After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using his name.

Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”

Silently the man watched her with interest to determine if the Lord had made his journey successful or not.

Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. I want to have marital relations with her.”

Jacob had marital relations with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban for seven more years.

There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. Judah acquired her as a wife and had marital relations with her.

Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “It is not within my power, but God will speak concerning the welfare of Pharaoh.”

When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has just come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.

Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do this thing?”

Sarah’s demand displeased Abraham greatly because Ishmael was his son.

Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created – when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die.”

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

and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread over the earth after the flood.

I will bless those who bless you, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, and all the families of the earth will bless one another by your name.”

Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. He joined his ancestors.

So Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, along with the wives he already had.

She replied, “Here is my servant Bilhah! Have sexual relations with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her.”