The earth was ruined in the sight of God; the earth was filled with violence.

People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.

Therefore the land has become unclean and I have brought the punishment for its iniquity upon it, so that the land has vomited out its inhabitants.

for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.

Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness.

“‘Any tithe of the land, from the grain of the land or from the fruit of the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.

You must dispossess the inhabitants of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess it.

The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away.

Abraham bowed before the local people

During the seven years of abundance the land produced large, bountiful harvests.

They returned from investigating the land after forty days.

“To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names.

You must not eat it! You must pour it out on the ground like water.

He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth.

that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

A thanksgiving psalm. Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!

He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth.

O Lord, your loyal love fills the earth. Teach me your statutes!