but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast.

The waters completely inundated the earth so that even all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered.

So Abimelech commanded all the people, “Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

Leah said, “How happy I am, for women will call me happy!” So she named him Asher.

So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

But Onan knew that the child would not be considered his. So whenever he had sexual relations with his brother’s wife, he withdrew prematurely so as not to give his brother a descendant.

So he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers.”

So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people.

So Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for quite some time.

So each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

So Pharaoh said, “Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do.”

So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day.

So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman!

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord killed him.

What he did was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord killed him too.

So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: “In my dream, there was a vine in front of me.

So Abraham’s servant went to the house and unloaded the camels. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was provided so that he and the men who were with him could wash their feet.

and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.

Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob.