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Genesis

Genesis in full in the Berean Standard Bible (50 chapters): read it chapter by chapter and compare translations.

Chapters of Genesis

  1. 1The CreationIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
  2. 2Adam and Eve in the Garden of EdenThus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
  3. 3The serpent and the forbidden treeNow the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the…
  4. 4And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the…
  5. 5This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
  6. 6Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
  7. 7Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in…
  8. 8But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind…
  9. 9And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
  10. 10This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
  11. 11The Tower of BabelNow the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
  12. 12God calls AbrahamThen the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the…
  13. 13So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
  14. 14In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
  15. 15After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your…
  16. 16Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
  17. 17When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me…
  18. 18Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the…
  19. 19Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot…
  20. 20Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was…
  21. 21Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
  22. 22Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
  23. 23Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
  24. 24By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
  25. 25Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
  26. 26Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And…
  27. 27When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and…
  28. 28So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
  29. 29Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
  30. 30When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or…
  31. 31Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and…
  32. 32Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
  33. 33Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among…
  34. 34Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
  35. 35Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who…
  36. 36This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).
  37. 37Joseph and his brothersNow Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.
  38. 38About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
  39. 39Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and…
  40. 40Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
  41. 41After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
  42. 42When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
  43. 43Now the famine was still severe in the land.
  44. 44Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each…
  45. 45Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away…
  46. 46So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of…
  47. 47So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own…
  48. 48Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
  49. 49Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the…
  50. 50Joseph forgives his brothersThen Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.