I will give the whole land of Canaan &#8211; the land where you are now residing<n id="1" /> &#8211; to you and your descendants after you as a permanent<n id="2" /> possession. I will be their God.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.<n id="1" />

God called the dry ground &#8220;land&#8221;<n id="1" /> and the gathered waters he called &#8220;seas.&#8221; God saw that it was good.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">This is the account<n id="1" /> of the heavens andp> <p class="bodytext">the earth<n id="2" /> when they were created &#8211; when the <sc>Lordsc> God<n id="3" /> made the earth and heavens.<n id="4" />p>

The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through<n id="1" /> the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through<n id="1" /> the entire land of Cush.<n id="2" />

<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" />

Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;So now Pharaoh should look<n id="1" /> for a wise and discerning man<n id="2" /> and give him authority<n id="3" /> over all the land of Egypt.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;See here,&#8221; Pharaoh said to Joseph, &#8220;I place<n id="1" /> you in authority over all the land of Egypt.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Don&#8217;t worry<n id="1" /> about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt will be yours.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">God said, &#8220;Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.&#8221;<n id="1" /> It was so.

He looked out toward<n id="1" /> Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region.<n id="2" /> As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So they made a treaty<n id="1" /> at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned<n id="2" /> to the land of the Philistines.<n id="3" />

&#8220;Hear me, my lord. The land is worth<n id="1" /> 400 pieces of silver,<n id="2" /> but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.&#8221;p>

But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines<n id="1" /> and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac.<n id="2" />p>

May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham<n id="1" /> so that you may possess the land<n id="2" /> God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.&#8221;<n id="3" />

because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together and the land where they had settled<n id="1" /> was not able to support them because of their livestock.

Pharaoh should do<n id="1" /> this &#8211; he should appoint<n id="2" /> officials<n id="3" /> throughout the land to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt<n id="4" /> during the seven years of abundance.

Pharaoh<n id="1" /> had him ride in the chariot used by his second-in-command,<n id="2" /> and they cried out before him, &#8220;Kneel down!&#8221;<n id="3" /> So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.