ב
Genesis
בְּרֵאשִׁית · Bereshit
Beginnings: creation, the fall, the flood, and God’s promise to Abraham’s family.
This is bet, the first letter of בְּרֵאשִׁית (Bereshit), meaning “In the beginning.” Hebrew reads right to left.
Any page is a good place to begin.A gentle place to start
Genesis 1–3, then 12
Read slowly, as much or as little as you like. Notice one thing about God. That’s plenty for today.
Read slowly, as much or as little as you like. Notice one thing about God. That’s plenty for today.
Lessons on this site

Who Was Jacob?start here

Manasseh, Ephraim, and Peleg: Names That Explain Themselvesstart here

Zebulun: Gift and Honorstart here

Gad: Good Fortunestart here

Ishmael: God Hearsstart here

When We Sacrifice Our Childrennext step
Free tools
Read GenesisBerean Standard Bible, free
opens another site
opens another site
Compare translationsBibleGateway
opens another site
opens another site
Look closer at a wordSTEP Bible, free
opens another site
opens another site
Coming to the Shed
Who was still alive? (patriarch lifespans)Coming
Patriarchs’ journeys map: Abraham to JosephComing
Echo cards: moments in Genesis that point to ChristComing
Back to the study · Looking for which study books to own? That’s The Bookshelf, a separate page.