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

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.”

Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.

She became pregnant again and had another son, whom she named Onan.

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

Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.

God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him.

Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.

Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.

Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.”

Then he had another dream, and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said. “I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

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.

Abraham spoke to him again, “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”

She quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.

Then Jacob said, “Since it is still the middle of the day, it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. You should water the sheep and then go and let them graze some more.”

Complete my older daughter’s bridal week. Then we will give you the younger one too, in exchange for seven more years of work.”

Jacob had marital relations with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban for seven more years.

She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

“No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him, “but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”

They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor – and her labor was hard.