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Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man…

Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

As time passed, Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground.

Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. Yahweh respected Abel and his offering,

The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had…

God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will…

I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the…

But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’…

Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They…

Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind,…

Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in…

Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters.

went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth—the sons of Noah—and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with…

Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah.

Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; then Yahweh shut him in.

but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned into the ship to him, for the waters were on the surface…

The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the…

The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon—as you go toward Gerar—to Gaza—as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and…

Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife.…

Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom…

When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to…

When Abram had come into Egypt, some Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh…

Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.

In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim,…

They returned, and came to En Mishpat (also called Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the…

One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother…

When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.

It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed…

Sarai said to Abram, “See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I will…

He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where did you come from? Where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the face…

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the…

I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”

The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed…

He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked…

They called to Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we…

See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to…

They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a…

But the men reached out their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

The firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us in the way…

They made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father. He didn’t know when…

It came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father.…

But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman…

Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have…

When God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you shall show to me.…

They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound…

Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep…

Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the…

to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

Abraham was old, and well advanced in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.

When he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister,…

He said, “Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the…

The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his…

Then you will be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don’t give her to you, you shall be clear…

I came today to the spring, and said, ‘Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go—

Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the South.

Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes and looked. Behold, there were camels…

Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. So Isaac was…

They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.

Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.

Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you…

Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”

The same day, Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have…

Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.”

Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’

You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”

What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a…

He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

He came to his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”

He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.” He brought it near to…

As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau…

He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his…

Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of…

He said, “Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.”

He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the…

He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.”

While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.

When Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and…

Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.”

In the evening, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to Jacob. He went in to her.

He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him seven more years.

She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”

She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.

Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then…

Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have…

So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that…

He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. They…

and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had…

God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either…

Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two female servants; but he didn’t find them.…

That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by…

Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the…

Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He…

Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that…

Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped…

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held…

The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he…

Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword,…

Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.

They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.

Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as…

This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his…

He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you…

He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.”…

They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.

When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him;

They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from…

Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the…

He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”

They took the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it,…

There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her.

Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up…

Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the…

He turned to her by the way, and said, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he didn’t know that she was his…

He said, “What pledge will I give you?” She said, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” He…

About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside.

she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, “Behold, he has brought a Hebrew in to us to mock us. He…

She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.

She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to…

Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw that they were sad.

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his…

and when they had eaten them up, it couldn’t be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the…

Behold, seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt are coming.

Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and store grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the…

To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore…

The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of…

All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.

The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and…

Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He…

Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the…

They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”

By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes…

If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of…

Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.

They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul,…

They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,

Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will…

Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will…

When they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a…

I’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you,…

When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and butcher an…

The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph’s house.

The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and they said, “Because of the money that was…

When we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks, and behold, each man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our…

He said, “Peace be to you. Don’t be afraid. Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks.…

The man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys…

They prepared the present for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.

When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down…

Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and…

Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.

Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the…

For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t bring him to you, then I will bear the…

The report of it was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, “Joseph’s brothers have come.” It pleased Pharaoh well, and his…

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

Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will…

Now you are commanded to do this: Take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and…

They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.

Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.

They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and…

his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his offspring with…

These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all…

The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into…

Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.

Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My…

These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds,…

Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all…

They also said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’…

Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.

Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which…

When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and…

They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and…

When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord how our…

Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the…

Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and…

As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some…

My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed…

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs.…

They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and…