The Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”

I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.

So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement, you and I, and it will be proof that we have made peace.”

But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you.”

You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, travel freely in it, and acquire property in it.”

We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.

Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.

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

When he heard me raise my voice and scream, he left his outer garment beside me and ran outside.”

but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment and ran outside.”

After these things happened, the cupbearer to the king of Egypt and the royal baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody.

At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,

So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies.”

If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves!”

When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

They replied, “You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”

Any children that you father after them will be yours; they will be listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance.

Chariots and horsemen also went up with him, so it was a very large entourage.