Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh,<n id="1" /> saying,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Certainly<n id="3" /> God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father&#8217;s house.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jacob called for his sons and said, &#8220;Gather together so I can tell you<n id="1" /> what will happen to you in the future.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">And Adam had marital relations<n id="1" /> with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, &#8220;God has given<n id="2" /> me another child<n id="3" /> in place of Abel because Cain killed him.&#8221;

That is why its name was called<n id="1" /> Babel<n id="2" /> &#8211; because there the <sc>Lordsc> confused the language of the entire world, and from there the <sc>Lordsc> scattered them across the face of the entire earth.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel<n id="1" /> and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the <sc>Lordsc> and worshiped the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">God said, &#8220;No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac.<n id="1" /> I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual<n id="2" /> covenant for his descendants after him.

Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him, &#8220;What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom?<n id="1" /> You have done things to me that should not be done!&#8221;<n id="2" />

But God said to Abraham, &#8220;Do not be upset<n id="1" /> about the boy or your slave wife. Do<n id="2" /> all that Sarah is telling<n id="3" /> you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">But God heard the boy&#8217;s voice.<n id="1" /> The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, &#8220;What is the matter,<n id="2" /> Hagar? Don&#8217;t be afraid, for God has heard<n id="3" /> the boy&#8217;s voice right where he is crying.

So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, &#8220;She is really<n id="1" /> your wife! Why did you say, &#8216;She is my sister&#8217;?&#8221; Isaac replied, &#8220;Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac<n id="1" /> named it<n id="2" /> Rehoboth,<n id="3" /> saying, &#8220;For now the <sc>Lordsc> has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land.&#8221;p>

Esau exclaimed, &#8220;&#8216;Jacob&#8217; is the right name for him!<n id="1" /> He has tripped me up<n id="2" /> two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!&#8221; Then he asked, &#8220;Have you not kept back a blessing for me?&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">When Rebekah heard what her older son Esau had said,<n id="1" /> she quickly summoned<n id="2" /> her younger son Jacob and told him, &#8220;Look, your brother Esau is planning to get revenge by killing you.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, &#8220;Because the <sc>Lordsc> heard that I was unloved,<n id="1" /> he gave me this one too.&#8221; So she named him Simeon.<n id="2" />p>

<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>

Then Leah said, &#8220;God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons.&#8221; So she named him Zebulun.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">In the morning he<n id="1" /> was troubled, so he called for<n id="2" /> all the diviner-priests<n id="3" /> of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams,<n id="4" /> but no one could interpret<n id="5" /> them for him.<n id="6" />

Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah.<n id="1" /> He also gave him Asenath<n id="2" /> daughter of Potiphera, priest of On,<n id="3" /> to be his wife. So Joseph took charge of<n id="4" /> all the land of Egypt.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Joseph was no longer able to control himself before all his attendants,<n id="1" /> so he cried out, &#8220;Make everyone go out from my presence!&#8221; No one remained<n id="2" /> with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

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,