Bible verses about "genesis" | Bishops

¹ And Abraham departed thence towarde the south countrey, & dwelled betweene Cades and Sur, and soiourned in Gerar ² And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe, she is my syster: And Abimelech kyng of Gerar sent, and fet Sara away ³ But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame, and saide to hym: See, thou art but a dead man for the womans sake whiche thou hast taken away, for she is a mans wyfe ⁴ But Abimelech had not yet touched her: and he sayde, Lorde wylt thou slay ryghteous people ⁵ Saide not he vnto me, she is my sister? yea and she her selfe sayde, he is my brother: with a single heart, and innocent handes haue I done this ⁶ And God sayde vnto him in a dreame: I wote well that thou dyddest it in the singlenesse of thy heart: I kept thee also that thou shuldest not sinne against me, and therefore suffred I thee not to touche her ⁷ Nowe therefore delyuer the man his wyfe agayne, for he is a prophete, and he shall pray for thee, that thou mayest lyue: But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne, be sure that thou shalt dye the death, [both thou] and all that thou hast ⁸ Therefore, Abimelech rysyng vp betimes in the mornyng, called all his seruauntes, and tolde all these sayinges in their eares: and the men were sore afrayde ⁹ Then Abimelech called Abraham, & sayde vnto hym: What hast thou done vnto vs? & what haue I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me & on my kingdome [so] great a sinne? thou hast done deedes vnto me that ought not to be done ¹⁰ And Abimelech saide vnto Abraham: what sawest thou that thou hast done this thyng ¹¹ Abraha aunswered: For I thought [thus] surely the feare of God is not in this place, and they shal slaye me for my wyues sake ¹² Yet in very deede she is my sister, for she is ye daughter of my father, though she be not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wyfe ¹³ And after God caused me to wander out of my fathers house, I sayde vnto her: this kyndnesse shalt thou shewe vnto me, in all places where we come, that thou say of me, he is my brother ¹⁴ Then toke Abimelech sheepe and oxen, men seruauntes and women seruauntes, & gaue [them] vnto Abraham, and delyuered hym Sara his wyfe agayne ¹⁵ And Abimelech sayde: beholde my lande lyeth before thee, dwell where it pleaseth thee best ¹⁶ But vnto Sara he saide: See I haue geuen thy brother a thousand peeces of syluer: beholde, it is as a coueryng of thyne eyes vnto all that are with thee, and to all [other:] and thus she was reproued ¹⁷ And so Abraham prayed vnto God, & God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maydens, & they bare chyldren ¹⁸ For the Lorde had closed vp all the wombes of the house of Abimelech, because of Abrahams wyfe

²⁰ Ye thought euil against me, but God turned it vnto good, to bryng to passe as it is this day, and to saue muche people alyue

¹ These are the generations of the sonnes of Noah, Sem, Ham, and Iapheth: and vnto them were chyldren borne after the fludde ² The children of Iapheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Iauan, and Thubal, Mesech, and Thiras ³ The children of Gomer: Askenas, and Ripath, and Thogarma ⁴ The children of Iauan: Elisa, & Tharsis, Kitthim, and Donanim ⁵ Of these were the Iles of the gentiles deuided in their landes, euery one after his tongue, and after his kinrede, in their nations ⁶ The children of Ham, Chus: and Mizraim, and Phut, and Chanaan ⁷ And the children of Chus: Seba, and Hauilah, and Sabthah, and Raamah, and Sabtheca ⁸ The children of Raamah: Seba, and Dedan, Chus also begat Nimrod ⁹ The same began to be mightie in the earth, for he was a mightie hunter before the Lorde: Wherfore it is sayde, Euen as Nimrod the mightie hunter before the Lorde ¹⁰ The begynnyng of his kingdome was Babel, and Erech, & Arab, and Calueh, in the lande of Sinar ¹¹ Out of that lande came Assur, and builded Niniue, and the citie Rehoboth, and Calah ¹² Resen also betweene Niniue & Chalah, and it is a great citie ¹³ Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Nephthuim ¹⁴ Pathrusim also, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philisthiim) & Capthorim ¹⁵ Chanaan begat Sidon his first borne sonne, and Heth ¹⁶ And Iebusi, and Emori, and Girgasi ¹⁷ And Hiui also, and Arki, and Sini ¹⁸ And Aruadi, and Semari, and Hamathi: and afterwarde were the kinredes of the Chanaanites spread abrode ¹⁹ The border of the Chanaanites was from Sidon as thou commest to Gerar vnto Azah, and as thou goest vnto Sodoma and Gomorra, and Adama, and Seboim, euen vnto Lesa ²⁰ These are the children of Ham in their kinredes, in their tongues, countreys, and in their nations ²¹ Unto Sem also the father of all the children of Heber, and elder brother of Iapheth, there were chyldren borne ²² The chyldren of Sem: Elam, and Assur, Arpharad, and Lud, and Aram ²³ The chyldren of Aram: Us, and Hul, Gether, and Mas ²⁴ Arphaxad begat Selah, and Selah begat Heber ²⁵ Unto Heber also were borne two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his dayes was the earth deuided, and his brothers name was Iactan ²⁶ Iactan begat Almodad, and Saleph, Hazarmaueth, and Ierah ²⁷ And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Dicla ²⁸ Obal also, and Abimael, and Seba ²⁹ And Ophir, and Hauilah, and Iobab, all these were the chyldren of Iactan ³⁰ And their dwelling was from Mesa, as thou goest vnto Sapher, a mount of the east ³¹ These are the chyldren of Sem after their kinredes and tongues, in their landes and nations ³² And so these are the kinredes of the chyldren of Noah after their generations in their peoples: and of these were the nations deuided in the earth after the flood

