Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+39   Genesis 39 English Standard Version (ESV) Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 1 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+38   Genesis 38 English Standard Version (ESV) Judah and Tamar 12 In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.13 And when Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+37   Genesis 37 English Standard Version (ESV) Joseph Sold by His Brothers 12 Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem. 13 And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.” 14 So…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+36   Genesis 36 English Standard Version (ESV) Esau’s Descendants 1 These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).2 Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, 3 and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. 4 And Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel; 5 and…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+35   Genesis 35 English Standard Version (ESV) God Blesses and Renames Jacob 1 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+34   Genesis 34 English Standard Version (ESV) The Defiling of Dinah 1 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+33   Genesis 33 English Standard Version (ESV) Jacob Meets Esau 1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants. 2 And he put the servants with their children in…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+32   Genesis 32 English Standard Version (ESV) Jacob Fears Esau 1 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+31   Genesis 31 English Standard Version (ESV) Jacob Flees from Laban 1 Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has gained all this wealth.” 2 And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+30   Genesis 30 English Standard Version (ESV) Jacob’s Prosperity 25 As soon as Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own home and country. 26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, that I may go, for you know…