Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.p>

Jacob said to Joseph, &#8220;The sovereign God<n id="1" /> appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

The field and the cave in it were acquired from the sons of Heth.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc> God formed<n id="1" /> out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would<n id="2" /> name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

<p class="bodytext">Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey.<n id="1" /> He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out<n id="2" /> for the place God had spoken to him about.p>

The <sc>Lordsc> appeared to him that night and said, &#8220;I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.&#8221;

So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it.<n id="1" /> It was so.<n id="2" />

to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness.<n id="1" /> God saw that it was good.

<p class="bodytext">God saw all that he had made &#8211; and it was very good!<n id="1" /> There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.p>

So the <sc>Lordsc> God said to the woman, &#8220;What is this<n id="1" /> you have done?&#8221; And the woman replied, &#8220;The serpent<n id="2" /> tricked<n id="3" /> me, and I ate.&#8221;p>

And you must take<n id="1" /> for yourself every kind of food<n id="2" /> that is eaten,<n id="3" /> and gather it together.<n id="4" /> It will be food for you and for them.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>

<t /><p class="bodytext">This is the account of Shem.p> <p class="bodytext">Shem was 100 old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood.

<p class="poetry">I will bless those who bless you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who treats you lightly<n id="2" /> I must curse,p> <p class="poetry">and all the families of the earth will bless one another<n id="3" /> by your name.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree<n id="1" /> of Moreh<n id="2" /> at Shechem.<n id="3" /> (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)<n id="4" />

So there were quarrels<n id="1" /> between Abram&#8217;s herdsmen and Lot&#8217;s herdsmen.<n id="2" /> (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.)<n id="3" />p>

Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain<n id="1" /> and pitched his tents next to Sodom.

<p class="bodytext">After Lot had departed, the <sc>Lordsc> said to Abram,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Look<n id="2" /> from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west.

I will take nothing<n id="1" /> except compensation for what the young men have eaten.<n id="2" /> As for the share of the men who went with me &#8211; Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre &#8211; let them take their share.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When Abram was 99 years old,<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> appeared to him and said,<n id="2" /> &#8220;I am the sovereign God.<n id="3" /> Walk<n id="4" /> before me<n id="5" /> and be blameless.<n id="6" />