The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary.

Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

They replied, “Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”

The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved the child under one of the shrubs.

Live with him for a little while until your brother’s rage subsides.

So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great.

Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good.

We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning.

I also saw in my dream seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good.

We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies.”

The first disappeared and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since.

In Noah’s six hundred and first year, in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

And the Lord said, “If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.

God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.

So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man’s side and closed up the place with flesh.

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

The waters kept on receding until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible.