Bible verses about "genesis" | DouayRheims

¹ Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara. ² And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So Abimelech the king of Gerara sent, and took her. ³ And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken: for she hath a husband. ⁴ Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just? ⁵ Did not he say to me: She is my sister: and she say, He is my brother? in the simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done this. ⁶ And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: and therefore I withheld thee from sinning against me, and I suffered thee not to touch her. ⁷ Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine. ⁸ And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the night, called all his servants: and spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were exceedingly afraid. ⁹ And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to him: What hast thou done to us? what have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do. ¹⁰ And again he expostulated with him, and said: What sawest thou, that thou hast done this? ¹¹ Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife: ¹² Howbeit, otherwise also she is truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother, and I took her to wife. ¹³ And after God brought me out of my father's house, I said to her: Thou shalt do me this kindness: In every place, to which we shall come, thou shalt say that I am thy brother. ¹⁴ And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gave to Abraham: and restored to him Sara his wife, ¹⁵ And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee. ¹⁶ And to Sara he said: Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go: and remember thou wast taken. ¹⁷ And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children: ¹⁸ For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, on account of Sara, Abraham's wife.

²⁰ You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

¹ These are the generations of the sons of Noe: Sem, Cham, and Japheth: and unto them sons were born after the flood. ² The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Thubal, and Mosoch, and Thiras. ³ And the sons of Gomer: Ascenez and Riphath and Thogorma. ⁴ And the sons of Javan: Elisa and Tharsis, Cetthim and Dodanim. ⁵ By these were divided the islands of the Gentiles in their lands, every one according to his tongue and their families in their nations. ⁶ And the Sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesram, and Phuth, and Chanaan. ⁷ And the sons of Chus: Saba, and Hevila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabatacha. The sons of Regma: Saba, and Dadan. ⁸ Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty on the earth. ⁹ And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord. ¹⁰ And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Arach, and Achad, and Chalanne in the land of Sennaar. ¹¹ Out of that land came forth Assur, and built Ninive, and the streets of the city, and Chale. ¹² Resen also between Ninive and Chale: this is the great city. ¹³ And Mesraim begot Ludim, and Anamim and Laabim, Nephthuim. ¹⁴ And Phetrusim, and Chasluim; of whom came forth the Philistines, and the Capthorim. ¹⁵ And Chanaan begot Sidon his firstborn, the Hethite, ¹⁶ And the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite, and the Gergesite. ¹⁷ The Hevite and Aracite: the Sinite, ¹⁸ And the Aradian, the Samarite, and the Hamathite: and afterwards the families of the Chanaanites were spread abroad. ¹⁹ And the limits of Chanaan were from Sidon as one comes to Gerara even to Gaza, until thou enter Sodom and Gomorrha, and Adama, and Seboim even to Lesa. ²⁰ These are the children of Cham in their kindreds and tongues, and generations, and lands, and nations. ²¹ Of Sem also the father of all the children of Heber, the elder brother of Japheth, sons were born. ²² The sons of Sem: Elam and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. ²³ The sons of Aram: Us, and Hull, and Gether; and Mes. ²⁴ But Arphaxad begot Sale, of whom was born Heber. ²⁵ And to Heber were born two sons: the name of the one was Phaleg, because in his days was the earth divided: and his brother's name Jectan. ²⁶ Which Jectan begot Elmodad, and Saleph, and Asarmoth, Jare, ²⁷ And Aduram, and Uzal, and Decla, ²⁸ And Ebal, and Abimael, Saba, ²⁹ And Ophir, and Hevila, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Jectan. ³⁰ And their dwelling was from Messa as we go on as far as Sephar, a mountain in the east. ³¹ These are the children of Sem according to their kindreds and tongues, and countries in their nations. ³² These are the families of Noe, according to their people and nations. By these were the nations divided on the earth after the flood.

¹ Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.

¹ Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called and should be the sons of God. Therefore the world knoweth not us, because it knew not him. ² Dearly beloved, we are now the sons of God: and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know that when he shall appear we shall be like to him: because we shall see him as he is.

¹ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and our hands have handled, of the word of life. ² For the life was manifested: and we have seen and do bear witness and declare unto you the life eternal, which was with the Father and hath appeared to us. ³ That which we have seen and have heard, we declare unto you: that you also may have fellowship with us and our fellowship may be with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. ⁴ And these things we write to you, that you may rejoice and your joy may be full. ⁵ And this is the declaration which we have heard from him and declare unto you: That God is light and in him there is no darkness. ⁶ If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth. ⁷ But if we walk in the light, as he also is in the light, we have fellowship one with another: And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. ⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity. ¹⁰ If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar: and his word is not in us.

