When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do.

God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

and I return safely to my father’s home, then the Lord will become my God.

She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said, “God has taken away my shame.”

In this way God has snatched away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

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

This is just what I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

He named the second child Ephraim, saying, “Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”

God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He replied, “Here I am!”

Jacob said to Joseph, “The sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, “Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”

for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know good and evil.”

The earth was ruined in the sight of God; the earth was filled with violence.

So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham’s request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.

God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.

God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation.

So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.

He prayed, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.

I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.