On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat.

Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.”

So they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.

When they came to the place God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.

On the third day Abraham caught sight of the place in the distance.

So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him.

Then Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

The waters completely overwhelmed the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

The waters kept on receding until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

So Jacob immediately put his children and his wives on the camels.

Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord.

So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people.

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

She left immediately, removed her veil, and put on her widow’s clothes.

God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,

When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

The Lord regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.