And in that very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed.

I have appointed a time to reap judgment for you also, O Judah!Whenever I want to restore the fortunes of my people,

Ammon’s king will be deported; he and his officials will be carried off together.” The Lord has spoken!

Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, and the religious banquets where they sprawl on couches will end.

For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.

But the Lord is in his majestic palace. The whole earth is speechless in his presence!”

God called the expanse “sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

The entire lifetime of Jared was 962 years, and then he died.

Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away.

The entire lifetime of Methuselah was 969 years, and then he died.

The entire lifetime of Noah was 950 years, and then he died.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread over the earth after the flood.

So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.

All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, according to their chief lists in the land of Seir.

Now in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.

Jacob said, “Swear to me that you will do so.” So Joseph gave him his word. Then Israel bowed down at the head of his bed.

You are destructive like water and will not excel, for you got on your father’s bed, then you defiled it – he got on my couch!

The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.