Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot away; for she thought, “I refuse to watch the child die.” So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably.

They replied, “We could plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we decided there should be a pact between us – between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you

Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.

Let a little water be brought so that you may all wash your feet and rest under the tree.

When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

Leah’s eyes were tender, but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.)

God called the expanse “sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman!

So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with her.

When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”

As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.

God said, “No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.

Then Judah said to Onan, “Have sexual relations with your brother’s wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother.”

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

So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using his name.