May God enlarge Japheth’s territory and numbers! May he live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave!”

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

Zebulun will live by the haven of the sea and become a haven for ships; his border will extend to Sidon.

When he drove the man out, he placed on the eastern side of the orchard in Eden angelic sentries who used the flame of a whirling sword to guard the way to the tree of life.

A fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner. (All these were allied by treaty with Abram.)

He will be a wild donkey of a man. He will be hostile to everyone, and everyone will be hostile to him. He will live away from his brothers.”

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

While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons: