Old Testament · Law
Genesis
The first book of the Bible, covering creation, the earliest human stories, and the family of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.
Book 1 of 66 · 50 chapters · 1533 verses
Chapters
Selected passages from Genesis
Passages from this book that have been reviewed as reading clearly on their own.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
Reading a whole book
Chapter and verse numbers were added centuries after these texts were written, and they occasionally fall in awkward places. If a chapter seems to begin mid-thought, it may well be doing exactly that — reading the end of the previous chapter usually resolves it.