Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.

Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;

When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,

“‘Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.

“But as for you, in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken, and you will lie with those killed by the sword.

Persia, Ethiopia, and Put are with them, all of them with shields and helmets.

Though I scatter them among the nations, they will remember in far-off places – they and their children will sprout forth and return.

This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

Now the king of Syria had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high ranking officers; fight only the king of Israel!”

“All the leaders of the north are there, along with all the Sidonians; despite their might they have gone down in shameful terror with the dead. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, and bear their shame with those who descend to the pit.

Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away.

Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because of the floodwaters.

Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

“Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.

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

But Rebekah’s brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.”