I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.”

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their fury, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel!

When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied, “She is my sister.” He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” for he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me to get Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”

so that you will not do us any harm, just as we have not harmed you, but have always treated you well before sending you away in peace. Now you are blessed by the Lord.”

May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. You will be lord over your brothers, and the sons of your mother will bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

Then he said, ‘Observe that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled, or spotted, for I have observed all that Laban has done to you.

He took away all the livestock he had acquired in Paddan Aram and all his moveable property that he had accumulated. Then he set out toward the land of Canaan to return to his father Isaac.

You must also say, ‘In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought, “I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me.”

Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”

Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die – we and you and our little ones.

God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.

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

So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast.

The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute.

He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.”

The length of time Adam lived after he became the father of Seth was 800 years; during this time he had other sons and daughters.

Seth lived 807 years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.

Enosh lived 815 years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters.

Kenan lived 840 years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters.