The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”

They have also built places of worship in a place called Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing!

Then tell them, ‘The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “I will bring my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will set his throne over these stones which I have buried. He will pitch his royal tent over them.

He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt. He will burn their gods or carry them off as captives. He will pick Egypt clean like a shepherd picks the lice from his clothing. He will leave there unharmed.

ז (Zayin) Jerusalem remembers, when she became a poor homeless person, all her treasures that she owned in days of old. When her people fell into an enemy’s grip, none of her allies came to her rescue. Her enemies gloated over her; they sneered at her downfall.

then I will bring you down to bygone people, to be with those who descend to the pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth, among the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand in the land of the living.

and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.

God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

Make for yourself an ark of cypress wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and out.

The waters kept receding steadily from the earth, so that they had gone down by the end of the 150 days.

Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.

These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.

So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.

When the sheep mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

So Esau said, “Let me leave some of my men with you.” “Why do that?” Jacob replied. “My lord has already been kind enough to me.”

So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find a man like Joseph, one in whom the Spirit of God is present?”

These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all.

These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, seven in all.

Zebulun will live by the haven of the sea and become a haven for ships; his border will extend to Sidon.

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and although I will multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt,