The waters kept receding steadily<n id="1" /> from the earth, so that they<n id="2" /> had gone down<n id="3" /> by the end of the 150 days.

<p class="bodytext">So that same day Esau made his way back<n id="1" /> to Seir.

<p class="poetry">By the sweat of your brow<n id="1" /> you will eat foodp> <p class="poetry">until you return to the ground,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for out of it you were taken;p> <p class="poetry">for you are dust, and to dust you will return.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

He retrieved all the stolen property.<n id="1" /> He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, as well as the women and the rest of<n id="2" /> the people.p>

One of them<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;I will surely return<n id="2" /> to you when the season comes round again,<n id="3" /> and your wife Sarah will have a son!&#8221;<n id="4" /> (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.<n id="5" />

Take double the money with you;<n id="1" /> you must take back<n id="2" /> the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks &#8211; perhaps it was an oversight.

But if we had not delayed, we could have traveled there and back<n id="1" /> twice by now!&#8221;p>

Take your brother too, and go right away<n id="1" /> to the man.<n id="2" />

They all tore their clothes! Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Then our father said, &#8216;Go back and buy us a little food.&#8217;

and sent out a raven; it kept flying<n id="1" /> back and forth until the waters had dried up on the earth.p>

In the fourth generation<n id="1" /> your descendants<n id="2" /> will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lord&#8217;sc>s angel said to her, &#8220;Return to your mistress and submit<n id="1" /> to her authority.

Is anything impossible<n id="1" /> for the <sc>Lordsc>? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> went on his way<n id="1" /> when he had finished speaking<n id="2" /> to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Be careful<n id="1" /> never to take my son back there!&#8221; Abraham told him.<n id="2" />

Live with him for a little while<n id="1" /> until your brother&#8217;s rage subsides.

and I return safely to my father&#8217;s home,<n id="1" /> then the <sc>Lordsc> will become my God.

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to Jacob, &#8220;Return to the land of your fathers<n id="1" /> and to your relatives. I will be with you.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it!<n id="1" /> He tore his clothes,