¹ And Abraham departed thence towarde the south countrey, & dwelled betweene Cades and Sur, and soiourned in Gerar

¹ Beholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs, that we shoulde be called the sonnes of god: For this cause the worlde knoweth you not, because it knoweth not hym ² Dearely beloued, nowe are we the sonnes of God, and yet it doth not appeare what we shalbe: But we knowe that when he shall appeare, we shalbe lyke hym, for we shall see hym as he is

¹ That whiche was fro the beginning, whiche we haue heard, which we haue seene with our eyes, whiche we haue loked vpo, & our handes haue handeled of, the worde of lyfe ² (And the lyfe appeared, and we haue seene, and beare witnesse, and shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe which was with the father, and appeared vnto vs. ³ That which we haue seene and heard declare we vnto you, that ye also maye haue felowship with vs, and that our felowship may be with the father, and his sonne Iesus Christe ⁴ And this write we vnto you, that your ioy may be full ⁵ And this is the tydynges whiche we haue hearde of hym & declare vnto you, that God is lyght, & in hym is no darkenesse at all ⁶ If we saye that we haue felowship with hym, and walke in darkenesse, we lye, and do not the trueth ⁷ But and yf we walke in light, euen as he is in lyght, then haue we felowship one with another, and the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne ⁸ If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs ⁹ If we knowledge our sinnes, he is faythfull & iust to forgeue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from all vnryghteousnesse ¹⁰ If we say we haue not sinned, we make hym a lyer, and his worde is not in vs

¹ After these deedes, one tolde Ioseph: beholde, thy father is sicke. And he toke with hym his two sonnes, Manasses and Ephraim ² Then this message was declared vnto Iacob: beholde, thy sonne Ioseph cometh vnto thee. And Israel toke his strength vnto hym, and sate vpon the bedde ³ And Iacob sayd vnto Ioseph: God almyghtie appeared vnto me at Luz in the lande of Chanaan, and blessed me, and sayde vnto me ⁴ Beholde, I wyll make thee fruiteful, and cause thee to multiplie, and wyll make a great number of people of thee, and wyll geue this lande vnto thy seede after thee vnto an euerlastyng possession ⁵ And nowe thy two sonnes Manasses and Ephraim, whiche were borne vnto thee in the land of Egypt before I came vnto thee into Egypt, are myne, euen as Ruben and Simeon are mine ⁶ And the children which thou hast gotten after them, shalbe thyne owne, and shalbe called after the names of their brethren in their inheritaunce ⁷ And when I came from Mesopotamia, Rachel dyed vpon my hande in the land of Chanaan, by the way, when there was but a fieldes breadth to come vnto Ephratha: and I buried her there in the waye to Ephratha, the same is Beth-lehem ⁸ And Israel beheld Iosephes sonnes, and sayde: What are these ⁹ Ioseph sayde vnto his father: They are my sonnes whiche God hath geuen me here. And he sayde: Oh bring them to me, and let me blesse them ¹⁰ (And the eyes of Israel were dymme for age, so that he coulde not [well] see) And he brought them to hym, and he kyssed them, and imbraced them ¹¹ And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph, I had not thought to haue seene thy face: and yet loe, God hath shewed me also thy seede ¹² And Ioseph toke them away fro his lappe, and he bowed hym selfe with his face towarde the earth ¹³ Then toke Ioseph them both, Ephraim with his ryght hande towarde Israels left hande, and Manasses with his left hande towarde Israels ryght hande, and brought them vnto hym ¹⁴ And Israel stretched out his ryght hande, and layed it vppon Ephraims head, which was the younger: and his left hande vpon Manasses head, guydyng his hande wyttyngly, for Manasses was the first borne ¹⁵ And he blessed Ioseph, and sayde: God in whose syght my fathers Abraham & Isahac dyd walke, God which hath fedde me al my lyfe long vnto this day ¹⁶ And the angell which hath deliuered me from al euyl, blesse these laddes, and let my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham & Isahac, & that they may growe into a multitude in the middes of the earth ¹⁷ When Ioseph sawe that his father layed his ryght hande vpon the head of Ephraim, it displeased hym: and he lift vp his fathers hande, to haue remoued it from Ephraims head vnto Manasses head ¹⁸ And Ioseph sayde vnto his father, Not so my father, for this is the first borne: put thy right hande vpon his head ¹⁹ And his father would not, but sayde: I knowe it well my sonne, I knowe it well, he shalbe also a people, and shalbe great: But his younger brother shalbe greater then he, and his seede shall become a great people ²⁰ And he blessed them that day, & saide: In thee let Israel blesse & saye, God make thee as Ephraim, & as Manasses. And he set Ephraim before Manasses ²¹ And Israel said vnto Ioseph: behold I dye, & God shalbe with you, & bryng you againe vnto ye land of your fathers ²² Moreouer, I haue geuen vnto thee a portion of lande aboue thy brethren, which I gat out of the hand of the Amorite in my sworde, and in my bowe

