Genesis 1:3; Genesis 1:6; Genesis 1:9; Genesis 1:11; Genesis 1:14; Genesis 1:20; Genesis 1:22; Genesis 1:24; Genesis 1:26; Genesis 1:28; Genesis 1:29; Genesis 2:16; Genesis 2:18; Genesis 2:23; Genesis 3:1; Genesis 3:2; Genesis 3:3; Genesis 3:4; Genesis 3:9; Genesis 3:10; Genesis 3:11; Genesis 3:12; Genesis 3:13; Genesis 3:14; Genesis 3:16; Genesis 3:17; Genesis 3:22; Genesis 4:1; Genesis 4:6; Genesis 4:8; Genesis 4:9; Genesis 4:10; Genesis 4:13; Genesis 4:15; Genesis 4:23; Genesis 5:29; Genesis 6:3; Genesis 6:7; Genesis 6:13; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:15; Genesis 8:21; Genesis 9:1; Genesis 9:8; Genesis 9:12; Genesis 9:17; Genesis 9:25; Genesis 9:26; Genesis 10:9; Genesis 11:4; Genesis 11:6; Genesis 12:1; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 12:11; Genesis 12:12; Genesis 12:13; Genesis 12:18; Genesis 12:19; Genesis 13:8; Genesis 13:14; Genesis 14:19; Genesis 14:21; Genesis 14:22; Genesis 14:23; Genesis 15:1; Genesis 15:2; Genesis 15:3; Genesis 15:4; Genesis 15:5; Genesis 15:7; Genesis 15:8; Genesis 15:9; Genesis 15:13; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 16:2; Genesis 16:5; Genesis 16:6; Genesis 16:8; Genesis 16:9; Genesis 16:10; Genesis 16:11; Genesis 16:13; Genesis 17:1; Genesis 17:3; Genesis 17:9; Genesis 17:15; Genesis 17:17; Genesis 17:18; Genesis 17:19; Genesis 18:3; Genesis 18:5; Genesis 18:6; Genesis 18:9; Genesis 18:10; Genesis 18:12; Genesis 18:13; Genesis 18:15; Genesis 18:17; Genesis 18:20; Genesis 18:23; Genesis 18:26; Genesis 18:27; Genesis 18:28; Genesis 18:29; Genesis 18:30; Genesis 18:31; Genesis 18:32; Genesis 19:2; Genesis 19:5; Genesis 19:7; Genesis 19:9; Genesis 19:12; Genesis 19:14; Genesis 19:15; Genesis 19:17; Genesis 19:18; Genesis 19:21; Genesis 19:31; Genesis 19:34; Genesis 20:2; Genesis 20:3; Genesis 20:4; Genesis 20:5; Genesis 20:6; Genesis 20:9; Genesis 20:10; Genesis 20:11; Genesis 20:13; Genesis 20:15; Genesis 20:16; Genesis 21:1; Genesis 21:6; Genesis 21:7; Genesis 21:10; Genesis 21:12; Genesis 21:16; Genesis 21:17; Genesis 21:22; Genesis 21:24; Genesis 21:26; Genesis 21:29; Genesis 21:30; Genesis 22:1; Genesis 22:2; Genesis 22:3; Genesis 22:5; Genesis 22:7; Genesis 22:8; Genesis 22:9; Genesis 22:11; Genesis 22:12; Genesis 22:14; Genesis 22:16; Genesis 22:20; Genesis 23:3; Genesis 23:5; Genesis 23:8; Genesis 23:10; Genesis 23:13; Genesis 23:14; Genesis 24:2; Genesis 24:5; Genesis 24:6; Genesis 24:7; Genesis 24:12; Genesis 24:14; Genesis 24:17; Genesis 24:18; Genesis 24:19; Genesis 24:23; Genesis 24:24; Genesis 24:25; Genesis 24:27; Genesis 24:30; Genesis 24:31; Genesis 24:33; Genesis 24:34; Genesis 24:37; Genesis 24:39; Genesis 24:40; Genesis 24:42; Genesis 24:43; Genesis 24:44; Genesis 24:45; Genesis 24:46; Genesis 24:47; Genesis 24:50; Genesis 24:54; Genesis 24:55; Genesis 24:56; Genesis 24:57; Genesis 24:58; Genesis 24:60; Genesis 24:65; Genesis 25:22; Genesis 25:23; Genesis 25:30; Genesis 25:31; Genesis 25:32; Genesis 25:33; Genesis 26:2; Genesis 26:7; Genesis 26:9; Genesis 26:10; Genesis 26:11; Genesis 26:16; Genesis 26:20; Genesis 26:22; Genesis 26:24; Genesis 26:27; Genesis 26:28; Genesis 26:32; Genesis 27:1; Genesis 27:2; Genesis 27:6; Genesis 27:11; Genesis 27:13; Genesis 27:18; Genesis 27:19; Genesis 27:20; Genesis 27:21; Genesis 27:22; Genesis 27:24; Genesis 27:25; Genesis 27:26; Genesis 27:27; Genesis 27:31; Genesis 27:32; Genesis 27:33; Genesis 27:34; Genesis 27:35; Genesis 27:36; Genesis 27:37; Genesis 27:38; Genesis 27:39; Genesis 27:41; Genesis 27:42; Genesis 27:46; Genesis 28:1; Genesis 28:6; Genesis 28:13; Genesis 28:16; Genesis 28:17; Genesis 28:20; Genesis 29:4; Genesis 29:5; Genesis 29:6; Genesis 29:7; Genesis 29:8; Genesis 29:14; Genesis 29:15; Genesis 29:18; Genesis 29:19; Genesis 29:21; Genesis 29:25; Genesis 29:26; Genesis 29:32; Genesis 29:33; Genesis 29:34; Genesis 29:35; Genesis 30:1; Genesis 30:2; Genesis 30:3; Genesis 30:6; Genesis 30:8; Genesis 30:11; Genesis 30:13; Genesis 30:14; Genesis 30:15; Genesis 30:16; Genesis 30:18; Genesis 30:20; Genesis 30:23; Genesis 30:24; Genesis 30:25; Genesis 30:27; Genesis 30:28; Genesis 30:29; Genesis 30:31; Genesis 30:34; Genesis 31:1; Genesis 31:3; Genesis 31:5; Genesis 31:8; Genesis 31:11; Genesis 31:12; Genesis 31:14; Genesis 31:16; Genesis 31:24; Genesis 31:26; Genesis 31:29; Genesis 31:31; Genesis 31:35; Genesis 31:36; Genesis 31:43; Genesis 31:46; Genesis 31:48; Genesis 31:49; Genesis 31:51; Genesis 32:2; Genesis 32:4; Genesis 32:6; Genesis 32:8; Genesis 32:9; Genesis 32:12; Genesis 32:16; Genesis 32:17; Genesis 32:18; Genesis 32:19; Genesis 32:20; Genesis 32:26; Genesis 32:27; Genesis 32:28; Genesis 32:29; Genesis 33:5; Genesis 33:8; Genesis 33:9; Genesis 33:10; Genesis 33:12; Genesis 33:13; Genesis 33:15; Genesis 34:4; Genesis 34:8; Genesis 34:11; Genesis 34:12; Genesis 34:14; Genesis 34:20; Genesis 34:30; Genesis 34:31; Genesis 35:1; Genesis 35:2; Genesis 35:10; Genesis 35:11; Genesis 35:17; Genesis 37:6; Genesis 37:8; Genesis 37:9; Genesis 37:10; Genesis 37:13; Genesis 37:14; Genesis 37:15; Genesis 37:16; Genesis 37:17; Genesis 37:19; Genesis 37:20; Genesis 37:21; Genesis 37:22; Genesis 37:26; Genesis 37:30; Genesis 37:32; Genesis 37:33; Genesis 37:35; Genesis 38:8; Genesis 38:11; Genesis 38:13; Genesis 38:16; Genesis 38:17; Genesis 38:18; Genesis 38:21; Genesis 38:22; Genesis 38:23; Genesis 38:24; Genesis 38:25; Genesis 38:26; Genesis 38:28; Genesis 38:29; Genesis 39:7; Genesis 39:8; Genesis 39:12; Genesis 39:14; Genesis 39:17; Genesis 39:19; Genesis 40:7; Genesis 40:8; Genesis 40:9; Genesis 40:12; Genesis 40:16; Genesis 40:18; Genesis 41:9; Genesis 41:15; Genesis 41:16; Genesis 41:24; Genesis 41:25; Genesis 41:38; Genesis 41:39; Genesis 41:41; Genesis 41:44; Genesis 41:54; Genesis 41:55; Genesis 42:1; Genesis 42:2; Genesis 42:4; Genesis 42:7; Genesis 42:9; Genesis 42:10; Genesis 42:12; Genesis 42:13; Genesis 42:14; Genesis 42:18; Genesis 42:21; Genesis 42:22; Genesis 42:28; Genesis 42:29; Genesis 42:31; Genesis 42:33; Genesis 42:36; Genesis 42:37; Genesis 42:38; Genesis 43:2; Genesis 43:3; Genesis 43:5; Genesis 43:6; Genesis 43:7; Genesis 43:8; Genesis 43:11; Genesis 43:16; Genesis 43:17; Genesis 43:18; Genesis 43:20; Genesis 43:23; Genesis 43:27; Genesis 43:28; Genesis 43:29; Genesis 43:31; Genesis 44:1; Genesis 44:4; Genesis 44:7; Genesis 44:10; Genesis 44:15; Genesis 44:16; Genesis 44:17; Genesis 44:18; Genesis 44:19; Genesis 44:20; Genesis 44:21; Genesis 44:22; Genesis 44:23; Genesis 44:25; Genesis 44:26; Genesis 44:27; Genesis 44:28; Genesis 44:32; Genesis 45:3; Genesis 45:4; Genesis 45:9; Genesis 45:16; Genesis 45:17; Genesis 45:24; Genesis 45:26; Genesis 45:28; Genesis 46:2; Genesis 46:3; Genesis 46:30; Genesis 46:31; Genesis 46:33; Genesis 46:34; Genesis 47:1; Genesis 47:3; Genesis 47:4; Genesis 47:5; Genesis 47:8; Genesis 47:9; Genesis 47:15; Genesis 47:16; Genesis 47:18; Genesis 47:23; Genesis 47:25; Genesis 47:29; Genesis 47:30; Genesis 47:31; Genesis 48:1; Genesis 48:2; Genesis 48:3; Genesis 48:4; Genesis 48:8; Genesis 48:9; Genesis 48:11; Genesis 48:15; Genesis 48:18; Genesis 48:19; Genesis 48:20; Genesis 48:21; Genesis 49:1; Genesis 49:29; Genesis 50:4; Genesis 50:5; Genesis 50:6; Genesis 50:11; Genesis 50:15; Genesis 50:16; Genesis 50:17; Genesis 50:18; Genesis 50:19; Genesis 50:24; Genesis 50:25

Genesis 1:3

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Genesis 1:6

6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.”

Genesis 1:9

9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:11

11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:14

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,

Genesis 1:20

20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”

Genesis 1:22

22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”

Genesis 1:24

24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:26

26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

Genesis 1:28

28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

Genesis 1:29

29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

Genesis 2:16

16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;

Genesis 2:18

18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

Genesis 2:23

23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”

Genesis 3:1

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”

Genesis 3:2

2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,

Genesis 3:3

3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ ”

Genesis 3:4

4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.

Genesis 3:9

9 But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”

Genesis 3:10

10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

Genesis 3:11

11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

Genesis 3:12

12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

Genesis 3:13

13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Genesis 3:14

14 So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:16

16 To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

Genesis 3:17

17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:22

22 And the LORD God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”

Genesis 4:1

1 Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man.”

Genesis 4:6

6 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?

Genesis 4:8

8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Genesis 4:9

9 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Genesis 4:10

10 The LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:13

13 Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is more than I can bear.

Genesis 4:15

15 But the LORD said to him, “Not so ; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.

Genesis 4:23

23 Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech, hear my words. I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me.

Genesis 5:29

29 He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”

Genesis 6:3

3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal ; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

Genesis 6:7

7 So the LORD said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.”

Genesis 6:13

13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.

Genesis 7:1

1 The LORD then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

Genesis 8:15

15 Then God said to Noah,

Genesis 8:21

21 The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.

Genesis 9:1

1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.

Genesis 9:8

8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him:

Genesis 9:12

12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:

Genesis 9:17

17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

Genesis 9:25

25 he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.”

Genesis 9:26

26 He also said, “Praise be to the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem.

Genesis 10:9

9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

Genesis 11:4

4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

Genesis 11:6

6 The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

Genesis 12:1

1 The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.

Genesis 12:7

7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 12:11

11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know what a beautiful woman you are.

Genesis 12:12

12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

Genesis 12:13

13 Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.”

Genesis 12:18

18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

Genesis 12:19

19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”

Genesis 13:8

8 So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.

Genesis 13:14

14 The LORD said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.

Genesis 14:19

19 and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.

Genesis 14:21

21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself.”

Genesis 14:22

22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “With raised hand I have sworn an oath to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Genesis 14:23

23 that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’

Genesis 15:1

1 After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield,your very great reward. ”

Genesis 15:2

2 But Abram said, “Sovereign LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”

Genesis 15:3

3 And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

Genesis 15:4

4 Then the word of the LORD came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.”

Genesis 15:5

5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”

Genesis 15:7

7 He also said to him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.”

Genesis 15:8

8 But Abram said, “Sovereign LORD, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?”

Genesis 15:9

9 So the LORD said to him, “Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”

Genesis 15:13

13 Then the LORD said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there.

Genesis 15:18

18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—

Genesis 16:2

2 so she said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

Genesis 16:5

5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

Genesis 16:6

6 “Your slave is in your hands,” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.

Genesis 16:8

8 And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.

Genesis 16:9

9 Then the angel of the LORD told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”

Genesis 16:10

10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”

Genesis 16:11

11 The angel of the LORD also said to her: “You are now pregnant and you will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael,for the LORD has heard of your misery.

Genesis 16:13

13 She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”

Genesis 17:1

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty ; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.

Genesis 17:3

3 Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

Genesis 17:9

9 Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.

Genesis 17:15

15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

Genesis 17:17

17 Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

Genesis 17:18

18 And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!”

Genesis 17:19

19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Genesis 18:3

3 He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by.

Genesis 18:5

5 Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.” “Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”

Genesis 18:6

6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”

Genesis 18:9

9 “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him. “There, in the tent,” he said.

Genesis 18:10

10 Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.” Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.

Genesis 18:12

12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

Genesis 18:13

13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’

Genesis 18:15

15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.” But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”

Genesis 18:17

17 Then the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

Genesis 18:20

20 Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous

Genesis 18:23

23 Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Genesis 18:26

26 The LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

Genesis 18:27

27 Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,

Genesis 18:28

28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?” “If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”

Genesis 18:29

29 Once again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found there?” He said, “For the sake of forty, I will not do it.”

Genesis 18:30

30 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?” He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

Genesis 18:31

31 Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?” He said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.”

Genesis 18:32

32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?” He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”

Genesis 19:2

2 “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

Genesis 19:5

5 They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”

Genesis 19:7

7 and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing.

Genesis 19:9

9 “Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.

Genesis 19:12

12 The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,

Genesis 19:14

14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

Genesis 19:15

15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.”

Genesis 19:17

17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”

Genesis 19:18

18 But Lot said to them, “No, my lords, please!

Genesis 19:21

21 He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.

Genesis 19:31

31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth.

Genesis 19:34

34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.”

Genesis 20:2

2 and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.

Genesis 20:3

3 But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.”

Genesis 20:4

4 Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?

Genesis 20:5

5 Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.”

Genesis 20:6

6 Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

Genesis 20:9

9 Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”

Genesis 20:10

10 And Abimelek asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”

Genesis 20:11

11 Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’

Genesis 20:13

13 And when God had me wander from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”

Genesis 20:15

15 And Abimelek said, “My land is before you; live wherever you like.”

Genesis 20:16

16 To Sarah he said, “I am giving your brother a thousand shekels of silver. This is to cover the offense against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.”

Genesis 21:1

1 Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised.

Genesis 21:6

6 Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

Genesis 21:7

7 And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

Genesis 21:10

10 and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”

Genesis 21:12

12 But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.

Genesis 21:16

16 Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she began to sob.

Genesis 21:17

17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

Genesis 21:22

22 At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.

Genesis 21:24

24 Abraham said, “I swear it.”

Genesis 21:26

26 But Abimelek said, “I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.”

Genesis 21:29

29 and Abimelek asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?”

Genesis 21:30

30 He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.”

Genesis 22:1

1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

Genesis 22:2

2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”

Genesis 22:3

3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.

Genesis 22:5

5 He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”

Genesis 22:7

7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

Genesis 22:8

8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.

Genesis 22:9

9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

Genesis 22:11

11 But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

Genesis 22:12

12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”

Genesis 22:14

14 So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

Genesis 22:16

16 and said, “I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Genesis 22:20

20 Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor:

Genesis 23:3

3 Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,

Genesis 23:5

5 The Hittites replied to Abraham,

Genesis 23:8

8 He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

Genesis 23:10

10 Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

Genesis 23:13

13 and he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there.”

Genesis 23:14

14 Ephron answered Abraham,

Genesis 24:2

2 He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh.

Genesis 24:5

5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?”

Genesis 24:6

6 “Make sure that you do not take my son back there,” Abraham said.

Genesis 24:7

7 “The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.

Genesis 24:12

12 Then he prayed, “LORD, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

Genesis 24:14

14 May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’—let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”

Genesis 24:17

17 The servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.”

Genesis 24:18

18 “Drink, my lord,” she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

Genesis 24:19

19 After she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have had enough to drink.”

Genesis 24:23

23 Then he asked, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

Genesis 24:24

24 She answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milkah bore to Nahor.”

Genesis 24:25

25 And she added, “We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night.”

Genesis 24:27

27 saying, “Praise be to the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

Genesis 24:30

30 As soon as he had seen the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man said to her, he went out to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring.

Genesis 24:31

31 “Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” he said. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”

Genesis 24:33

33 Then food was set before him, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I have to say.” “Then tell us,” Laban said.

Genesis 24:34

34 So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.

Genesis 24:37

37 And my master made me swear an oath, and said, ‘You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,

Genesis 24:39

39 “Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’

Genesis 24:40

40 “He replied, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked faithfully, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father’s family.

Genesis 24:42

42 “When I came to the spring today, I said, ‘LORD, God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come.

