לֹא (lo)

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…

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there…

The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

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

but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall…

The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t really die,

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

but he didn’t respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.

If you do well, won’t it be lifted up? If you don’t do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you…

Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

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…

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,…

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…

He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him any more.

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

While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not…

But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.

I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood. There will…

I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no…

Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of…

Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now…

Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

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…

Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the…

that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram…

Abram said, “Behold, you have given no children to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”

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 brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide…

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.”

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Yahweh’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”

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…

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.…

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

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

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.”

What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who…

May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be…

What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will…

He spoke to him yet again, and said, “What if there are forty found there?” He said, “I will not do it for the forty’s…

He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?” He said, “I will not…

He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I…

He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I…

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…

See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown…

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…

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

Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?

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

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…

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

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

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

Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t hear of it until today.”

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,…

“Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold…

“No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of…

I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son…

The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the…

If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son…

The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin. No man had known her. She went down to the spring, filled her…

The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not.

He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth…

Food was set before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told my message.” Laban said, “Speak on.”

My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose…

but you shall go to my father’s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’

I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’

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…

Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or…

Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can’t speak to you bad or good.

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

that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you…

He said, “See now, I am old. I don’t know the day of my 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…

Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

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…

Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

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…

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

Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn’t know it.”

He said, “Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go…

They said, “We can’t, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then…

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…

Laban said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.

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

Laban said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I…

Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in Laban’s flock. He…

but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me.

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

Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with…

and didn’t allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly.

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

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.…

Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt around all the tent, but…

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…

“These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and I haven’t…

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…

May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will…

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.

But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone.”

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

Won’t their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let’s give our consent to them, and…

They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.

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

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

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

Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said…

Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”

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

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…

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…

Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but…

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

He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute…

Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”

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

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

But he refused, and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, my master doesn’t know what is with me in the house, and he has…

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.…

As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn’t listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

They said to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it.” Joseph said to them, “Don’t…

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…

Yet the chief cup bearer didn’t remember Joseph, but forgot him.

and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of…

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 food will be to supply the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; so that the…

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh. Without you, no man shall lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”

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.”

Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.

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

We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”

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

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

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,…

Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen?…

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

We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.

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…

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…

Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is…

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…

Judah said to Israel, his father, “Send the boy with me, and we’ll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die,…

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,…

We have brought down other money in our hand to buy food. We don’t know who put our money in our sacks.”

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

When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men.…

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

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…

We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’

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…

One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him since.

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…

Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go…

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

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…

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

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. The days of the years of my life have…

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…

Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be…

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

Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of…

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn’t see well. Joseph brought them near to him; and he kissed…

Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.”

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

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