In a historic seven-day stretch, the universe transitioned from a formless void into a complex, functioning ecosystem filled with life, light, and purpose.

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the...

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God...

And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to...

Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born...

Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD. This is the account of Noah....

And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth. In the six hundredth...

Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal...

The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham...

This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons...

Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech. And as people...

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your...

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there...

So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his...

After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him,...

After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be...

Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian...

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am...

Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day,...

When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked...

Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between...

Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised. So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at

Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered. “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go

By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in...

Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her...

After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your...

Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the...

Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah, and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan

This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,...

Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gera

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he...

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given...

Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. On reaching a certain...

When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was...

Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my...

Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that...

On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled. So he took his...

But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my...

Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him. When Jacob saw them,...

Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he...

Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an...

About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an...

Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named...

Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king...

After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the...

This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials. So Pharaoh asked them, “Can...

Now the famine was still severe in the land. So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all...

Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he...

So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he...

Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his...

Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you...

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if...

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him fo

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the...

Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For...

“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past...

Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me...

After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in

These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reu

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the...

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace;...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh,...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more...

Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year. Tell the wh

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my...

And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The...

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people fa

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before...

In an unprecedented tactical development, the Israelites crossed the sea on dry land while the Egyptian pursuing army was completely submerged by returning wate

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the...

Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of...

On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt,...

Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place...

After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. So...

Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God...

In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left...

And God spoke all these words: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods befo

Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You...

Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death. If, however, he did...

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five...

If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife. If her father absolutely refuse

Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You...

And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. Overlay it with pure gold bot

You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the...

“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along...

They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with...

“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as...

“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense. It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be

The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum,...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the...