Study the Basic English Bible in 1 year

32 : Basic English : Exodus 8,9; Psalms 10 1. And this is what the Lord said to Moses: Go to Pharaoh and say to him, The Lord says, Let my people go so that they may give me worship. 2. And if you will not let them go, see, I will send frogs into every part of your land: 3. The Nile will be full of frogs, and they will come up into your house and into your bedrooms and on your bed, and into the ho...

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 Ya...

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...

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 t...

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 Egypt...

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...

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....

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....

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,...

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...