The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.

So I opened my mouth and he fed me the scroll.

“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominable practices

You must bear your punishment for your obscene conduct and your abominable practices, declares the Lord.

They did as ordered; they brought the five kings out of the cave to him – the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing – that very man or woman – and you must stone that person to death.

He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right side and called it Jakin; he erected the other pillar on the left side and called it Boaz.

When he drove the man out, he placed on the eastern side of the orchard in Eden angelic sentries who used the flame of a whirling sword to guard the way to the tree of life.

Now the man had marital relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, “I have created a man just as the Lord did!”

This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

He retrieved all the stolen property. He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, as well as the women and the rest of the people.

Then God enabled Hagar to see a well of water. She went over and filled the skin with water, and then gave the boy a drink.

and said, “‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the Lord, ‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only 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.”

Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.

When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.

Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you the best land in Egypt and you will eat the best of the land.’

There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and there I buried Leah.

I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners.

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.