Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

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

“Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”

“Look! I now confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you

I will place my rainbow in the clouds, and it will become a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth.

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside.

When Noah awoke from his drunken stupor he learned what his youngest son had done to him.

Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth.

and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city Calah.

So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.

And after becoming the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.

For twelve years they had served Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is near the desert.

Abram added, “Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!”

But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will come out with many possessions.

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

(Now Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.)