Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.”

Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men – both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom – surrounded the house.

Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then I will eat it so that I may bless you before I die.”

Two sons were born to Joseph before the famine came. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, was their mother.

Before he had finished praying, there came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah (Milcah was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor).

“Before I finished praying in my heart, along came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder! She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’

Isaac began to shake violently and asked, “Then who else hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it just before you arrived, and I blessed him. He will indeed be blessed!”