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.

But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God.”

Then Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you!

“I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord.”

Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,

I will walk among you, and I will be your God and you will be my people.

Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent a message to me, saying,

God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a wild bull.

“Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the community,

There you will worship gods made by human hands – wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

“I am the Lord your God, he who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the place of slavery.