Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

They named that place Bokim and offered sacrifices to the Lord there.

Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

Wild animals will rest there, the ruined houses will be full of hyenas. Ostriches will live there, wild goats will skip among the ruins.

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

This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the Lord.

He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.

Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel.

Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

So we came to Jerusalem, and we stayed there for three days.

Look at them shake uncontrollably, like a woman writhing in childbirth.

He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.

even there your hand would guide me, your right hand would grab hold of me.

(A city by the name of Hamonah will also be there.) They will cleanse the land.’

This is the account of Shem. Shem was 100 old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood.

Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak! What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

and one who misuses the name of the Lord must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.

So the name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people that craved different food.

Then the entire community of Israel entered the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there.