<p class="bodytext">These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites:<n id="1" />p>

Afterward his brother came out &#8211; the one who had the scarlet thread on his hand &#8211; and he was named Zerah.<n id="1" />p>

His master observed that the <sc>Lordsc> was with him and that the <sc>Lordsc> made everything he was doing successful.<n id="1" />

It happened just as he had said<n id="1" /> to us &#8211; Pharaoh<n id="2" /> restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

So Pharaoh asked his officials, &#8220;Can we find a man like Joseph,<n id="1" /> one in whom the Spirit of God is present?&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">But Joseph told them, &#8220;It is just as I said to you:<n id="1" /> You are spies!

The man did just as Joseph said; he<n id="1" /> brought the men into Joseph&#8217;s house.<n id="2" />p>

So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph&#8217;s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

He asked them how they were doing.<n id="1" /> Then he said, &#8220;Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?&#8221;

If one of us has it,<n id="1" /> he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord&#8217;s slaves!&#8221;p>

<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" />

Then God said, &#8220;I now<n id="1" /> give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">The Nephilim<n id="1" /> were on the earth in those days (and also after this)<n id="2" /> when the sons of God were having sexual relations with<n id="3" /> the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children.<n id="4" /> They were the mighty heroes<n id="5" /> of old, the famous men.<n id="6" />p>

I am about to bring<n id="1" /> floodwaters<n id="2" /> on the earth to destroy<n id="3" /> from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them.<n id="4" /> Everything that is on the earth will die,

So the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> destroyed<n id="2" /> every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky.<n id="3" /> They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.<n id="4" />

And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew<n id="1" /> Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired<n id="2" /> in Haran, and they left for<n id="3" /> the land of Canaan. They entered the land of Canaan.p>

I have chosen him<n id="1" /> so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep<n id="2" /> the way of the <sc>Lordsc> by doing<n id="3" /> what is right and just. Then the <sc>Lordsc> will give<n id="4" /> to Abraham what he promised<n id="5" /> him.&#8221;p>

Now swear to me right here in God&#8217;s name<n id="1" /> that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants.<n id="2" /> Show me, and the land<n id="3" /> where you are staying,<n id="4" /> the same loyalty<n id="5" /> that I have shown you.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

God<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Take your son &#8211; your only son, whom you love, Isaac<n id="2" /> &#8211; and go to the land of Moriah!<n id="3" /> Offer him up there as a burnt offering<n id="4" /> on one of the mountains which I will indicate to<n id="5" /> you.&#8221;p>