He replied, “You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”

They caused Isaac and Rebekah great anxiety.

“This pile of stones and the pillar are reminders that I will not pass beyond this pile to come to harm you and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to come to harm me.

“God will provide for himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied. The two of them continued on together.

The Lord was with Joseph. He was successful and lived in the household of his Egyptian master.

You must take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, the male and its mate, two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,

Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

Gad will be raided by marauding bands, but he will attack them at their heels.

So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

So he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers.”

as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron’s city.

When she had done so, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have drunk as much as they want.”

Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.

So Jacob went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent of his clothing, he blessed him, saying, “Yes, my son smells like the scent of an open field which the Lord has blessed.

She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi.

So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Later the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere nearby to have sexual relations with us, according to the way of all the world.

He entrusted them to his servants, who divided them into herds. He told his servants, “Pass over before me, and keep some distance between one herd and the next.”

“So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.

Shem and Japheth took the garment and placed it on their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered up their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so they did not see their father’s nakedness.