These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites:

Afterward his brother came out – the one who had the scarlet thread on his hand – and he was named Zerah.

His master observed that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he was doing successful.

It happened just as he had said to us – Pharaoh restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker.”

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

But Joseph told them, “It is just as I said to you: You are spies!

The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

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

If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves!”

These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob, fourteen in all.

Any children that you father after them will be yours; they will be listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance.

Then God said, “I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (and also after this) when the sons of God were having sexual relations with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.

I am about to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. Everything that is on the earth will die,

So the Lord destroyed every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky. They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.

And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they left for the land of Canaan. They entered the land of Canaan.

I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then the Lord will give to Abraham what he promised him.”

Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”

God said, “Take your son – your only son, whom you love, Isaac – and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.”