Genesis
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Chapter 1
Creation of heaven and earth – Genesis 1:1-2
Creation of the light – Genesis 1:3
Creation of the firmament – Genesis 1:6
The earth separated from the waters – Genesis 1:9
Creation of the sun, moon and stars – Genesis 1:14
Creation of fish, fowl, beasts and cattle – Genesis 1:20
Creation man in the image of God – Genesis 1:26
Provision for food – Genesis 1:29
Chapter 2
The first Sabbath – Genesis 2:1
The manner of the creation – Genesis 2:4
The Garden of Eden, and the rivers – Genesis 2:8
The tree of knowledge – Genesis 2:17
Naming the creatures – Genesis 2:19
The making of woman and the institution of marriage – Genesis 2:21
Chapter 3
The serpent’s deception and man’s shameful fall – Genesis 3:1
God arraigns Adam and Eve – Genesis 3:9
The serpent is cursed above all beasts – Genesis 3:14
The promised seed – Genesis 3:15
The punishment God promises for mankind – Genesis 3:16
Loss of paradise – Genesis 3:23
Chapter 4
The birth of Cain and Abel – Genesis 4:1
The murder of Abel – Genesis 4:8
The curse of Cain – Genesis 4:9
Enoch, the first city – Genesis 4:17
Lamech and his two wives – Genesis 4:19
Birth of Seth and Enos – Genesis 4:25
Chapter 5
Genealogy and age of the patriarchs – Genesis 5:1
The godliness and translation of Enoch – Genesis 5:24
Chapter 6
The wickedness of the world – Genesis 6:1-2
Noah finds grace – Genesis 6:8
The order, form and use of the ark – Genesis 6:13
Chapter 7
Noah, his family and the creatures, enter the ark – Genesis 7:1
The flood – Genesis 7:17
Chapter 8
The waters subside – Genesis 8:1
The ark rests on Ararat – Genesis 8:4
The raven and the dove – Genesis 8:7
Noah, being commanded – Genesis 8:15
goes forth out of the ark – Genesis 8:18
Noah builds an altar and offers sacrifice – Genesis 8:20
God accepts and promises to curse the earth no more – Genesis 8:21
Chapter 9
God blesses Noah – Genesis 9:1
God’s covenant is signified by the rainbow – Genesis 9:9-10
Noah plants a vineyard, gets drunk and is mocked – Genesis 9:20
Noah curses Canaan – Genesis 9:25
Noah blesses Shem – Genesis 9:26
Noah prays for Japheth, and dies – Genesis 9:27
Chapter 10
The generations of Noah – Genesis 10:1
The sons of Japheth – Genesis 10:2
The sons of Ham – Genesis 10:6
Nimrod, the first monarch – Genesis 10:8
The sons of Shem – Genesis 10:21
Chapter 11
One language in the world – Genesis 11:1-2
The building of Babel – Genesis 11:3
The confusion of tongues – Genesis 11:5-6
The generations of Shem, the father of Abram – Genesis 11:10
Terah goes from Ur to Haran – Genesis 11:31
Chapter 12
God calls Abram; blesses him with a promise of Christ – Genesis 12:1
He departs with Lot from Haran – Genesis 12:4
Abram journeys through Canaan, which is promised him in a vision – Genesis 12:6
He is driven by a famine into Egypt – Genesis 12:10
He represents his wife to be his sister – Genesis 12:12
Sarai is taken by Pharaoh, who is compelled by plagues to restore her – Genesis 12:14
Chapter 13
Abram and Lot return out of Egypt and agree to separate – Genesis 13:1
Lot goes to Sodom – Genesis 13:10
God renews the promise to Abram – Genesis 13:14
He removes to Hebron, and builds an altar – Genesis 13:18
Chapter 14
The battle of four kings against five – Genesis 14:1
Lot is taken prisoner and is rescued by Abram – Genesis 14:11
Melchizedek blesses him – Genesis 14:18
Abram gives him tithe – Genesis 14:20
He restores the rest to the king of Sodom – Genesis 14:22
Chapter 15
God encourages Abram – Genesis 15:1
Abram complains for lack of an heir – Genesis 15:2
God promises him a son and numerous progeny – Genesis 15:4
Abraham is justified by faith – Genesis 15:6
Canaan promised again – Genesis 15:7
Canaan confirmed by a sign and a vision – Genesis 15:9
