<p class="bodytext">After the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka<n id="1" /> and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels<n id="2" /> and gave them to her.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">So Abraham&#8217;s servant<n id="1" /> went to the house and unloaded<n id="2" /> the camels. Straw and feed were given<n id="3" /> to the camels, and water was provided so that he and the men who were with him could wash their feet.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Rebekah and her female servants mounted the camels and rode away with<n id="1" /> the man. So Abraham&#8217;s servant<n id="2" /> took Rebekah and left.p>

and asked<n id="1" /> Abraham&#8217;s servant,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Who is that man walking in the field toward us?&#8221; &#8220;That is my master,&#8221; the servant replied.<n id="3" /> So she took her veil and covered herself.p>

So Leah became pregnant<n id="1" /> and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben,<n id="2" /> for she said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> has looked with pity on my oppressed condition.<n id="3" /> Surely my husband will love me now.&#8221;p>

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>

<p class="bodytext">The messengers returned to Jacob and said, &#8220;We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you and has four hundred men with him.&#8221;

&#8220;No longer will your name be Jacob,&#8221; the man told him,<n id="1" /> &#8220;but Israel,<n id="2" /> because you have fought<n id="3" /> with God and with men and have prevailed.&#8221;p>

Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand<n id="1" /> that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.

The man said, &#8220;They left this area,<n id="1" /> for I heard them say, &#8216;Let&#8217;s go to Dothan.&#8217;&#8221; So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.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>

So he returned to Judah and said, &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t find her. Moreover, the men of the place said, &#8216;There has been no cult prostitute here.&#8217;&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt.<n id="1" /> An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard,<n id="2" /> purchased him from<n id="3" /> the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

Pharaoh also said to Joseph, &#8220;I am Pharaoh, but without your permission<n id="1" /> no one<n id="2" /> will move his hand or his foot<n id="3" /> in all the land of Egypt.&#8221;

They replied, &#8220;Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers.<n id="1" /> We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time,<n id="2" /> and one is no longer alive.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Joseph gave orders to fill<n id="1" /> their bags with grain, to return each man&#8217;s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man&#8217;s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.

<p class="bodytext">But Judah said to him, &#8220;The man solemnly warned<n id="1" /> us, &#8216;You will not see my face<n id="2" /> unless your brother is with you.&#8217;

But if you will not send him, we won&#8217;t go down there because the man said to us, &#8216;You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.&#8217;&#8221;p>

May the sovereign God<n id="1" /> grant you mercy before the man so that he may release<n id="2" /> your other brother<n id="3" /> and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>