God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.

So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man’s side and closed up the place with flesh.

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

The waters kept on receding until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

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.

Then Abimelech exclaimed, “What in the world have you done to us? One of the men might easily have had sexual relations with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!”

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!” Then Esau wept loudly.

“If Esau attacks one camp,” he thought, “then the other camp will be able to escape.”

But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.

Then we will give you our daughters to marry, and we will take your daughters as wives for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.

Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.

Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”

Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Both dreams of Pharaoh have the same meaning. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning.

If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.

When one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey at their resting place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack.

We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’

As one who is above your brothers, I give to you the mountain slope, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”

and the Lord did as Moses asked – he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. Not one remained!