Then Rachel said, &#8220;I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.&#8221;<n id="1" /> So she named him Naphtali.<n id="2" />p>

Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors.<n id="1" /> He died an old man who had lived a full life.<n id="2" /> His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.p>

When<n id="1" /> the dove returned to him in the evening, there was<n id="2" /> a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

Then he purchased the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent; he bought it<n id="1" /> from the sons of Hamor, Shechem&#8217;s father, for a hundred pieces of money.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">But God remembered<n id="1" /> Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over<n id="2" /> the earth and the waters receded.

Then the <sc>Lord&#8217;sc>s angel said to her,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You are now<n id="1" /> pregnantp> <p class="poetry">and are about to give birth<n id="2" /> to a son.p> <p class="poetry">You are to name him Ishmael,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc> has heard your painful groans.<n id="4" />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" />

<p class="bodytext">Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and settled in the mountains because he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters.

God<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Take your son &#8211; your only son, whom you love, Isaac<n id="2" /> &#8211; and go to the land of Moriah!<n id="3" /> Offer him up there as a burnt offering<n id="4" /> on one of the mountains which I will indicate to<n id="5" /> you.&#8221;p>

Both of them, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream<n id="1" /> the same night.<n id="2" /> Each man&#8217;s dream had its own meaning.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Judah approached him and said, &#8220;My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you.<n id="1" /> Please do not get angry with your servant,<n id="2" /> for you are just like Pharaoh.<n id="3" />

Leave immediately<n id="1" /> for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother&#8217;s father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother&#8217;s brother.

They set a place for him, a separate place for his brothers,<n id="1" /> and another for the Egyptians who were eating with him. (The Egyptians are not able to eat with Hebrews, for the Egyptians think it is disgusting<n id="2" /> to do so.)<n id="3" />

When he drove<n id="1" /> the man out, he placed on the eastern side<n id="2" /> of the orchard in Eden angelic sentries<n id="3" /> who used the flame of a whirling sword<n id="4" /> to guard the way to the tree of life.p>

<p class="bodytext">And Adam had marital relations<n id="1" /> with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, &#8220;God has given<n id="2" /> me another child<n id="3" /> in place of Abel because Cain killed him.&#8221;

Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph&#8217;s. He clothed him with fine linen<n id="1" /> clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

for I really was kidnapped<n id="1" /> from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon.&#8221;p>

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, &#8220;If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food<n id="1" /> to eat and clothing to wear,

Come now, let&#8217;s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild<n id="1" /> animal ate him. Then we&#8217;ll see how his dreams turn out!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">the Angel<n id="1" /> who has protected me<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">from all harm &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">bless these boys.p> <p class="poetry">May my name be named in them,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac.p> <p class="poetry">May they grow into a multitude on the earth.&#8221;p>