¹ After these things, it was told Joseph that his father was sick; and he set out to go to him, taking his two sons Manasses and Ephraim. ² And it was told the old man: Behold thy son Joseph cometh to thee. And being strengthened, he sat on his bed. ³ And when Joseph was come in to him, he said: God almighty apppeared to me at Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, and he blessed me, ⁴ And said: I will cause thee to increase and multiply, and I will make of thee a multitude of people: and I will give this land to thee, and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. ⁵ So thy two sons, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came hither to thee, shall be mine: Ephraim and Manasses shall be reputed to me as Ruben and Simeon. ⁶ But the rest whom thou shalt have after them, shall be thine, and shall be called by the name of their brethren in their possessions. ⁷ For, when I came out of Mesopotamia, Rachel died from me in the land of Chanaan in the very journey, and it was spring time: and I was going to Ephrata, and I buried her near the way of Ephrata, which by another name is called Bethlehem. ⁸ Then seeing his sons, he said to him: Who are these? ⁹ He answered: They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said: Bring them to me, that I may bless them. ¹⁰ For Israel's eyes were dim by reason of his great age, and he could not see clearly. And when they were brought to him, he kissed and embraced them, ¹¹ And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee; moreover God hath shewn me thy seed. ¹² And when Joseph had taken them from his father's lap, he bowed down with his face to the ground. ¹³ And he set Ephraim on his right hand, that is, towards the left hand of Israel; but Manasses on his left hand, to wit, towards his father's right hand, and brought them near to him. ¹⁴ But he, stretching forth his right hand, put it upon the head of Ephraim, the younger brother; and the left upon the head of Manasses, who was the elder, changing his hands. ¹⁵ And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day: ¹⁶ The angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless these boys: and let my name be called upon them, and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth. ¹⁷ And Joseph seeing that his father had put his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, was much displeased: and taking his father's hand, he tried to lift it from Ephraim's head, and to remove it to the head of Manasses. ¹⁸ And he said to his father: It should not be so, my father; for this is the firstborn, put thy right hand upon his head. ¹⁹ But he refusing, said: I know, my son, I know: and this also shall become a people, and shall be multiplied; but his younger brother shall be greater than he; and his seed shall grow into nations. ²⁰ And he blessed them at that time, saying: In thee shall Israel be blessed, and it shall be said: God do to thee as to Ephraim, and as to Manasses. And he set Ephraim before Manasses. ²¹ And he said to Joseph, his son: Behold I die, and God will be with you, and will bring you back into the land of your fathers. ²² I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite with my sword and bow.

⁷ If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the door? but the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it.

¹ And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated: ² The fountains also of the deep, and the floodgates of heaven, were shut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained. ³ And the waters returned from off the earth going and coming: and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days. ⁴ And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia. ⁵ And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared. ⁶ And after that forty days were passed, Noe opening the window of the ark, which he had made, sent forth a raven: ⁷ Which went forth and did not return, till the waters were dried up upon the earth. ⁸ He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth. ⁹ But she not finding where her foot might rest, returned to him into the ark: for the waters were upon the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and caught her, and brought her into the ark. ¹⁰ And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark. ¹¹ And she came to him in the evening carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth. ¹² And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the dove, which returned not any more unto him. ¹³ Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon the earth, and Noe opening the covering of the ark, looked, and saw that the face of the earth was dried. ¹⁴ In the second month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth was dried. ¹⁵ And God spoke to Noe, saying: ¹⁶ Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons and the wives of thy sons with thee. ¹⁷ All living things that are with thee of all flesh, as well in fowls as in beasts, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, bring out with thee, and go ye upon the earth: increase and multiply upon it. ¹⁸ So Noe went out, he and his sons: his wife, and the wives of his sons with him. ¹⁹ And all living things, and cattle, and creeping things that creep upon the earth, according to their kinds went out of the ark. ²⁰ And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon the altar. ²¹ And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done. ²² All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, shall not cease.

²⁶ And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth. ²⁷ And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them. ²⁸ And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.

¹ In the beginning God created heaven, and earth. ² And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters. ³ And God said: Be light made. And light was made. ⁴ And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness. ⁵ And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning one day. ⁶ And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters. ⁷ And god made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament, and it was so. ⁸ And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day. ⁹ God also said; Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done. ¹⁰ And God called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. ¹¹ And he said: let the earth bring forth green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done. ¹² And the earth brought forth the green herb, and such as yieldeth seed according to its kind, and the tree that beareth fruit, having seed each one according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. ¹³ And the evening and the morning were the third day. ¹⁴ And God said: Let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: ¹⁵ To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth, and it was so done. ¹⁶ And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day; and a lesser light to rule the night: and The stars. ¹⁷ And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth. ¹⁸ And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good. ¹⁹ And the evening and morning were the fourth day. ²⁰ God also said: let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life, and the fowl that may fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven. ²¹ And God created the great whales, and every living and moving creature, which the waters brought forth, according to their kinds, and every winged fowl according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. ²² And he blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea: and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth. ²³ And the evening and morning were the fifth day. ²⁴ And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, according to their kinds. And it was so done. ²⁵ And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind. And God saw that it was good. ²⁶ And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth. ²⁷ And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them. ²⁸ And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth. ²⁹ And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your meat: ³⁰ And to all beasts of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to all that move upon the earth, and wherein there is life, that they may have to feed upon. And it was so done. ³¹ And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.