The wind goes to the south and circles around to the north; round and round the wind goes and on its rounds it returns.

Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.

It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.

The fig tree has budded, the vines have blossomed and give off their fragrance. Arise, come away my darling; my beautiful one, come away with me!”

Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the Lord goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard.

People will not praise Moab any more. The enemy will capture Heshbon and plot how to destroy Moab, saying, ‘Come, let’s put an end to that nation!’ City of Madmen, you will also be destroyed. A destructive army will march against you.

their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead.

When the living beings moved, the wheels moved, and when they stopped moving, the wheels stopped. When they rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up from the ground; the wheels rose up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.

When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them; when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not move from their side.

I did this because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols.

Though all the nations follow their respective gods, we will follow the Lord our God forever.

Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”

But I said to my master, ‘What if the woman does not want to go with me?’

So Isaac left there and settled in the Gerar Valley.

So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people.

So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him.

When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,

She left immediately, removed her veil, and put on her widow’s clothes.

So they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.

A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi.