Study the Basic English Bible in 1 year

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...

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, makin...

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....

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. Oh...

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. A...

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...

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...

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 ha...

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 incre...

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 fo...

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 o...

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 da...

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...

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...

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 ey...

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...

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 a...

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 togethe...

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 fo...

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 s...

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 na...

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 yo...

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...