So the <sc>Lordsc> said, &#8220;I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth &#8211; everything from humankind to animals,<n id="1" /> including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.&#8221;p>

So the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> destroyed<n id="2" /> every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky.<n id="3" /> They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.<n id="4" />

<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>

The waters kept on receding<n id="1" /> until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;While the earth continues to exist,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">planting time<n id="2" /> and harvest,p> <p class="poetry">cold and heat,p> <p class="poetry">summer and winter,p> <p class="poetry">and day and night will not cease.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">And he journeyed from place to place<n id="1" /> from the Negev as far as Bethel.<n id="2" /> He returned<n id="3" /> to the place where he had pitched his tent<n id="4" /> at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

When Abram heard that his nephew<n id="1" /> had been taken captive, he mobilized<n id="2" /> his 318 trained men who had been born in his household, and he pursued the invaders<n id="3" /> as far as Dan.<n id="4" />

Then the two visitors<n id="1" /> said to Lot, &#8220;Who else do you have here?<n id="2" /> Do you have<n id="3" /> any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or other relatives in the city?<n id="4" /> Get them out of this<n id="5" /> place

Run there quickly,<n id="1" /> for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.&#8221; (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)<n id="2" />p>

The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-Ammi.<n id="1" /> He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.p>

So he<n id="1" /> said to his servants, &#8220;You two stay<n id="2" /> here with the donkey while<n id="3" /> the boy and I go up there. We will worship<n id="4" /> and then return to you.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

His descendants<n id="1" /> settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next<n id="2" /> to Egypt all the way<n id="3" /> to Asshur.<n id="4" /> They settled<n id="5" /> away from all their relatives.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When Esau heard<n id="1" /> his father&#8217;s words, he wailed loudly and bitterly.<n id="2" /> He said to his father, &#8220;Bless me too, my father!&#8221;

&#8220;We can&#8217;t,&#8221; they said, &#8220;until all the flocks are gathered and the stone is rolled off the mouth of the well. Then we water<n id="1" /> the sheep.&#8221;p>

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and warned him,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Be careful<n id="2" /> that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Laban said, &#8220;This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement<n id="1" /> today.&#8221; That is why it was called Galeed.

If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize<n id="1" /> that God is witness to your actions.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

He commanded them, &#8220;This is what you must say to my lord Esau: &#8216;This is what your servant<n id="1" /> Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now.

When<n id="1" /> Jacob heard that Shechem<n id="2" /> had violated his daughter Dinah, his sons were with the livestock in the field. So Jacob remained silent<n id="3" /> until they came in.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">At that time Judah left<n id="1" /> his brothers and stayed<n id="2" /> with an Adullamite man<n id="3" /> named Hirah.p>