Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.

Springs would well up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground.

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

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast?

So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because of the floodwaters.

The waters completely overwhelmed the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.

Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, while his father Terah was still alive.

When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom. (Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the Lord.

Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord.

Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife and said to the sons of Heth,

“I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead.”

When food was served, he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I want to say.” “Tell us,” Laban said.

Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become the wife of your master’s son, just as the Lord has decided.”

“It is not our custom here,” Laban replied, “to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.

When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed.