But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.”

There was fierce war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. So whenever Saul saw anyone who was a warrior or a brave individual, he would conscript him.

I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument, praising your faithfulness, O my God! I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp, O Holy One of Israel!

This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape, and it will be a holy place once again. The descendants of Jacob will conquer those who had conquered them.

And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord.

When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.

No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-Ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.

But Rebekah’s brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.”

Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great.

Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son.” That is why she named him Dan.

Then he said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” So they brought stones and put them in a pile. They ate there by the pile of stones.

In three more days Pharaoh will decapitate you and impale you on a pole. Then the birds will eat your flesh from you.”

When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Return, buy us a little more food.”

The Lord said, “Throw it to the ground.” So he threw it to the ground, and it became a snake, and Moses ran from it.

The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

But the Israelites walked on dry ground in the middle of the sea, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.