So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do.

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

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

“God will provide for himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied. The two of them continued on together.

Then Rachel said, “I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.

God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.

Then Leah said, “God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife.” So she named him Issachar.

God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him.

Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel.

Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “It is not within my power, but God will speak concerning the welfare of Pharaoh.”

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

He named the second child Ephraim, saying, “Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”

God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He replied, “Here I am!”

But Joseph answered them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

So the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God.”

Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

and I have filled him with the Spirit of God in skill, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship,