When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,

These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.

From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau.

Then Laban said to him, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” So Jacob stayed with him for a month.

When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed.

He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.

We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.

So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.

At that time Judah left his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite man named Hirah.

When he heard me raise my voice and scream, he left his outer garment beside me and ran outside.”

but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment and ran outside.”

So he asked Pharaoh’s officials, who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”

Joseph replied, “This is its meaning: The three baskets represent three days.

The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.

(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)

You go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because there will be no reduction at all in your workload.’”

The slave masters were pressuring them, saying, “Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!”