I will give the whole land of Canaan – the land where you are now residing – to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”

So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

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

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created – when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.

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

The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush.

The Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”

Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.

“So now Pharaoh should look for a wise and discerning man and give him authority over all the land of Egypt.

“See here,” Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I place you in authority over all the land of Egypt.”

Don’t worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt will be yours.’”

God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” It was so.

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.

So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.

“Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”

But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac.

May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”

because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together and the land where they had settled was not able to support them because of their livestock.

Pharaoh should do this – he should appoint officials throughout the land to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

Pharaoh had him ride in the chariot used by his second-in-command, and they cried out before him, “Kneel down!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.