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Genesis 1

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Genesis 1:1

40 sermons

  • “Also in verse 11 it says this ONE on the throne was the “Creator,” Which is Jesus (John 1:3), Which is Jehovah-Spirit-God of the Old Testament (Genesis 1:1).”

    An Exposition Of The Seven Church AgesWilliam Branham, May 12, 1954. Names it 3 times.

  • “Before a hundred billion trillion million years ago, that we said Genesis 1:1 spoke of, a while ago, He was right then predestinated to take His place.”

    -2 The Spoken Word Is The Original SeedWilliam Branham, March 18, 1962

  • “In Genesis 1:1, it said, ‘In the beginning God created heavens and earth’ period.”

    The Fourth SealWilliam Branham, March 21, 1963

  • “And anyone who knows their Bible, knows that when that’s capital L-o-r-d, is Elohim, the all-sufficient One that created the heavens and earth, in Genesis 1:1.”

    Standing In The GapWilliam Branham, June 23, 1963

  • “The old world that stood out of water,” Genesis 1:1.

    The Future Home Of The Heavenly Bridegroom And The Earthly BrideWilliam Branham, August 2, 1964

  • “The revelation that we have of Almighty God in Gen 1:1, as I have said is the strong One who has bound Himself by an oath.”

    Faith Series #2 (The Measure of Faith)Lee Vayle, May 8, 1966

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Genesis 1:2

5 sermons

  • “[Gen 1:2] And when He said, "Let the dry land appear; let the waters be divided from the waters; and now let the man bring forth light; and let the sea bring forth light."”

    Promises of God in FleshLee Vayle, June 21, 1967

  • “Now, He said, "If I don't do that, then I will overshoot the thing entirely, and you'll go right back again to Genesis 1:2 "the earth was without form and void," and you will find a complete ‘lossness’ that we could not believe possible.”

    Pre-Millennial RestorationLee Vayle, November 11, 1970

  • “In other words, it was ready to be in such conditions that God could have come down and destroyed every single solitary thing, as He did before Genesis 1:2.”

    Misunderstanding What God is DoingLee Vayle, March 14, 1971

  • “Now, I'm going to look at what I think Bro. Branham is referring to, because in Gen 1:2-4:”

    Things That Are To Be #5 - PreliminaryLee Vayle, March 6, 1994

  • “So now, at the time before Gen 1:2,2 where we’re talking about the earthly creation—we have in heaven a government or a theocracy where God is ruling.”

    Stewardship #7 - PreliminaryLee Vayle, April 26, 1997

Genesis 1:3

13 sermons

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Genesis 1:6

1 sermon

  • “Now, up until the period of Gen 1:6-9, (and we haven't got time to read it,) when the two races did not mix, but remained separate so the Cain race had not even a trace of true souls or seed of God, because even though a daughter of Adam was Cain's wife, she did not carry seed, (see) as the life of God for transmission.”

    Q&A #19 Tithing - Billy Paul's Dream 1992Lee Vayle, November 8, 1992

Genesis 1:9

1 sermon

  • “[Gen 1:9] That was not directed toward man, to be fulfilled in man, it was fulfilled for man.”

    Promises of God in FleshLee Vayle, June 21, 1967

Genesis 1:10

1 sermon

  • “Now, the word ‘earth’ is taken from Gen 1:10, when he speaks of the God creating the heaven and the earth, and particularly the earth; it can mean common words like we used today, ‘ground’, and ‘land’, or use the word ‘world’, or even a ‘field’ but, of course, when we speak of the earth, we speak more or less of the globe itself, the whole eight thousand mile diameter, and twenty-five thousand mile circumference of this earth as we know it today.”

    Satan's Eden #2Lee Vayle, January 17, 1990

Genesis 1:11

28 sermons

  • “The law of reproduction is that each specie brings forth after its own kind, even according to Genesis 1:11, “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, and the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.””

    An Exposition Of The Seven Church AgesWilliam Branham, May 12, 1954

  • “God said here in Genesis 1:11.”

    Condemnation By RepresentationWilliam Branham, November 13, 1960

  • “How crazy that is when Genesis the 1st chapter and the 11th verse, God said, “Let every seed bring forth of his kind.””

    But It Wasn't So From The BeginningWilliam Branham, April 11, 1961

  • “Genesis 1:11, the Bible said.”

    -2 The Spoken Word Is The Original SeedWilliam Branham, March 18, 1962. Names it 2 times.

  • “But if the water falls on the ground, no matter what kind of seed is in that ground, it’ll bring forth of its kind, ‘cause God said in Genesis 1:11, “Let every seed bring forth of its kind.””

    -2 The End-Time Sign SeedWilliam Branham, March 19, 1962

  • “…brings forth his, brings forth of his fruits in his season;…(Genesis 1:11)”

    Wisdom Versus FaithWilliam Branham, April 1, 1962

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Genesis 1:12

2 sermons

Genesis 1:13

1 sermon

  • “Now, in this message Bro. Branham uses the Scripture reading of Gen 1:13 wherein there is a mention of the original: It’s seed.”

    Spoken Word Is Original Seed BK1 #3Lee Vayle, December 27, 1992

Genesis 1:14

2 sermons

  • “[Genesis 1:14] How long?”

    Questions and AnswersLee Vayle, July 21, 1972

  • “Now we find in Genesis 1, which must also be called the Logos according to Gen 1:14.”

    Godhead #8Lee Vayle, March 5, 2000

Genesis 1:20

1 sermon

Genesis 1:21

1 sermon

  • “Then notice, Genesis 1:21-22, the same thing:”

    TransformationLee Vayle, March 2, 1983

Genesis 1:22

3 sermons

Genesis 1:24

11 sermons

  • “[Gen 1:24] So, when she hybridized she added to It.”

    Pre-Millennial RestorationLee Vayle, November 11, 1970

  • “[Gen 1:24] Now, you know that the earth cannot bring forth the cattle or the beast.”

    Ephesians # 11Lee Vayle, December 5, 1981

  • “Now, to understand this very clearly, we go back to Genesis 1:24-31.”

    Romans 8Lee Vayle, February 6, 1982

  • “Let's go back to Gen 1:24-25; but before we do, let's just go to Gen 1:3.”

    Paradox #2Lee Vayle, March 14, 1984

  • “So we go to Gen 1:24‑25, and in there we read.”

    Paradox #3Lee Vayle, March 18, 1984

  • “It is like Gen 1:24,25, so let’s look at it.”

    The Purpose Made Manifest (4387 -NLV)Lee Vayle, July 3, 1987

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Genesis 1:26

112 sermons

  • “Now, first is Genesis 1:26, or 1:26 to 28, is where the — the person with the…They asked what it would be.”

    Questions And Answers On GenesisWilliam Branham, July 29, 1953. Names it 8 times.

  • “Let me, before we go any farther, go back, Genesis 1:26.”

    -2 AdoptionWilliam Branham, May 15, 1960

  • “Now, we’ve been through that in the teaching lately of Genesis 1:26, when He was El, Elah, Elohim, the all-sufficient, the selfexisting One.”

    The Unfailing Realities Of The Living GodWilliam Branham, June 26, 1960

  • “When God made man in Genesis 1:26, it shows (if you’re putting that Scripture down, Genesis 1:26), it shows that God made man to be a god to begin with.”

    The MessiahWilliam Branham, January 17, 1961. Names it 2 times.

  • “In Genesis 1:26 he had dominion over all the earth.”

    The Water BaptismWilliam Branham, January 19, 1961

  • “He was given a domain (Genesis 1:26), dominion over the whole earth.”

    WhyWilliam Branham, January 28, 1961

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Genesis 1:27

14 sermons

  • “God, did you notice in Genesis 1:27, He created man male and female, created He them.”

    -2 OnenessWilliam Branham, February 11, 1962

  • “Now, notice; before we read that, however, Gen 1:27, in there we see the qualification of heirship, or inheritance.”

    Faith of Abraham #3-1Lee Vayle, November 27, 1972

  • “Now, and 2 Cor 5:1-8 which we just read proves out Gen 1:27.”

    Presence #13Lee Vayle, July 22, 1981

  • “Now, back to Genesis 1:27.”

    TransformationLee Vayle, March 2, 1983

  • “Now you see, let's go back again now to Gen 1:27-28.”

    Questions & Answers #2 4085Lee Vayle, December 8, 1985

  • “This time it is not a creation, as Gen 1:27 was, but it is a forming of the dust.”

    The Purpose Made Manifest (4387 -NLV)Lee Vayle, July 3, 1987

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Genesis 1:28

25 sermons

  • “Genesis 1:28, read and see if that isn’t right.”

    Show Us The Father And It'll Satisfy UsWilliam Branham, June 10, 1953

  • “And He only placed him in flesh…When God made man in His image, in His likeness, they were…In Genesis 2, there were…Or Genesis 1:28, I believe it is, “There was no man yet to till the soil,” and God had done made male and female.”

    Questions And Answers On HebrewsWilliam Branham, October 6, 1957

  • “The original command of Adam before he sinned was, "be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth," as found in Genesis 1:28.”

    Imputation of the RighteousnessLee Vayle, January 28, 1968

  • “Now remember, that God's original command to Adam was, "to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth" [Gen 1:28] So therefore, Adam was the well-spring, or the progenitor, the actual fountain of what was the life which would be upon this earth cycle, however long God had ordained it to be.”

    Impartation of The Righteousness of GodLee Vayle, February 7, 1968

  • “[Gen 1:28]”

    In His Image and LikenessLee Vayle, August 30, 1970

  • “[Gen 1:28] And this act of Eve brought every one of those children of God into sin and death.”

    All Deceivableness of UnrighteousnessLee Vayle, November 22, 1971. Names it 2 times.

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Genesis 1:29

6 sermons

  • “Genesis 1:29.”

    Easter Message (Padlocked)Lee Vayle, April 2, 1983

  • “It means that since the soul was given a body, and the body the spirit, that’s right, the life has now come into being to conform to Gen 1:29.”

    The Purpose Made Manifest (4387 -NLV)Lee Vayle, July 3, 1987. Names it 2 times.

  • “But we cannot bypass Gen 1:29.”

    The Study of ManLee Vayle, July 12, 1987. Names it 2 times.

  • “Having read these Scriptures, it is very evident that the trees which were a part of the acceptable, eatable, palatable vegetation, as mentioned in Gen 1:29...”

    Trees, Books & Fountains #1Lee Vayle, June 18, 1989. Names it 5 times.

  • “Okay, we go back to Genesis, and remember he’s talking about good trees, and this certainly is a good tree, because it made the Ark, the substance within the Ark, plated by gold, and notice what it says then in Gen 1:29.”

    Covenants #14Lee Vayle, November 15, 1989

  • “So let’s read It. [ ] Gen 1:29.”

    Stewardship Q&A #4_PreliminaryLee Vayle, February 2, 1997

Genesis 1:31

5 sermons

  • “Genesis 1:31:”

    Priorities #1 (Gruenthal)Lee Vayle, July 11, 1978

  • “Genesis 1:31”

    Romans 8Lee Vayle, February 6, 1982

  • “[Gen 1:31] And don’t think the woman wasn’t good because she was out of the original creation, because she’s a part of Adam; taken right from substance to substance, ‘bone of my bone; flesh of my flesh’, the spirit that was in him; don’t criticize it.”

    Does God Ever Change His Mind # 2Lee Vayle, October 27, 1991

  • “Notice again, Gen 1:31.”

    Spoken Word Is Original Seed BK1 #14Lee Vayle, March 14, 1993. Names it 2 times.

  • “[Gen 1:31] Suddenly something is not good?”

    Seed of Discrepancy #9Lee Vayle, March 12, 1995

Genesis 1, the chapter as a whole

20 sermons

  • “Why, my, would you see the inspiration in Gen…You can take the first chapter of Genesis and weave it through the last chapter of Revelations, through the Bible, every bit of it inspired; how the whole Word of God sets together.”

    Only BelieveWilliam Branham, February 17, 1953

  • “Did you know that a man in the Bible of Genesis the 1st chapter, when God created woman and — and man, and made the men and women, and God told Eve that your husband will rule over you, be your ruler?”

    Questions And Answers On HebrewsWilliam Branham, October 6, 1957

  • “We go back, I believe I talked on it a little bit the other night, or struck it, in Genesis, the 1st chapter, 1:26, when God called His Name, “Lord God,” it’s in the word of El, Elah, Elohim, which means “the self-existing One.””

    -2 AdoptionWilliam Branham, May 18, 1960

  • “I want you to turn to the first book of the Bible, the 1st chapter of the Book, Genesis the 1st chapter.”

    Condemnation By RepresentationWilliam Branham, November 13, 1960

  • “Genesis, beginning with the 1st chapter, I wish to read a portion of the Word.”

    -2 The Spoken Word Is The Original SeedWilliam Branham, March 18, 1962. Names it 3 times.

  • “Now, to begin with, we’ll notice, that, in Genesis, the 1st chapter, we find that — that faith was introduced, and wisdom was introduced.”

    Wisdom Versus FaithWilliam Branham, April 1, 1962