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Young's Literal Translation

Genesis

50 chapters

Chapters

Genesis 1

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth —

Genesis 2

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;

Genesis 3

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, 'Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'

Genesis 4

And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, 'I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'

Genesis 5

This [is] an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;

Genesis 6

And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,

Genesis 7

And Jehovah saith to Noah, 'Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have seen righteous before Me in this generation;

Genesis 8

And God remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which [are] with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside,

Genesis 9

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;

Genesis 10

And these [are] births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge.

Genesis 11

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,

Genesis 12

And Jehovah saith unto Abram, 'Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.

Genesis 13

And Abram goeth up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he hath, and Lot with him) towards the south;

Genesis 14

And it cometh to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim,

Genesis 15

After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, 'Fear not, Abram, I [am] a shield to thee, thy reward [is] exceeding great.'

Genesis 16

And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name [is] Hagar;

Genesis 17

And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, 'I [am] God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;

Genesis 18

And Jehovah appeareth unto him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day;

Genesis 19

And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself — face to the earth,

Genesis 20

And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar;

Genesis 21

And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;

Genesis 22

And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, 'Abraham;' and he saith, 'Here [am] I.'

Genesis 23

And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years — years of the life of Sarah;

Genesis 24

And Abraham [is] old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all [things];

Genesis 25

And Abraham addeth and taketh a wife, and her name [is] Keturah;

Genesis 26

And there is a famine in the land, besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham, and Isaac goeth unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

Genesis 27

And it cometh to pass that Isaac [is] aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, 'My son;' and he saith unto him, 'Here [am] I.'

Genesis 28

And Isaac calleth unto Jacob, and blesseth him, and commandeth him, and saith to him, 'Thou dost not take a wife of the daughters of Caanan;

Genesis 29

And Jacob lifteth up his feet, and goeth towards the land of the sons of the east;

Genesis 30

And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, 'Give me sons, and if there is none — I die.'

Genesis 31

And he heareth the words of Laban's sons, saying, 'Jacob hath taken all that our father hath; yea, from that which our father hath, he hath made all this honour;'

Genesis 32

And Jacob hath gone on his way, and messengers of God come upon him;

Genesis 33

And Jacob lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, Esau is coming, and with him four hundred men; and he divideth the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two maid-servants;

Genesis 34

And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,

Genesis 35

And God saith unto Jacob, 'Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared unto thee in thy fleeing from the face of Esau thy brother.'

Genesis 36

And these [are] births of Esau, who [is] Edom.

Genesis 37

And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings — in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 38

And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Judah goeth down from his brethren, and turneth aside unto a man, an Adullamite, whose name [is] Hirah;

Genesis 39

And Joseph hath been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners, an Egyptian man, buyeth him out of the hands of the Ishmaelites who have brought him thither.

Genesis 40

And it cometh to pass, after these things — the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker have sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt;

Genesis 41

And it cometh to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and lo, he is standing by the River,

Genesis 42

And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, 'Why do you look at each other?'

Genesis 43

And the famine [is] severe in the land;

Genesis 44

And he commandeth him who [is] over his house, saying, 'Fill the bags of the men [with] food, as they are able to bear, and put the money of each in the mouth of his bag;

Genesis 45

And Joseph hath not been able to refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he calleth, 'Put out every man from me;' and no man hath stood with him when Joseph maketh himself known unto his brethren,

Genesis 46

And Israel journeyeth, and all that he hath, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, and sacrificeth sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac;

Genesis 47

And Joseph cometh, and declareth to Pharaoh, and saith, 'My father, and my brethren, and their flock, and their herd, and all they have, have come from the land of Canaan, and lo, they [are] in the land of Goshen.'

Genesis 48

And it cometh to pass, after these things, that [one] saith to Joseph, 'Lo, thy father is sick;' and he taketh his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Genesis 49

And Jacob calleth unto his sons and saith, 'Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which doth happen with you in the latter end of the days.

Genesis 50

And Joseph falleth on his father's face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him;