Genesis 24:43

43 See, I am standing beside this spring. If a young woman comes out to draw water and I say to her, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar,”

Genesis 24:44

44 and if she says to me, “Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels too,” let her be the one the LORD has chosen for my master’s son.’

Genesis 24:45

45 “Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’

Genesis 24:46

46 “She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too.’ So I drank, and she watered the camels also.

Genesis 24:47

47 “I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ “She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milkah bore to him.’ “Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms,

Genesis 24:50

50 Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we can say nothing to you one way or the other.

Genesis 24:54

54 Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”

Genesis 24:55

55 But her brother and her mother replied, “Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so; then you may go.”

Genesis 24:56

56 But he said to them, “Do not detain me, now that the LORD has granted success to my journey. Send me on my way so I may go to my master.”

Genesis 24:57

57 Then they said, “Let’s call the young woman and ask her about it.”

Genesis 24:58

58 So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she said.

Genesis 24:60

60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you increase to thousands upon thousands; may your offspring possess the cities of their enemies.”

Genesis 24:65

65 and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.

Genesis 25:22

22 The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the LORD.

Genesis 25:23

23 The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

Genesis 25:30

30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom. )

Genesis 25:31

31 Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

Genesis 25:32

32 “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”

Genesis 25:33

33 But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.

Genesis 26:2

2 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.

Genesis 26:7

7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”

Genesis 26:9

9 So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.”

Genesis 26:10

10 Then Abimelek said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

Genesis 26:11

11 So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: “Anyone who harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”

Genesis 26:16

16 Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.”

Genesis 26:20

20 But the herders of Gerar quarreled with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.

Genesis 26:22

22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the LORD has given us room and we will flourish in the land.”

Genesis 26:24

24 That night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”

Genesis 26:27

27 Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?”

Genesis 26:28

28 They answered, “We saw clearly that the LORD was with you; so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’—between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you

Genesis 26:32

32 That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!”

Genesis 27:1

1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” he answered.

Genesis 27:2

2 Isaac said, “I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.

Genesis 27:6

6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Look, I overheard your father say to your brother Esau,

Genesis 27:11

11 Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin.

Genesis 27:13

13 His mother said to him, “My son, let the curse fall on me. Just do what I say; go and get them for me.”

Genesis 27:18

18 He went to his father and said, “My father.” “Yes, my son,” he answered. “Who is it?”

Genesis 27:19

19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.”

Genesis 27:20

20 Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?” “The LORD your God gave me success,” he replied.

Genesis 27:21

21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not.”

Genesis 27:22

22 Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

Genesis 27:24

24 “Are you really my son Esau?” he asked. “I am,” he replied.

Genesis 27:25

25 Then he said, “My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing.” Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank.

Genesis 27:26

26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here, my son, and kiss me.”

Genesis 27:27

27 So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.

Genesis 27:31

31 He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, “My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.”

Genesis 27:32

32 His father Isaac asked him, “Who are you?” “I am your son,” he answered, “your firstborn, Esau.”

Genesis 27:33

33 Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!”

Genesis 27:34

34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me—me too, my father!”

Genesis 27:35

35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”

Genesis 27:36

36 Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob ? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: He took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing!” Then he asked, “Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?”

Genesis 27:37

37 Isaac answered Esau, “I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?”

Genesis 27:38

38 Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.

Genesis 27:39

39 His father Isaac answered him, “Your dwelling will be away from the earth’s richness, away from the dew of heaven above.

Genesis 27:41

41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 27:42

42 When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.

Genesis 27:46

46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land, from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.”

Genesis 28:1

1 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.

Genesis 28:6

6 Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”

Genesis 28:13

13 There above it stood the LORD, and he said: “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.

Genesis 28:16

16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”

Genesis 28:17

17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”

Genesis 28:20

20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear

Genesis 29:4

4 Jacob asked the shepherds, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We’re from Harran,” they replied.

Genesis 29:5

5 He said to them, “Do you know Laban, Nahor’s grandson?” “Yes, we know him,” they answered.

Genesis 29:6

6 Then Jacob asked them, “Is he well?” “Yes, he is,” they said, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”

Genesis 29:7

7 “Look,” he said, “the sun is still high; it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”

Genesis 29:8

8 “We can’t,” they replied, “until all the flocks are gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

Genesis 29:14

14 Then Laban said to him, “You are my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month,

Genesis 29:15

15 Laban said to him, “Just because you are a relative of mine, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

Genesis 29:18

18 Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”

Genesis 29:19

19 Laban said, “It’s better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay here with me.”

Genesis 29:21

21 Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife. My time is completed, and I want to make love to her.”

Genesis 29:25

25 When morning came, there was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? I served you for Rachel, didn’t I? Why have you deceived me?”

