and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, “There will be no more delay!

As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, ‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’

God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.

By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

So the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman replied, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.”

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” And he replied, “I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guardian?”

When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”

So the Lord said, “My spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years.”

The Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.

So Abram left, just as the Lord had told him to do, and Lot went with him. (Now Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran.)

When the Egyptians see you they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will keep you alive.

And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.

The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’

But he urged them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.

Now the young woman was very beautiful. She was a virgin; no man had ever had sexual relations with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up.

When food was served, he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I want to say.” “Tell us,” Laban said.

You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.’

When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.