Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+038   Genesis 38 (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 shear his…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+037   Genesis 37 (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 he said…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+036   Genesis 36 (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 Oholibamah bore…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+035   Genesis 35 (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 with him,…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+034   Genesis 34 (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 her and…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+033   Genesis 33 (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 front, then…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+032   Genesis 32 (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 land of Seir,…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+031   Genesis 31 (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 before. 3 Then…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+030   Genesis 30 (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 the service…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Genesis+029   Genesis 29 (ESV) 15 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?” 16 Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah’s eyes were weak, but…