Genesis 29:26

26 Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one.

Genesis 29:32

32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “It is because the LORD has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now.”

Genesis 29:33

33 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Because the LORD heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.

Genesis 29:34

34 Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.

Genesis 29:35

35 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

Genesis 30:1

1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

Genesis 30:2

2 Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

Genesis 30:3

3 Then she said, “Here is Bilhah, my servant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”

Genesis 30:6

6 Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son.” Because of this she named him Dan.

Genesis 30:8

8 Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.

Genesis 30:11

11 Then Leah said, “What good fortune!” So she named him Gad.

Genesis 30:13

13 Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

Genesis 30:14

14 During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Genesis 30:15

15 But she said to her, “Wasn’t it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son’s mandrakes too?” “Very well,” Rachel said, “he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.”

Genesis 30:16

16 So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You must sleep with me,” she said. “I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

Genesis 30:18

18 Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

Genesis 30:20

20 Then Leah said, “God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor, because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.

Genesis 30:23

23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”

Genesis 30:24

24 She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

Genesis 30:25

25 After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can go back to my own homeland.

Genesis 30:27

27 But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”

Genesis 30:28

28 He added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

Genesis 30:29

29 Jacob said to him, “You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care.

Genesis 30:31

31 “What shall I give you?” he asked. “Don’t give me anything,” Jacob replied. “But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending your flocks and watching over them:

Genesis 30:34

34 “Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

Genesis 31:1

1 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.”

Genesis 31:3

3 Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

Genesis 31:5

5 He said to them, “I see that your father’s attitude toward me is not what it was before, but the God of my father has been with me.

Genesis 31:8

8 If he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your wages,’ then all the flocks gave birth to speckled young; and if he said, ‘The streaked ones will be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore streaked young.

Genesis 31:11

11 The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob.’ I answered, ‘Here I am.’

Genesis 31:12

12 And he said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.

Genesis 31:14

14 Then Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we still have any share in the inheritance of our father’s estate?

Genesis 31:16

16 Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you.”

Genesis 31:24

24 Then God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

Genesis 31:26

26 Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You’ve deceived me, and you’ve carried off my daughters like captives in war.

Genesis 31:29

29 I have the power to harm you; but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

Genesis 31:31

31 Jacob answered Laban, “I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.

Genesis 31:35

35 Rachel said to her father, “Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I’m having my period.” So he searched but could not find the household gods.

Genesis 31:36

36 Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. “What is my crime?” he asked Laban. “How have I wronged you that you hunt me down?

Genesis 31:43

43 Laban answered Jacob, “The women are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks. All you see is mine. Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine, or about the children they have borne?

Genesis 31:46

46 He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

Genesis 31:48

48 Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

Genesis 31:49

49 It was also called Mizpah, because he said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.

Genesis 31:51

51 Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is this heap, and here is this pillar I have set up between you and me.

Genesis 32:2

2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.

Genesis 32:4

4 He instructed them: “This is what you are to say to my lord Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now.

Genesis 32:6

6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”

Genesis 32:8

8 He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one group, the group that is left may escape.”

Genesis 32:9

9 Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, LORD, you who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’

Genesis 32:12

12 But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’ ”

Genesis 32:16

16 He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds.”

Genesis 32:17

17 He instructed the one in the lead: “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to, and where are you going, and who owns all these animals in front of you?’

Genesis 32:18

18 then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.’ ”

Genesis 32:19

19 He also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds: “You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.

Genesis 32:20

20 And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”

Genesis 32:26

26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

Genesis 32:27

27 The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered.

Genesis 32:28

28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”

Genesis 32:29

29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there.

Genesis 33:5

5 Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked. Jacob answered, “They are the children God has graciously given your servant.”

Genesis 33:8

8 Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?” “To find favor in your eyes, my lord,” he said.

Genesis 33:9

9 But Esau said, “I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”

Genesis 33:10

10 “No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably.

Genesis 33:12

12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany you.”

Genesis 33:13

13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.

Genesis 33:15

15 Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.” “But why do that?” Jacob asked. “Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”

Genesis 34:4

4 And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”

Genesis 34:8

8 But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

Genesis 34:11

11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask.

Genesis 34:12

12 Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife.”

Genesis 34:14

14 They said to them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.

Genesis 34:20

20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city.

Genesis 34:30

30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

Genesis 34:31

31 But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”

Genesis 35:1

1 Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:2

2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.

Genesis 35:10

10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel. ” So he named him Israel.

Genesis 35:11

11 And God said to him, “I am God Almighty ; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.

Genesis 35:17

17 And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”

Genesis 37:6

6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

Genesis 37:8

8 His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.

Genesis 37:9

9 Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

Genesis 37:10

10 When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

Genesis 37:13

13 and Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.” “Very well,” he replied.

Genesis 37:14

14 So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. When Joseph arrived at Shechem,

Genesis 37:15

15 a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, “What are you looking for?”

Genesis 37:16

16 He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?”

Genesis 37:17

17 “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan.

Genesis 37:19

19 “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to each other.

Genesis 37:20

20 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”

Genesis 37:21

21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said.

Genesis 37:22

22 “Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.

Genesis 37:26

26 Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Genesis 37:30

30 He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy isn’t there! Where can I turn now?”

Genesis 37:32

32 They took the ornate robe back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.”

Genesis 37:33

33 He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”

Genesis 37:35

35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.” So his father wept for him.

Genesis 38:8

8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.”

Genesis 38:11

11 Judah then said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s household until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, just like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s household.

Genesis 38:13

13 When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

Genesis 38:16

16 Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “And what will you give me to sleep with you?” she asked.

Genesis 38:17

17 “I’ll send you a young goat from my flock,” he said. “Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?” she asked.

Genesis 38:18

18 He said, “What pledge should I give you?” “Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand,” she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

Genesis 38:21

21 He asked the men who lived there, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute here,” they said.

Genesis 38:22

22 So he went back to Judah and said, “I didn’t find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, ‘There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute here.’ ”

Genesis 38:23

23 Then Judah said, “Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you didn’t find her.”

Genesis 38:24

24 About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.” Judah said, “Bring her out and have her burned to death!”

Genesis 38:25

25 As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. “I am pregnant by the man who owns these,” she said. And she added, “See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are.”

Genesis 38:26

26 Judah recognized them and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I wouldn’t give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not sleep with her again.

Genesis 38:28

28 As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist and said, “This one came out first.”

Genesis 38:29

29 But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, “So this is how you have broken out!” And he was named Perez.

Genesis 39:7

7 and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!”

Genesis 39:8

8 But he refused. “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care.

Genesis 39:12

12 She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.

Genesis 39:14

14 she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed.

Genesis 39:17

17 Then she told him this story: “That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me.

Genesis 39:19

19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger.

Genesis 40:7

7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”

Genesis 40:8

8 “We both had dreams,” they answered, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

Genesis 40:9

9 So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. He said to him, “In my dream I saw a vine in front of me,

Genesis 40:12

12 “This is what it means,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.

Genesis 40:16

16 When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets of bread.

Genesis 40:18

18 “This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days.

Genesis 41:9

9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I am reminded of my shortcomings.

Genesis 41:15

15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”

Genesis 41:16

16 “I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.”

Genesis 41:24

24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me.”

Genesis 41:25

25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Genesis 41:38

38 So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God ?”

Genesis 41:39

39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you.

Genesis 41:41

41 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.”

Genesis 41:44

44 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.”

Genesis 41:54

54 and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food.

Genesis 41:55

55 When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried to Pharaoh for food. Then Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do what he tells you.”

Genesis 42:1

1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”

Genesis 42:2

2 He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

Genesis 42:4

4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.

Genesis 42:7

7 As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied, “to buy food.”

Genesis 42:9

9 Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”

Genesis 42:10

10 “No, my lord,” they answered. “Your servants have come to buy food.

Genesis 42:12

12 “No!” he said to them. “You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”

Genesis 42:13

13 But they replied, “Your servants were twelve brothers, the sons of one man, who lives in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

Genesis 42:14

14 Joseph said to them, “It is just as I told you: You are spies!

Genesis 42:18

18 On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:

Genesis 42:21

21 They said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that’s why this distress has come on us.”

Genesis 42:22

22 Reuben replied, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn’t listen! Now we must give an accounting for his blood.”

Genesis 42:28

28 “My silver has been returned,” he said to his brothers. “Here it is in my sack.” Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”

Genesis 42:29

29 When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them. They said,

Genesis 42:31

31 But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.

Genesis 42:33

33 “Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go.

Genesis 42:36

36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!”

Genesis 42:37

37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him back.”

Genesis 42:38

38 But Jacob said, “My son will not go down there with you; his brother is dead and he is the only one left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow.”

Genesis 43:2

2 So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

Genesis 43:3

3 But Judah said to him, “The man warned us solemnly, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’

Genesis 43:5

5 But if you will not send him, we will not go down, because the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’ ”

Genesis 43:6

6 Israel asked, “Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had another brother?”

Genesis 43:7

7 They replied, “The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. ‘Is your father still living?’ he asked us. ‘Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

Genesis 43:8

8 Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.

Genesis 43:11

11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift—a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.

Genesis 43:16

16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare a meal; they are to eat with me at noon.”

