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Pentateuch · book 1 of 66Genesis
Origins: the creation, the flood, and the promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, ending with Joseph in Egypt.
How Genesis begins
The first verses of Genesis 1 in the King James Version.
- Gen 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Gen 1:2
And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
- Gen 1:3
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
- Gen 1:4
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
- Gen 1:5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
The 50 chapters of Genesis
Each chapter has its own page with the complete text.
Keep reading
Genesis is book 1 of the 66 in the King James Bible, with 50 chapters and 1533 verses in the public-domain text.