Genesis 1:5-7

1:5 God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

1:6 God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water. 1:7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.

Genesis 2:8

2:8 The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.

Genesis 2:16

2:16 Then the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard,

Genesis 6:12

6:12 God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful.

Genesis 7:16

7:16 Those that entered were male and female, just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.

Genesis 9:1

God’s Covenant with Humankind through Noah

9:1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Genesis 9:26

9:26 He also said,

“Worthy of praise is the Lord, the God of Shem!

May Canaan be the slave of Shem!

Genesis 14:18-19

14:18 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (Now he was the priest of the Most High God.) 14:19 He blessed Abram, saying,

“Blessed be Abram by the Most High God,

Creator of heaven and earth.

Genesis 21:4

21:4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do.

Genesis 21:20

21:20 God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

Genesis 22:1

The Sacrifice of Isaac

22:1 Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham replied.

Genesis 24:12

24:12 He prayed, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.

Genesis 28:21

28:21 and I return safely to my father’s home, then the Lord will become my God.

Genesis 30:17

30:17 God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.

Genesis 30:22-23

30:22 Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant. 30:23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said, “God has taken away my shame.”

Genesis 31:9

31:9 In this way God has snatched away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

Genesis 32:2

32:2 When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.

Genesis 32:30

32:30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, “Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”

Genesis 41:16

41:16 Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “It is not within my power, but God will speak concerning the welfare of Pharaoh.”

Genesis 41:28

41:28 This is just what I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Genesis 41:52

41:52 He named the second child Ephraim, saying, “Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”

Genesis 42:18

42:18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.

Genesis 46:2

46:2 God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He replied, “Here I am!”

Genesis 48:3

48:3 Jacob said to Joseph, “The sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.