I confirm my covenant with you: Never again will all living things be wiped out by the waters of a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”

But the land could not support them while they were living side by side. Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live alongside one another.

The man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.

You didn’t even allow me to kiss my daughters and my grandchildren good-bye. You have acted foolishly!

But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph – he forgot him.

I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the Lord’s angel added, “so that they will be too numerous to count.”

My father may touch me! Then he’ll think I’m mocking him and I’ll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.”

He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob.

But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.

The first disappeared and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since.

Joseph was no longer able to control himself before all his attendants, so he cried out, “Make everyone go out from my presence!” No one remained with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said, ‘You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.’”

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

that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say, ‘It is I who made Abram rich.’

No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?

So that night they made their father drunk with wine, and the older daughter came and had sexual relations with her father. But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up.

So they made their father drunk that night as well, and the younger one came and had sexual relations with him. But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up.

and said, “‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the Lord, ‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

but your father has humiliated me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.