Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies, your father’s sons will bow down before you.

One of you must go and get your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison. In this way your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”

And the Lord God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring’s heel.”

By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”

So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

but I will confirm my covenant with you. You will enter the ark – you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

And you must take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten, and gather it together. It will be food for you and for them.

The Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.

As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.

So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen one who sees me!”

At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

Then she will reply to me, “Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels too.” May that woman be the one whom the Lord has chosen for my master’s son.’

They blessed Rebekah with these words: “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands! May your descendants possess the strongholds of their enemies.”

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.”

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you, my son, and know for certain if you really are my son Esau.”

Let me take my wives and my children whom I have acquired by working for you. Then I’ll depart, because you know how hard I’ve worked for you.”