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31 : Basic English : Exodus 6,7; Psalms 8,9 1. And the Lord said to Moses, Now you will see what I am about to do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand he will be forced to let them go, driving them out of his land because of my outstretched arm. 2. And God said to Moses, I am Yahweh: 3. I let myself be seen by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God, the Ruler of all; but they had no knowledge of my name Yahweh. 4. And I made an agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their wanderings. 5. And truly my ears are open to the cry of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep under their yoke; and I have kept in mind my agreement. ; AB church Lausanne

30 : Basic English : Exodus 4,5; Psalms 6,7 1. And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voice; for they will say, You have not seen the Lord. 2. And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod. 3. And he said, Put it down on the earth. And he put it down on the earth and it became a snake; and Moses went running from it. 4. And the Lord said to Moses, Put out your hand and take it by the tail: (and he put out his hand and took a grip of it and it became a rod in his hand:) 5. So that they may be certain that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by you. ; AB church Lausanne

29 : Basic English : Exodus 2,3; Psalms 3,4,5 1. Now a man of the house of Levi took as his wife a daughter of Levi. 2. And she became with child and gave birth to a Son; and when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she kept him secretly for three months. 3. And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile. 4. And his sister took her place at a distance to see what would become of him. 5. Now Pharaoh's daughter came down to the Nile to take a bath, while her women were walking by the riverside; and she saw the basket among the river-plants, and sent her servant-girl to get it. ; AB church Lausanne

28 : Basic English : Genesis 50; Exodus 1; Psalms 1,2 1. And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing him. 2. And Joseph gave orders to his servants who had the necessary knowledge, to make his father's body ready, folding it in linen with spices, and they did so. 3. And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the Egyptians for seventy days. 4. And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph said to the servants of Pharaoh, If now you have love for me, say these words to Pharaoh: 5. My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again. ; AB church Lausanne

27 : Basic English : Genesis 48,49; Gospel of Matthew 28 1. Now after these things, word came to Joseph that his father was ill: and he took with him his sons Manasseh and Ephraim. 2. And when they said to Jacob, Your son Joseph is coming to see you: then Israel, getting all his strength together, had himself lifted up in his bed. 3. And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing, 4. And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever. 5. And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, in the same way as Reuben and Simeon are. ; AB church Lausanne

26 : Basic English : Genesis 46,47; Gospel of Matthew 27 1. And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac. 2. And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 3. And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there: 4. I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes. 5. Then Jacob went on from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Jacob took their father and their little ones and their wives in the carts which Pharaoh had sent for them. ; AB church Lausanne

25 : Basic English : Genesis 44,45; Gospel of Matthew 26 1. Then he gave orders to the servant who was over his house, saying, Put as much food into the men's bags as will go into them, and put every man's money in the mouth of his bag; 2. And put my cup, my silver cup, in the youngest one's bag, with his money. So he did as Joseph said. 3. And at dawn the men, with their asses, were sent away. 4. And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good? 5. Is not this the cup from which my lord takes wine and by which he gets knowledge of the future? Truly, you have done evil. ; AB church Lausanne

24 : Basic English : Genesis 42,43; Gospel of Matthew 25 1. Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another? 2. And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours. 3. So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt. 4. But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him. 5. And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan. ; AB church Lausanne

23 : Basic English : Genesis 41; Gospel of Matthew 24 1. Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile; 2. And out of the Nile came seven cows, good-looking and fat, and their food was the river-grass. 3. And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows. 4. And the seven thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows. Then Pharaoh came out of his sleep. 5. But he went to sleep again and had a second dream, in which he saw seven heads of grain, full and good, all on one stem. ; AB church Lausanne

22 : Basic English : Genesis 39,40; Gospel of Matthew 23 1. Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there. 2. And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3. And his master saw that the Lord was with him, making everything he did go well. 4. And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had. 5. And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field. ; AB church Lausanne

21 : Basic English : Genesis 37,38; Gospel of Matthew 22 1. Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan. 2. These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them. 3. Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him. 4. And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him. 5. Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever. ; AB church Lausanne

20 : Basic English : Genesis 36; Gospel of Matthew 21 1. Now these are the generations of Esau, that is to say, Edom. 2. Esau's wives were women of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, 3. And Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. 4. Adah had a son Eliphaz; and Basemath was the mother of Reuel; 5. Oholibamah was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the sons of Esau, whose birth took place in the land of Canaan. ; AB church Lausanne

19 : Basic English : Genesis 34,35; Gospel of Matthew 20 1. Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country. 2. And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her. 3. Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her. 4. And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife. 5. Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with the cattle, and Jacob said nothing till they came. ; AB church Lausanne

18 : Basic English : Genesis 32,33; Gospel of Matthew 19 1. And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God. 2. And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim. 3. Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom; 4. And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban: 5. And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes. ; AB church Lausanne

17 : Basic English : Genesis 31; Gospel of Matthew 18 1. Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth. 2. And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before. 3. Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you. 4. And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock. 5. And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me ; AB church Lausanne

16 : Basic English : Genesis 30; Gospel of Matthew 17 1. Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living. 2. But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit? 3. Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her. 4. So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5. And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son. ; AB church Lausanne

15 : Basic English : Genesis 28,29; Gospel of Matthew 16 1. Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan; 2. But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. 3. And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples. 4. And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage. 5. So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. ; AB church Lausanne

14 : Basic English : Genesis 27; Gospel of Matthew 15 1. Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I. 2. And he said, See now, I am old, and my death may take place at any time: 3. So take your arrows and your bow and go out to the field and get meat for me; 4. And make me food, good to the taste, such as is pleasing to me, and put it before me, so that I may have a meal and give you my blessing before death comes to me. 5. Now Isaac's words to his son were said in Rebekah's hearing. Then Esau went out to get the meat. ; AB church Lausanne

13 : Basic English : Genesis 25,26; Gospel of Matthew 14 1. And Abraham took another wife named Keturah. 2. She became the mother of Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah. 3. And Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And from Dedan came the Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim. 4. And from Midian came Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the offspring of Keturah. 5. Now Abraham gave all his property to Isaac; ; AB church Lausanne

12 : Basic English : Genesis 24; Gospel of Matthew 13 1. Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure. 2. And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg: 3. And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living; 4. But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac. 5. And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came? ; AB church Lausanne

11 : Basic English : Genesis 22,23; Gospel of Matthew 12 1. Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I. 2. And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge. 3. And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word. 4. And on the third day, Abraham, lifting up his eyes, saw the place a long way off. 5. Then he said to his young men, Keep here with the ass; and I and the boy will go on and give worship and come back again to you. ; AB church Lausanne

10 : Basic English : Genesis 20,21; Gospel of Matthew 11 1. And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar. 2. And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah. 3. But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, Truly you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife. 4. Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation? 5. Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this. ; AB church Lausanne

9 : Basic English : Genesis 18,19; Gospel of Matthew 10 1. Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day; 2. And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth; 3. And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant: 4. Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree: 5. And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so. ; AB church Lausanne

8 : Basic English : Genesis 15,16,17; Gospel of Matthew 9 1. After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward. 2. And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me. 3. And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage. 4. Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you. 5. And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be. ; AB church Lausanne

7 : Basic English : Genesis 13,14; Gospel of Matthew 8 1. And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South. 2. Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold. 3. And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai; 4. To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord. 5. And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents; ; AB church Lausanne

6 : Basic English : Genesis 11,12; Gospel of Matthew 7 1. And all the earth had one language and one tongue. 2. And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place. 3. And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth. 4. And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth. 5. And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building. ; AB church Lausanne

5 : Basic English : Genesis 9,10; Gospel of Matthew 6 1. And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full. 2. And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands. 3. Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things. 4. But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food. 5. And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man. ; AB church Lausanne

4 : Basic English : Genesis 7,8; Gospel of Matthew 5 1. And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright. 2. Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female; 3. And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth. 4. For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth. 5. And Noah did everything which the Lord said he was to do. ; AB church Lausanne

3 : Basic English : Genesis 5,6; Gospel of Matthew 3,4 1. This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God; 2. Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made. 3. Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth: 4. And after the birth of Seth, Adam went on living for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters: 5. And all the years of Adam's life were nine hundred and thirty: and he came to his end. ; AB church Lausanne

2 : Basic English : Genesis 3,4; Gospel of Matthew 2 1. Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden? 2. And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden: 3. But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you. 4. And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you: 5. For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil. ; AB church Lausanne

1 : Basic English : Genesis 1,2; Gospel of Matthew 1 1. At the first God made the heaven and the earth. 2. And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters. 3. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4. And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark, 5. Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ; AB church Lausanne