Stories from the Book of Genesis

A collection of stories from Genesis

The beginning of the world – Genesis 1-2:3

The first man and woman. Adam and Eve – Genesis 2:8-25

Adam and Eve disobey God – Genesis 3-5

The story of Cain and Abel – Genesis 4:1-16

Noah – Genesis 6:1-10

The big boat – Genesis 6:11-16

The big flood – Genesis 6:17-8:12

The rainbow – Genesis 8:13-22

God blesses Noah – Genesis 9-11

Abram and his family move house – Genesis 11:26-32

Abram obeys God – Genesis 12:1-9

Abram goes to Egypt – Genesis 12:10-20

Abram goes back to Canaan – Genesis 13:1-10

Lot goes to live in Sodom – Genesis 13:11-13

Abram goes to Hebron – Genesis 13:14-18

Abram saves Lot – Genesis 14-15

The story of Hagar and Ishmael – Genesis 16-18:15

God saves Lot and his family – Genesis 18:16-19:38

The story of two friends Abraham and Abimelech – Genesis 20, 21:22-32

Isaac is born – Genesis 21:1-9

Hagar and Ishmael go away – Genesis 21:10-21

Abraham trusts God – Genesis 22-23

Isaac and Rebekah – Genesis 24

Abraham dies – Genesis 25:1-11

Isaac and Rebekah have two sons – Genesis 25:19-34

Isaac and Abimelech – Genesis 26

Isaac blesses Jacob – Genesis 27:1-41

Jacob runs away to Laban – Genesis 27:42-28:9

Jacob’s dream at Bethel – Genesis 28:10-21

Jacob meets Laban – Genesis 29:1-15

Jacob gets married – Genesis 29:16-30

Jacob’s sons – Genesis 29:31-30:24

Jacob goes home – Genesis 30:25-43

God gives Jacob a new name – Genesis 32

Jacob meets Esau – Genesis 33

The story of Jacob’s daughter Dinah – Genesis 34

Jacob goes back to Bethel – Genesis 35:1-15

Benjamin is born and Rachel and Isaac die – Genesis 35:16-27

Esau’s family – Genesis 36-37:2

Joseph’s dreams – Genesis 37:3-11

Joseph’s brothers sell him – Genesis 37:12-36

The story of Judah and Tamar – Genesis 38

The story of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife – Genesis 39

The butler and the baker – Genesis 40

Pharaoh’s dreams – Genesis 41:1-40

Joseph meets his brothers in Egypt – Genesis 41:41-42:38

Joseph’s brothers go back to Egypt – Genesis 43

The silver cup in the sack – Genesis 44

Joseph tells his brothers who he is – Genesis 45

Jacob meets Joseph again – Genesis 46:1-47:12

Joseph and the famine – Genesis 47:13-31

Ephraim and Manasseh – Genesis 48

Jacob dies – Genesis 49:1-50:21

Joseph dies – Genesis 50:22-26