הוּא (hu)

The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

and the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.

The name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.

The name of the third river is Hiddekel. This is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the…

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

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be…

The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head,…

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire…

The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.

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

Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

His brother’s name was Jubal, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe.

Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron. Tubal Cain’s sister…

A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on Yahweh’s name.

Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred…

You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean,…

Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.

The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.

Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”.

Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.

Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.

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

Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go…

Abram went up out of Egypt—he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him—into the South.

they made war with Bera, king of Sodom; Birsha, king of Gomorrah; Shinab, king of Admah; Shemeber, king of Zeboiim; and…

All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (also called the Salt Sea).

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

The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called…

They took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

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

He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on…

The king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with…

Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High.

Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of…

Behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body…

In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of…

He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. He will…

He who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the…

The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people.…

Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.

He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and…

He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.”…

See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn’t it a little one?), and my…

Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar.…

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

They made their father drink wine that night also. The younger went and lay with him. He didn’t know when she lay down,…

The firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.

The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi. He is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.

Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

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…

Didn’t he tell me, ‘She is my sister’? She, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the…

Now therefore, restore the man’s wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don’t…

Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

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.…

To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of…

I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”

God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What troubles you,…

At that time, Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you…

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.

Abraham called the name of that place “Yahweh Will Provide”. As it is said to this day, “On Yahweh’s mountain, it will…

After these things, Abraham was told, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

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

“My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury…

After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the…

Yahweh, the God of heaven—who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who…

Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of…

then she tells me, “Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,”—let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my…

They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said,…

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

She said to the servant, “Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.”…

Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife…

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

The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest,…

Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to…

Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.

Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with…

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

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…

Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up…

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 called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

He looked, and saw a well in the field, and saw three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they…

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

Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative, and that he was Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.

In the morning, behold, it was Leah! He said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve with you for…

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…

That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and…

For all the riches which God has taken away from our father are ours and our children’s. Now then, whatever God has…

Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.

So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all…

He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

and said to them, “We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

The young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all…

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

Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).

Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now…

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

Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).

Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.

These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.

These are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed…

chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their…

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

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of…

Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His…

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

At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown…

After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to…

She took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate…

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…

Then he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There…

When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also…

His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made all that he did prosper in his hand.

He left all that he had in Joseph’s hand. He didn’t concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate.…

The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there,…

The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that…

and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters produced ripe grapes.

We dreamed a dream in one night, he and I. Each man dreamed according to the interpretation of his dream.

Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.

The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.

That is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.

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 said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’

As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the…

He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along…

and take double money in your hand, and take back the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it…

They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the…

Isn’t this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.’”

He said, “Now also let it be according to your words. He with whom it is found will be my slave; and you will be…

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

He said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my slave; but as…

We said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead,…

Also, don’t concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.”

They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” His heart fainted, for he…

The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in…

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…

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…

Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on…

His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great.…

He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in your name, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’”…

“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.

“A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.

“Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.

Joseph returned into Egypt—he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried…

Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.