Chapter 16
Sarai, being barren, gives Hagar to Abram – Genesis 16:1
Hagar despises her mistress, is punished, and runs away – Genesis 16:4
An angel sends her back, telling her she will bear a child – Genesis 16:7
Hagar bears a son who is named Ishmael – Genesis 16:15
Chapter 17
God renews the covenant with Abram – Genesis 17:1
Abram’s name is changed, in token of a greater blessing – Genesis 17:5
Circumcision is instituted – Genesis 17:10
Sarai’s name is changed, and she is blessed – Genesis 17:15
Isaac is promised; God’s covenant to be established through him – Genesis 17:17
Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised – Genesis 17:23
Chapter 18
The Lord appears to Abraham – Genesis 18:1
Abraham entertains three angels – Genesis 18:2
Sarah is reproved for laughing at the strange promise – Genesis 18:9-10
The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham – Genesis 18:17-18
Abraham makes intercession for its people – Genesis 18:23
Chapter 19
Lot entertains two angels – Genesis 19:1
The vicious Sodomites stricken with blindness – Genesis 19:4
Lot is sent for safety into the mountains – Genesis 19:12
He obtains leave to go into Zoar – Genesis 19:18-19
Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed – Genesis 19:24
Lot’s wife become a pillar of salt – Genesis 19:26
Lot dwells in a cave – Genesis 19:30
The birth of Moab and Ammon – Genesis 19:31-32
Chapter 20
Abraham at Gerar – Genesis 20:1
Abraham denies his wife, and loses her – Genesis 20:2
Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream and rebukes Abraham – Genesis 20:3
He restores Sarah – Genesis 20:14
He is healed by Abraham’s prayer – Genesis 20:17
Chapter 21
Isaac is born – Genesis 21:1
He is circumcised – Genesis 21:4
Sarah’s joy – Genesis 21:6
Hagar and Ishmael are expelled – Genesis 21:9
They are in distress – Genesis 21:15
The angel comforts her – Genesis 21:17
Abimelech and Abraham make a covenant – Genesis 21:22
Chapter 22
God, testing Abraham’s faith, commands him to sacrifice Isaac – Genesis 22:1-2
Abraham gives proof of faith and obedience – Genesis 22:3
The angel stops him – Genesis 22:11
The place is called Jehovah-jireh – Genesis 22:14
Abraham is again blessed – Genesis 22:15-16
The generation of Nahor to Rebekah – Genesis 22:20
Chapter 23
The age and death of Sarah – Genesis 23:1-2
The purchase of Machpelah, where Sarah was buried – Genesis 23:3-4
Chapter 24
Abraham swears his servant – Genesis 24:1-2
The servant’s journey – Genesis 24:10
His prayer – Genesis 24:12
His sign – Genesis 24:14
Rebekah meets him, fulfilling his sign – Genesis 24:15
He gives her jewels – Genesis 24:22
She reveals her relationship – Genesis 24:23
She offers hospitality – Genesis 24:25
The servant blesses God – Genesis 24:26-27
Laban entertains him – Genesis 24:28
The servant explains his mission – Genesis 24:33
Laban and Bethuel give their approval – Genesis 24:50
The meeting of Isaac and Rebekah – Genesis 24:62
Chapter 25
The sons of Abraham by Keturah – Genesis 25:1
The division of his goods – Genesis 25:5
The age, death, and burial of Abraham – Genesis 25:7-8
The generations of Ishmael – Genesis 25:12
Isaac prays that the barrenness of Rebekah be healed – Genesis 25:19-20
Two children strive in her womb – Genesis 25:22
The birth of Esau and Jacob – Genesis 25:24
Esau sells his birthright – Genesis 25:29
Chapter 26
Because of famine, Isaac goes to Gerar – Genesis 26:1
God guides and blesses him – Genesis 26:2
He denies his wife and is reproved by Abimelech – Genesis 26:7
He grows rich – Genesis 26:12
He digs three wells – Genesis 26:18
God appears to him at Beer-sheba – Genesis 26:23-24
Isaac and Abimelech make a covenant at Beer-sheba – Genesis 26:28
Esau’s wives – Genesis 26:34
Chapter 27
Isaac sends Esau for venison – Genesis 27:1-2
