1 Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. 2…
Chapter XLVII: Joseph went and told Pharaoh
1 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all th…
Chapter XLVIII: Manasseh and Ephraim
1 After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and…
Chapter XLIX: Jacob Blesses His Sons
1 Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in …
Chapter L: Joseph threw himself on his father
1 Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him. 2 Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to emb…
