Genesis

The first book of the Bible: the creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the flood, the tower of Babel, and the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.

Start reading50 chapters, about 38,000 words

Famous quotes

• In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

  1:1 (KJV)In context

  • God
  • Religion

• 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.

  1:2 (KJV)In context

  • God

• And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

  1:3 (KJV)In context

  • God

• So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

  1:27 (KJV)In context

  • God
  • Religion

• Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it

  1:28 (KJV)In context

  • Children
  • Family

• 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.

  2:7 (KJV)In context

  • God
  • Life & Death

• It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

  2:18 (KJV)In context

  • Marriage
  • Men

• Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  2:24 (KJV)In context

  • Family
  • Marriage

• 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.

  3:19 (KJV)In context

  • Life & Death
  • Work

• Am I my brother’s keeper?

  4:9 (KJV)In context

  • Family
  • Responsibility

• Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed

  9:6 (KJV)In context

  • Justice
  • Life & Death

• Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  18:25 (KJV)In context

  • God
  • Justice

• The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

  27:22 (KJV)In context

  • Truth & Lies

Contents

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 15
16. Chapter 16
17. Chapter 17
18. Chapter 18
19. Chapter 19
20. Chapter 20
21. Chapter 21
22. Chapter 22
23. Chapter 23
24. Chapter 24
25. Chapter 25
26. Chapter 26
27. Chapter 27
28. Chapter 28
29. Chapter 29
30. Chapter 30
31. Chapter 31
32. Chapter 32
33. Chapter 33
34. Chapter 34
35. Chapter 35
36. Chapter 36
37. Chapter 37
38. Chapter 38
39. Chapter 39
40. Chapter 40
41. Chapter 41
42. Chapter 42
43. Chapter 43
44. Chapter 44
45. Chapter 45
46. Chapter 46
47. Chapter 47
48. Chapter 48
49. Chapter 49
50. Chapter 50