Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and...
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Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and...
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for...
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one with...
Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought...
Now to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. ...
So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every Egyptian sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. Thus the...
So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. God spoke to Israel...
Now when the news was heard in Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. Then Pharaoh said to...
Then Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man whether you still had another brother?” But they said, “The man...
Now Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went...
Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers in charge of the land, and let him exact a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt...
Thus it came about on the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of...
Now when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” his anger burned. So...
Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. It came about after these events that his master’s wife looked with desire at Joseph, and...
Now it was about three months later that Judah was informed, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has played the harlot, and behold, she is also...
Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it for us to kill our brother and cover up his blood? Come and let us sell him to the...
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. He said to them, “Please listen to this dream...
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan. These are the records of the generations of Jacob...
Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and she suffered...
Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your...
Then Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah...
Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your relatives...
Then Jacob arose and put his children and his wives upon camels; and he drove away all his livestock and all his property which he had...
Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I...
Now the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. Leah conceived and bore a son and named him Reuben...
Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?” Now...
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter...
He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and...
So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go...
So Jacob came close to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” ...
Now it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he...
But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing water, the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of...
Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived. But the...
Now Isaac had come from going to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the Negev. Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening;...
Then the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and set out with a variety of good things of his master’s in his hand; and...
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Then they came to the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood, and...
Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife. Besides, she...
The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar. Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of...
Then the two men said to Lot, “Whom else have you here? A son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whomever you have in the city...
Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the Lord. Abraham came near and said...
Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “There, in the tent.” He said, “I will surely return to you at this time...
Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying, As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you will be the father of...
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar. So Sarai said to Abram, “Now behold...
And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him...
Then after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley...
So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers. ...
Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. It came about...
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will...
They said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name...