So Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for quite some time.

He imprisoned them all for three days.

God called the dry ground “land” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” God saw that it was good.

At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the Lord.

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

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do.

But Rebekah’s brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.”

Live with him for a little while until your brother’s rage subsides.

Then Laban said to him, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” So Jacob stayed with him for a month.

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.

The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody.

“This is its meaning,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches represent three days.

Joseph replied, “This is its meaning: The three baskets represent three days.

At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,

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

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

Then he separated them from Jacob by a three-day journey, while Jacob was taking care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.

So he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob for seven days. He caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. He died an old man who had lived a full life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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