Genesis 1:5
1:5 God called
the light “day” and the darkness
“night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.
Genesis 1:14
1:14 God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,
Genesis 1:31
1:31 God saw all that he had made – and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 4:2
4:2 Then she gave birth
to his brother Abel.
Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.
Genesis 4:8
4:8 Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Genesis 4:14
4:14 Look! You are driving me off the land
today, and I must hide from your presence.
I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.”
Genesis 11:3
11:3 Then they said to one another,
“Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.”
(They had brick instead of stone and tar
instead of mortar.)
Genesis 15:17
15:17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.
Genesis 17:16
17:16 I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations.
Kings of countries
will come from her!”
Genesis 26:1
Isaac and Abimelech
26:1 There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
Genesis 26:28
26:28 They replied, “We could plainly see
that the
Lord is with you. So we decided there should be
a pact between us
– between us
and you. Allow us to make
a treaty with you
Genesis 39:10
39:10 Even though she continued to speak
to Joseph day after day, he did not respond
to her invitation to have sex with her.
Genesis 41:36
41:36 This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine.”
Genesis 41:54
41:54 Then the seven years of famine began,
just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.
Genesis 44:10
44:10 He replied, “You have suggested your own punishment! The one who has it will become my slave, but the rest of you will go free.”
Genesis 47:24
47:24 When you gather in the crop,
give
one-fifth of it to Pharaoh, and the rest
will be yours for seed for the fields and for you to eat, including those in your households and your little children.”