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

But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said, “We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!”

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

But then he drew back his hand, and his brother came out before him. She said, “How you have broken out of the womb!” So he was named Perez.

The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard.

Judah acquired a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

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

There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

The young man did not delay in doing what they asked because he wanted Jacob’s daughter Dinah badly. (Now he was more important than anyone in his father’s household.)

You are destructive like water and will not excel, for you got on your father’s bed, then you defiled it – he got on my couch!

She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said, “God has taken away my shame.”

The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord killed him.

So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: “In my dream, there was a vine in front of me.

Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.

Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.

So after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram’s wife, gave Hagar, her Egyptian servant, to her husband to be his wife.

“I do not know who has done this thing,” Abimelech replied. “Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.”

These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, by their names according to their records: Nebaioth (Ishmael’s firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,