<t /><p class="bodytext">This is the account of Isaac,<n id="1" /> the son of Abraham.p> <p class="bodytext">Abraham became the father of Isaac.

<p class="bodytext">Bilhah, Rachel&#8217;s servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son.<n id="1" />

God paid attention<n id="1" /> to Leah; she became pregnant<n id="2" /> and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.<n id="3" />

When the sheep mated<n id="1" /> in front of the branches, they<n id="2" /> gave birth to young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Dinah, Leah&#8217;s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet<n id="1" /> the young women<n id="2" /> of the land.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Then your servant my father said to us, &#8216;You know that my wife gave me two sons.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob, fourteen in all.p>

Any children that you father<n id="1" /> after them will be yours; they will be listed<n id="2" /> under the names of their brothers in their inheritance.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, &#8220;Now this time my husband will show me affection,<n id="1" /> because I have given birth to three sons for him.&#8221; That is why he was named Levi.<n id="2" />p>

If he said,<n id="1" /> &#8216;The speckled animals<n id="2" /> will be your wage,&#8217; then the entire flock gave birth to speckled offspring. But if he said, &#8216;The streaked animals will be your wage,&#8217; then the entire flock gave birth to streaked offspring.

<p class="poetry">To the woman he said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will greatly increase<n id="1" /> your labor pains;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">with pain you will give birth to children.p> <p class="poetry">You will want to control your husband,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but he will dominate<n id="4" /> you.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> the man had marital relations with<n id="2" /> his wife Eve, and she became pregnant<n id="3" /> and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, &#8220;I have created<n id="4" /> a man just as the <sc>Lordsc> did!&#8221;<n id="5" />

Then she gave birth<n id="1" /> to his brother Abel.<n id="2" /> Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Cain had marital relations<n id="1" /> with his wife, and she became pregnant<n id="2" /> and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after<n id="3" /> his son Enoch.

Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped<n id="1" /> all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.p>

And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people<n id="1" /> began to worship<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="bodytext">After Noah was 500 years old, he<n id="1" /> became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.p>

Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided,<n id="1" /> and his brother&#8217;s name was Joktan.

<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.

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>