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,

<p class="bodytext">When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she<n id="1" /> became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, &#8220;Give me children<n id="2" /> or I&#8217;ll die!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">So Laban asked,<n id="1" /> &#8220;What should I give you?&#8221; &#8220;You don&#8217;t need to give me a thing,&#8221;<n id="2" /> Jacob replied,<n id="3" /> &#8220;but if you agree to this one condition,<n id="4" /> I will continue to care for<n id="5" /> your flocks and protect them:

&#8220;No, please take them,&#8221; Jacob said.<n id="1" /> &#8220;If I have found favor in your sight, accept<n id="2" /> my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me,<n id="3" /> it is as if I have seen the face of God.<n id="4" />

God said to him, &#8220;Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name.&#8221; So God named him Israel.<n id="1" />

But Onan knew that the child<n id="1" /> would not be considered his.<n id="2" /> So whenever<n id="3" /> he had sexual relations with<n id="4" /> his brother&#8217;s wife, he withdrew prematurely<n id="5" /> so as not to give his brother a descendant.

So Potiphar<n id="1" /> left<n id="2" /> everything he had in Joseph&#8217;s care;<n id="3" /> he gave no thought<n id="4" /> to anything except the food he ate.<n id="5" />p> <p class="bodytext">Now Joseph was well built and good-looking.<n id="6" />

There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do<n id="1" /> such a great evil and sin against God?&#8221;

One of you must go and get<n id="1" /> your brother, while<n id="2" /> the rest of you remain in prison.<n id="3" /> In this way your words may be tested to see if<n id="4" /> you are telling the truth.<n id="5" /> If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then Reuben said to his father, &#8220;You may<n id="1" /> put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care<n id="2" /> and I will bring him back to you.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then their father Israel said to them, &#8220;If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man &#8211; a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

But we replied, &#8216;We cannot go down there.<n id="1" /> If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go,<n id="2" /> for we won&#8217;t be permitted to see the man&#8217;s face if our youngest brother is not with us.&#8217;p>

The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men<n id="1" /> among them, put them in charge<n id="2" /> of my livestock.&#8221;p>

The time<n id="1" /> for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him, &#8220;If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh<n id="2" /> and show me kindness and faithfulness.<n id="3" /> Do not bury me in Egypt,

<p class="bodytext">When the days of mourning<n id="1" /> had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh&#8217;s royal court,<n id="2" /> &#8220;If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,<n id="3" />

And if<n id="1" /> they do not believe even these two signs or listen to you,<n id="2" /> then take<n id="3" /> some water from the Nile and pour it out on the dry ground. The water you take out of the Nile will become blood on the dry ground.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

If you do not release<n id="1" /> my people, then I am going to send<n id="2" /> swarms of flies<n id="3" /> on you and on your servants and on your people and in your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies, and even the ground they stand on.<n id="4" />

If any household is too small<n id="1" /> for a lamb,<n id="2" /> the man<n id="3" /> and his next-door neighbor<n id="4" /> are to take<n id="5" /> a lamb according to the number of people &#8211; you will make your count for the lamb according to how much each one can eat.<n id="6" />

He said, &#8220;If you will diligently obey<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> your God, and do what is right<n id="2" /> in his sight, and pay attention<n id="3" /> to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all<n id="4" /> the diseases<n id="5" /> that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the <sc>Lord,sc> am your healer.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses, &#8220;I am going to rain<n id="1" /> bread from heaven for you, and the people will go out<n id="2" /> and gather the amount for each day, so that I may test them.<n id="3" /> Will they will walk in my law<n id="4" /> or not?