I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, who lived by the Kebar River. I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days.

They will sing this lament over you: “‘How you have perished – you have vanished from the seas, O renowned city, once mighty in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror!

They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; they will live in it – they and their children and their grandchildren forever. David my servant will be prince over them forever.

So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.

When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.

They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions when they left, for Lot was living in Sodom.

The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,

God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

But Rebekah’s brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.”

Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.

Live with him for a little while until your brother’s rage subsides.

Then Laban said to him, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” So Jacob stayed with him for a month.

Laban replied, “I’d rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me.”

If we do so, won’t their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let’s consent to their demand, so they will live among us.”

These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. The men looked at each other in astonishment.