כִּי (ki)

God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.

The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after…

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their…

God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on…

God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.

No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused…

but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely…

The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken…

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God…

for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

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…

Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for…

The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

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

Yahweh God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal…

To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and have eaten from the tree, about which I commanded…

You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are…

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

From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the…

Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a…

If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times.”

Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another child…

Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.

When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,

God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.

Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart…

Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping…

God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

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

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

In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing…

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…

Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma. Yahweh said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake…

Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.

To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother’s name…

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh…

There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in…

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…

It will happen that when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will…

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?

The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their possessions were so great that they…

Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for…

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

for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.

Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its width; for I will give it to you.”

When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led out his three hundred eighteen trained men, born in his…

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…

He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”

He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will…

In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”

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

Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had…

Yahweh’s angel said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because…

She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees,” for she said, “Have I even stayed alive after…

Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of…

God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah.

I will get a piece of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to…

Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”

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

Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

and he said, “See now, my lords, please come into your servant’s house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can…

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…

for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown so great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent…

Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get out of this…

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

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.…

God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld…

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…

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

Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you have done this thing?”

Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’

For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

She said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”

Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my…

God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all…

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

She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of…

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,…

Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”

He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”

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

He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not…

and said, “‘I have sworn by myself,’ says Yahweh, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son,…

that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the…

But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ then she says,…

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…

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

Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.

Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with some of that red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these…

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,…

When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold,…

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

The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.

Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”

The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well…

He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. So he called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now…

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…

They said, “We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and…

When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My…

Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He said, “Because Yahweh your God gave me…

He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.

He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now…

Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as…

Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.

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

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not…

He was afraid, and said, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of…

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.

Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your…

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

Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction;…

She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, “Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me…

She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him…

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or…

When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.

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…

Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons.”…

Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have…

For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I…

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

and said to them, “I see the expression on your father’s face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my…

You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.

He said, ‘Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and…

Aren’t we considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us, and has also used up our money.

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.

Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.

Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods?”

Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.’

Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it.” For…

She said to her father, “Don’t let my lord be angry that I can’t rise up before you; for I’m having my period.” He…

Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly…

Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my…

Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have…

and Mizpah, for he said, “Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

Jacob said, “Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have…

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

Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young,…

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…

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…

He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the…

God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named…

When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”

As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.

For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn’t bear them because…

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…

His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak…

The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” Joseph went after his brothers, and…

Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

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…

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down…

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…

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

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

When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

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…

Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew…

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.…

No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife.…

When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had run outside,

When he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment by me, and ran outside.”

But remember me when it is well with you. Please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me…

For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me…

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and behold,…

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…

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

The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.

Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my…

The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

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

Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may…

But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”

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

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…

Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is…

They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers…

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

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…

but if you don’t send him, we won’t go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is…

They said, “The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still…

for if we hadn’t delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now.”

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

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…

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

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

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

Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Don’t you know that such a man as I can indeed do…

Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t…

When we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

We said, ‘We can’t go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s…

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

it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of…

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…

For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn’t with me?—lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Does my father still live?” His brothers couldn’t answer him; for they were…

Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be no plowing…

So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and…

There I will provide for you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your…

Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

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…

He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great…

Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”

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

It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’

that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our…

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

There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan…

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

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine…

Only he didn’t buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which…

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

When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s…

Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to…

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

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter…

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

He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and…

Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy…

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully…

‘You shall tell Joseph, “Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to…

Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?