Rebekah and Jacob conspire to obtain Isaac’s blessing – Genesis 27:6-7
Jacob, disguised as Esau, is blessed – Genesis 27:15
Esau brings venison to his father – Genesis 27:30
He complains, and by pleading obtains a blessing also – Genesis 27:34
He threatens to slay Jacob – Genesis 27:41
Jacob for safety is sent to Laban – Genesis 27:43
Chapter 28
Isaac blesses Jacob and sends him to Padan-aram – Genesis 28:1
Esau marries Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael – Genesis 28:6
Jacob’s vision of the ladder – Genesis 28:10-11
The stone of Beth-el – Genesis 28:18-19
Jacob’s vow – Genesis 28:20
Chapter 29
Jacob comes to the well of Haran – Genesis 29:1-2
He meets Rachel by the well – Genesis 29:9
He is entertained by Laban – Genesis 29:13
Covenanting for Rachel – Genesis 29:18
Jacob is deceived with Leah – Genesis 29:23
He marries Rachel also - Genesis 29:28
Leah bears Reuben – Genesis 29:32
Simeon – Genesis 29:33
Levi – Genesis 29:34
Judah – Genesis 29:35
Chapter 30
Rachel gives Bilhah to Jacob – Genesis 30:1
She bears Dan and Naphtali – Genesis 30:5
Leah gives Zilpah, who bears Gad and Asher – Genesis 30:9
Reuben finds mandrakes – Genesis 30:14
Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah – Genesis 30:17
Rachel bears Joseph – Genesis 30:22
Jacob is denied permission to depart – Genesis 30:25
Jacob’s policy, whereby he became rich – Genesis 30:37
Chapter 31
Jacob leaves Laban secretly – Genesis 31:1
Rachel steals her father’s images – Genesis 31:19
Laban pursues him, and complains of the wrong – Genesis 31:22-23
Jacob’s complaint against Laban – Genesis 31:36
They make a covenant at Galeed – Genesis 31:43
Chapter 32
Jacob calls the place of his vision, Mahanaim – Genesis 32:1-2
His message to Esau – Genesis 32:3
Jacob fears to meet Esau – Genesis 32:6
He prays for deliverance – Genesis 32:9
He sends a present to Esau – Genesis 32:13
Jacob wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where his name is changed to Israel – Genesis 32:24
Jacob is lame – Genesis 32:31
Chapter 33
Jacob and Esau meet in kindness and brotherly love – Genesis 33:1
Jacob goes to Succoth – Genesis 33:17
He buys a field and builds an altar – Genesis 33:18
Chapter 34
Dinah is ravished by Shechem – Genesis 34:1-2
He sues to marry her – Genesis 34:4
The sons of Jacob agree on condition that the Shechemites be circumcised – Genesis 34:13
Hamor and Shechem persuade their people to accept the condition – Genesis 34:20
The sons of Jacob take advantage of their tenderness and slay the Shechemites – Genesis 34:25-26
The sons of Jacob spoil their city – Genesis 34:27-28
Jacob reproves Simeon and Levi – Genesis 34:30
Chapter 35
God sends Jacob to Beth-el – Genesis 35:1
He purges his house of idols – Genesis 35:2
He builds an altar unto God at Beth-el – Genesis 35:6
Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, dies at Allon-bachuth – Genesis 35:8
God bless Jacob at Beth-el – Genesis 35:9
Rachel bears Benjamin and dies – Genesis 35:16-17
Reuben lies with Bilhah – Genesis 35:22
The sons of Jacob – Genesis 35:23-24
Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron – Genesis 35:27
The age, death, and burial of Isaac – Genesis 35:28
Chapter 36
Esau’s three wives – Genesis 36:1-2
His sons – Genesis 36:9-10
The dukes descended from his sons – Genesis 36:15
The children of Seir – Genesis 36:20
The kings of Edom – Genesis 36:31
The dukes descended from Esau – Genesis 36:40
Chapter 37
Jacob in Canaan – Genesis 37:1
Joseph is hated by his brothers – Genesis 37:2
His two dreams – Genesis 37:5
Jacob sends Joseph to Shechem. His brothers conspire to slay him, but Reuben saves him – Genesis 37:13
He is sold to Ishmaelites – Genesis 37:26
His father, deceived by his bloodstained coat, mourns his death – Genesis 37:31