Genesis 43:17

17 The man did as Joseph told him and took the men to Joseph’s house.

Genesis 43:18

18 Now the men were frightened when they were taken to his house. They thought, “We were brought here because of the silver that was put back into our sacks the first time. He wants to attack us and overpower us and seize us as slaves and take our donkeys.”

Genesis 43:20

20 “We beg your pardon, our lord,” they said, “we came down here the first time to buy food.

Genesis 43:23

23 “It’s all right,” he said. “Don’t be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.

Genesis 43:27

27 He asked them how they were, and then he said, “How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?”

Genesis 43:28

28 They replied, “Your servant our father is still alive and well.” And they bowed down, prostrating themselves before him.

Genesis 43:29

29 As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” And he said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”

Genesis 43:31

31 After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, “Serve the food.”

Genesis 44:1

1 Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.

Genesis 44:4

4 They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, “Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

Genesis 44:7

7 But they said to him, “Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do anything like that!

Genesis 44:10

10 “Very well, then,” he said, “let it be as you say. Whoever is found to have it will become my slave; the rest of you will be free from blame.”

Genesis 44:15

15 Joseph said to them, “What is this you have done? Don’t you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?”

Genesis 44:16

16 “What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants’ guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves—we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.”

Genesis 44:17

17 But Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do such a thing! Only the man who was found to have the cup will become my slave. The rest of you, go back to your father in peace.”

Genesis 44:18

18 Then Judah went up to him and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.

Genesis 44:19

19 My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

Genesis 44:20

20 And we answered, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

Genesis 44:21

21 “Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see him for myself.’

Genesis 44:22

22 And we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.’

Genesis 44:23

23 But you told your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’

Genesis 44:25

25 “Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy a little more food.’

Genesis 44:26

26 But we said, ‘We cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go. We cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’

Genesis 44:27

27 “Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

Genesis 44:28

28 One of them went away from me, and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.

Genesis 44:32

32 Your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father. I said, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life!’

Genesis 45:3

3 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.

Genesis 45:4

4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!

Genesis 45:9

9 Now hurry back to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay.

Genesis 45:16

16 When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and all his officials were pleased.

Genesis 45:17

17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan,

Genesis 45:24

24 Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, “Don’t quarrel on the way!”

Genesis 45:26

26 They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.” Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them.

Genesis 45:28

28 And Israel said, “I’m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

Genesis 46:2

2 And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, “Jacob! Jacob!” “Here I am,” he replied.

Genesis 46:3

3 “I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

Genesis 46:30

30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive.”

Genesis 46:31

31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

Genesis 46:33

33 When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’

Genesis 46:34

34 you should answer, ‘Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”

Genesis 47:1

1 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”

Genesis 47:3

3 Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?” “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied to Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.”

Genesis 47:4

4 They also said to him, “We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants’ flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”

Genesis 47:5

5 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you,

Genesis 47:8

8 Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”

Genesis 47:9

9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.”

Genesis 47:15

15 When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Our money is all gone.”

Genesis 47:16

16 “Then bring your livestock,” said Joseph. “I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock, since your money is gone.”

Genesis 47:18

18 When that year was over, they came to him the following year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord the fact that since our money is gone and our livestock belongs to you, there is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.

Genesis 47:23

23 Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you so you can plant the ground.

Genesis 47:25

25 “You have saved our lives,” they said. “May we find favor in the eyes of our lord; we will be in bondage to Pharaoh.”

Genesis 47:29

29 When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

Genesis 47:30

30 but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.” “I will do as you say,” he said.

Genesis 47:31

31 “Swear to me,” he said. Then Joseph swore to him, and Israel worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

Genesis 48:1

1 Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.

Genesis 48:2

2 When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.

Genesis 48:3

3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me

Genesis 48:4

4 and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’

Genesis 48:8

8 When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”

Genesis 48:9

9 “They are the sons God has given me here,” Joseph said to his father. Then Israel said, “Bring them to me so I may bless them.”

Genesis 48:11

11 Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too.”

Genesis 48:15

15 Then he blessed Joseph and said, “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

Genesis 48:18

18 Joseph said to him, “No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”

Genesis 48:19

19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.”

Genesis 48:20

20 He blessed them that day and said, “In your name will Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’ ” So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

Genesis 48:21

21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and take you back to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 49:1

1 Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.

Genesis 49:29

29 Then he gave them these instructions: “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Genesis 50:4

4 When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him,

Genesis 50:5

5 ‘My father made me swear an oath and said, “I am about to die; bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’ ”

Genesis 50:6

6 Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”

Genesis 50:11

11 When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.” That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.

Genesis 50:15

15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?”

Genesis 50:16

16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions before he died:

Genesis 50:17

17 ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

Genesis 50:18

18 His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said.

Genesis 50:19

19 But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

Genesis 50:24

24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”

Genesis 50:25

25 And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”