Then Esau said, “Let’s be on our way! I will go in front of you.”

By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

On the vine there were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

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

Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord.

And all living things that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind.

But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will come out with many possessions.

Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good.

Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore them to him.

Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!”

Joseph positioned them; he put Ephraim on his right hand across from Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh on his left hand across from Israel’s right hand. Then Joseph brought them closer to his father.

Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.

Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

The Lord went on his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home.

Noah built an altar to the Lord. He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

In three more days Pharaoh will decapitate you and impale you on a pole. Then the birds will eat your flesh from you.”

“God will provide for himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied. The two of them continued on together.

But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

Then he sent his brothers on their way and they left. He said to them, “As you travel don’t be overcome with fear.”

When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”