Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials, the cupbearer and the baker,

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.

In three more days Pharaoh will decapitate you and impale you on a pole. Then the birds will eat your flesh from you.”

The waters completely overwhelmed the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

The Lord’s angel found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert – the spring that is along the road to Shur.

Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord.

She put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.

He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand,

Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough near a spring whose branches climb over the wall.

Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him.

He added, “Just name your wages – I’ll pay whatever you want.”

Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”

The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.

And all living things that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind.

When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.

And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant’s home. After that you may be on your way.” “All right,” they replied, “you may do as you say.”

He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.

His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives.