And sons were also born to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), the father of all the sons of Eber.

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

So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.

These last five kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions when they left, for Lot was living in Sodom.

Then, during the night, Abram divided his forces against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (Now he was the priest of the Most High God.)

The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.

But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”

That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. When they got up in the morning, he said, “Let me leave now so I can return to my master.”

Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.

Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished.

He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them.

Jacob stayed there that night. Then he sent as a gift to his brother Esau

The sun rose over him as he crossed over Penuel, but he was limping because of his hip.

But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

Jacob set up a marker over her grave; it is the Marker of Rachel’s Grave to this day.