So the warden agreed to their proposal and tested them for ten days.

So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

I will signal for them and gather them, for I have already redeemed them; then they will become as numerous as they were before.

When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” They replied, “We’re from Haran.”

So he said to them, “Do you know Laban, the grandson of Nahor?” “We know him,” they said.

“Is he well?” Jacob asked. They replied, “He is well. Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”

If we do so, won’t their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let’s consent to their demand, so they will live among us.”

He asked them how they were doing. Then he said, “Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?”

And because the midwives feared God, he made households for them.

So the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

But the Israelites walked on dry ground in the middle of the sea, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

Miriam sang in response to them, “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.”

Make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked bodies; they must cover from the waist to the thighs.

they must wash their hands and their feet so that they do not die. And this will be a perpetual ordinance for them and for their descendants throughout their generations.”

So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, break it off.’ So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out.”

The law is the same for the sin offering and the guilt offering; it belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.

Moreover, the open field areas of their cities must not be sold, because that is their perpetual possession.

Thus they will have towns in which to live, and their grazing lands will be for their cattle, for their possessions, and for all their animals.