⁷ If thou do well, shalt thou not receaue? and yf thou doest not well, lyeth not thy sinne at the doores? Also vnto thee shall his desire be, and thou shalt haue dominion ouer hym

¹ And God remebred Noah and euery beast, and all the cattell that was with hym in the arke: and God made a wynde to passe vpon the earth, and the waters ceassed ² The fountaynes also of the deepe, and the windowes of heauen were stopped, and the rayne from heauen was restrayned ³ And the waters from the earth returned, goyng and comming agayne: and after the ende of the hundreth and fiftith day, the waters were abated ⁴ And in the seuen moneth, in the seuenteenth day of ye moneth, the arke rested vpon the mountaynes of Armenia ⁵ And the waters were goyng and decreasing vntyll the tenth moneth: In the tenth moneth, and in the first day of the same moneth, were the toppes of the mountaynes seene ⁶ And after the ende of the fourtith day, it came to passe [that] Noah opened the wyndowe of the arke which he had made ⁷ And he sent foorth a Rauen, whiche went out, goyng foorth, and returnyng, vntyll the waters were dryed vp vpon the earth ⁸ And agayne he sent foort a Doue from him, that he myght see yf the waters were abated from the vpper face of the grounde ⁹ And the Doue founde no rest for the sole of her foote, and she returned vnto him into the arke, for the waters [were] in the vpper face of the whole earth, Then he put foorth his hande, & tooke her, and pulled her to him into the arke ¹⁰ And he abode yet other seuen dayes, and agayne he sent foorth the Doue out of the arke ¹¹ And the Doue came to hym in the euentide, and loe, in her mouth was an Oliue leafe that she had pluct, wherby Noah dyd knowe that the waters were abated vpon the earth ¹² And he abode yet other seuen dayes, and sent foorth the Doue, whiche returned not vnto him any more ¹³ And it came to passe, in the sixe hundreth and one yere, in ye first moneth, the first [day] of the moneth, the waters were dryed vp from the earth, and Noah remoued the coueryng of the arke, and looked, and beholde, the vpper face of the grounde was dryed vp ¹⁴ And in the seconde moneth, in the seuen and twentie day of the moneth was the earth dryed ¹⁵ And God spake vnto Noah, saying ¹⁶ Go foorth of the arke, thou, and thy wife, thy sonnes, and thy sonnes wiues with thee ¹⁷ And bryng foorth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all fleshe, both foule and cattell, and euery worme that crepeth vpon the earth, that they may breede in the earth, and bring foorth fruite, and multiplie vpon earth ¹⁸ And so Noah came foorth, and his sonnes, his wyfe, and his sonnes wiues with hym ¹⁹ Euery beast also, and euery worme, euery foule, and whatsoeuer crepeth vpon the earth after their kyndes, went out of the arke ²⁰ And Noah builded an aulter vnto ye Lorde, and tooke of euery cleane beast, and of euery cleane foule, & offred burnt offering on the aulte ²¹ And the Lorde smelled a sweete [or quiet] sauour, and the Lord sayde in his heart: I wyll not hencefoorth curse the grounde any more for mans sake, for the imagination of mans heart is euyll [euen] from his youth: neyther wyll I smyte any more euery thyng lyuyng, as I haue done ²² Yet therefore shall not sowyng tyme and haruest, colde and heate, sommer and wynter, day and nyght, ceasse all the dayes of the earth

²⁶ God saide: let vs make man in our image, after our lykenesse, and let them haue rule of the fisshe of the sea, & of the foule of the ayre, and of cattell, & of all the earth, and of euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth ²⁷ So God created man in his owne image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them ²⁸ And God blessed them, and God sayde vnto them: be fruitefull, & multiplie, and replenishe the earth, & subdue it, and haue dominion of the fisshe of the sea, and foule of the ayre, & of euery lyuing thing that moueth vpon the earth

¹ In the beginnyng GOD created ye heauen and the earth ² And the earth was without fourme, and was voyde: & darknes [was] vpon the face of the deepe, and the spirite of God moued vpon the face of the waters ³ And God sayde, let there be light: and there was light ⁴ And God sawe the lyght that it was good: and God deuided the lyght from the darknes ⁵ And God called the light day, and the darknes night: and the euenyng & the mornyng were the first day ⁶ And God said: let there be a firmament betwene the waters, and let it make a diuision betwene waters and waters ⁷ And God made the firmament, and set the diuision betwene the waters which [were] vnder the firmament, and the waters that [were] aboue the firmament: and it was so ⁸ And God called the firmament the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day ⁹ And God saide: let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together into one place, and let the drye lande appeare: and it was so ¹⁰ And God called the drie lande ye earth, and the gatheryng together of waters called he the seas: and God sawe that it was good ¹¹ And God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth [both] budde and hearbe apt to seede, and fruitfull trees yeeldyng fruite after his kynde, which hath seede in it selfe vpon the earth: and it was so ¹² And the earth brought forth [both] bud and hearbe apt to seede after his kynde, and tree yeeldyng fruite, whiche hath seede in it selfe, after his kynde ¹³ And God sawe that it was good. And the euenyng and the mornyng were the thirde day ¹⁴ And God sayde: let there be lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they may deuide the day and the nyght, and let them be for signes, & seasons, and for dayes, and yeres ¹⁵ And let them be for lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they maye geue light vpo the earth: and it was so ¹⁶ And God made two great lyghtes: a greater lyght to rule the day, and a lesse lyght to rule the nyght, and [he made] starres also ¹⁷ And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shyne vpon the earth ¹⁸ And to rule the day and nyght, and to make difference betweene the lyght and the darknesse: and God saw that it was good ¹⁹ And the euenyng and the mornyng were the fourth day ²⁰ And God sayde: let the waters bryng foorth mouyng creature that hath lyfe, and foule that may flee vpon the earth in the open firmament of heauen ²¹ And God created great whales, and euery lyuyng & mouing creature, which the waters brought foorth after theyr kynde, & euery fethered foule after their kynde: and God saw that it was good ²² And God blessed them, saying: Be fruiteful, and multiplie, and fyll the waters of the sea, and let foule multiplie in the earth ²³ And the euenyng and mornyng were the fift day ²⁴ And God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth lyuyng creature after his kynde, cattell, worme, and beastes of the earth after his kynde: and it was so ²⁵ God made the beast of the earth after his kynde, and cattell after his kynde, and euery thyng that creepeth vpon the earth after his kynde: and God sawe that it was good ²⁶ God saide: let vs make man in our image, after our lykenesse, and let them haue rule of the fisshe of the sea, & of the foule of the ayre, and of cattell, & of all the earth, and of euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth ²⁷ So God created man in his owne image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them ²⁸ And God blessed them, and God sayde vnto them: be fruitefull, & multiplie, and replenishe the earth, & subdue it, and haue dominion of the fisshe of the sea, and foule of the ayre, & of euery lyuing thing that moueth vpon the earth ²⁹ And God sayde: beholde, I haue geuen you euery hearbe bearing seede, which is in the vpper face of all ye earth, and euery tree in the which is the fruite of a tree bearing seede, [that] they may be meate vnto you ³⁰ To euery beast of the earth also, and to euery birde of the aire, and to euery such thing that creepeth vpon ye earth, which doth liue, I haue geuen euery greene hearbe for meate: and it was so ³¹ And God sawe euery thyng that he had made: and beholde, it was exceedyng good. And the euenyng & the mornyng were the sixth day