Joseph is sold to Potiphar in Egypt – Genesis 37:36
Chapter 38
Judah begets Er, Onan, and Shelah – Genesis 38:1-2
Er marries Tamar – Genesis 38:6
The trespass of Onan – Genesis 38:8-9
Tamar waits for Shelah – Genesis 38:11
She deceives Judah – Genesis 38:13
She bears him twins, Pharez and Zarah – Genesis 38:27
Chapter 39
Joseph is promoted in Potiphar’s house – Genesis 39:1
He resists the temptation of his mistress – Genesis 39:7
He is falsely accused – Genesis 39:13
Joseph in prison – Genesis 39:19
God is with him there – Genesis 39:21
Chapter 40
The butler and the baker of Pharaoh with Joseph in prison – Genesis 40:1-2
He has charge of them – Genesis 40:4
He interprets their dreams – Genesis 40:5
Their dreams come to pass according to Joseph’s interpretation – Genesis 40:20
The ingratitude of the butler – Genesis 40:23
Chapter 41
Pharaoh’s first dream – Genesis 41:1-2
Pharaoh’s second dream – Genesis 41:5-6
Joseph interprets them – Genesis 41:9-10
Joseph foretells the famine – Genesis 41:25-26
He gives Pharaoh counsel – Genesis 41:33-34
Joseph is promoted – Genesis 41:38-39
He begets Manasseh and Ephraim – Genesis 41:50-51
The famine begins – Genesis 41:54
Chapter 42
Jacob sends his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt – Genesis 42:1
They are accused as spies – Genesis 42:9
and imprisoned – Genesis 42:17
All are freed except Simeon on condition that they return and bring Benjamin – Genesis 42:18-19
They have remorse for Joseph – Genesis 42:21
They return home and recount their experience – Genesis 42:25
They find their money in their sacks – Genesis 42:35
Chapter 43
Jacob is persuaded to send Benjamin – Genesis 43:1-2
Joseph entertains his brothers – Genesis 43:15
They feast together – Genesis 43:31
Chapter 44
Joseph’s policy to delay his brothers – Genesis 44:1
Judah pleads for Benjamin’s release – Genesis 44:14
Chapter 45
Joseph makes himself known – Genesis 45:1
He comforts them in God’s providence – Genesis 45:5
He sends for his father – Genesis 45:9
Pharaoh is pleased – Genesis 45:16
Joseph provides for their journey, sending gifts for his father – Genesis 45:21
Jacob is revived with the news that Joseph is alive – Genesis 45:25
Chapter 46
Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-sheba – Genesis 46:1
He journeys to Egypt – Genesis 46:5
The number of his family who went into Egypt – Genesis 46:8
Joseph comes to meet his father – Genesis 46:28
He instructs his brothers how to answer Pharaoh – Genesis 46:31
Chapter 47
Joseph presents five of his brothers – Genesis 47:1
and his father before Pharaoh – Genesis 47:7
He provides for them – Genesis 47:11
Joseph collects the Egyptian’s money – Genesis 47:13
their cattle – Genesis 47:16
and their lands for Pharaoh – Genesis 47:18
The lands are rented for a fifth of the harvest – Genesis 47:23
Joseph’s promise to bury Jacob with his fathers – Genesis 47:29
Chapter 48
Joseph brings his sons to Jacob – Genesis 48:1
Jacob tells of God’s promise – Genesis 48:3
He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own – Genesis 48:5
He tells of Rachel’s grave – Genesis 48:7
He blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, preferring the younger to the elder – Genesis 48:9
He foretells the return of his sons to Canaan – Genesis 48:21
Chapter 49
Jacob calls his sons to bless them – Genesis 49:1
Their individual blessings – Genesis 49:3
Jacob charges his sons concerning his burial, and dies – Genesis 49:29
Chapter 50
The mourning for Jacob – Genesis 50:1
Joseph has permission to go bury his father – Genesis 50:4
Joseph comforts his brothers – Genesis 50:15
Joseph’s age – Genesis 50:22
He foretells his brothers’ departure from this land – Genesis 50:24
Joseph dies and is put in a coffin – Genesis 50:26
