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In the Beginning

The story Genesis tells, straight through — creation, the fall, the flood, Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph.

17 items · 377 verses · 46 m 06 s of audio ready (377 of 377 verses, voice “Rooted Narrator”)

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    Creation range
  2. 2
    The garden range
  3. 3
    The fall range
  4. 4
    Cain and Abel range
  5. 5
    Noah and the flood range
  6. 6
    The covenant with Noah range
  7. 7
    The tower of Babel range
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    The call of Abram range
  9. 9
    God cuts a covenant with Abram range
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    Three visitors, and a promise range
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    Abraham and Isaac on the mountain range
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    Jacob's ladder range
  13. 13
    Jacob wrestles until daybreak range
  14. 14
    Joseph and his brothers range
  15. 15
    Joseph before Pharaoh range
  16. 16
    I am Joseph, your brother range
  17. 17
    You intended it for evil range

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Reading order — first 40 of 377

  1. Genesis.1.1
    1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
  2. 2Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
  3. 3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
  4. 4And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
  5. 5God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
  6. 6And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
  7. 7So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
  8. 8God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
  9. 9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
  10. 10God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
  11. 11Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
  12. 12The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
  13. 13And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
  14. 14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
  15. 15And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
  16. 16God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
  17. 17God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
  18. 18to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
  19. 19And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
  20. 20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
  21. 21So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
  22. 22Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
  23. 23And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
  24. 24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
  25. 25God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
  26. 26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
  27. 27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
  28. 28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
  29. 29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
  30. 30And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
  31. 31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
  32. 1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
  33. 2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
  34. 3Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
  35. 4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
  36. 5Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
  37. 6But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
  38. 7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
  39. 8And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
  40. 9Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.