Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah.

He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark.

She named him Joseph, saying, “May the Lord give me yet another son.”

Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.

Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.

Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.

When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”

He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, but it did not return to him this time.

Abraham spoke to him again, “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”

Then his brothers asked him, “Do you really think you will rule over us or have dominion over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and because of what he said.

Judah recognized them and said, “She is more upright than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He did not have sexual relations with her again.

But you said to your servants, ‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’

And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.