And God said, "Let the earth bring forth herb and grass that sow seed, and fruitful trees that bear fruit, every one in his kind, having their seed in themselves, upon the earth." And it came so to pass.

And the earth brought forth herb and grass sowing seed, every one in his kind, and trees bearing fruit and having their seed in themselves, every one in his kind. And God saw that it was good:

And the LORD God made of the rib which he took out of Adam, a woman, and brought her unto Adam.

And the woman saw that it was a good tree to eat of, and lusty unto the eyes, and a pleasant tree for to make wise. And took of the fruit of it and ate, and gave unto her husband also with her, and he ate.

Moreover, I will put hatred between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. And that seed shall tread thee on the head, and thou shalt tread it on the heel."

And now cursed be thou as pertaining to the earth, which opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood of thine hand.

For when thou tillest the ground she shall henceforth not give her power unto thee. A vagabond and a renegade shalt thou be upon the earth."

And when the dove could find no resting place for her foot, she returned to him again unto the ark, for the waters were upon the face of all the earth. And he put out his hand and took her and pulled her to him into the ark.

and the dove came to him again about eventide, and behold: there was in her mouth a leaf of an olive tree which she had plucked, whereby Noah perceived that the waters were abated upon the earth.

And Pharaoh's lords saw her also, and praised her unto Pharaoh, so that she was taken into Pharaoh's house;

which entreated Abram well for her sake, so that he had sheep, oxen and he-asses, men servants, maid servants, she-asses and camels.

Why saidest thou that she was thy sister, and causedest me to take her to my wife? But now, lo, there is thy wife: take her and be walking."

Wherefore she said unto Abram, "Behold the LORD hath closed me, that I can not bear. I pray thee go in unto my maid, peradventure I shall be multiplied by means of her." And Abram heard the voice of Sarai.

Then Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid the Egyptian - after Abram had dwelled ten years in the land of Canaan - and gave her to her husband Abram, to be his wife.

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived her mistress was despised in her sight.

Then said Sarai unto Abram, "Thou dost me unright, for I have given my maid into thy bosom: and now because she seeth that she hath conceived, I am despised in her sight: the LORD judge between thee and me."

Then said Abram to Sarai, "Behold, thy maid is in thy hand, do with her as it pleaseth thee." And because Sarai fared foul with her, she fled from her.

And the Angel of the LORD found her beside a fountain of water in the wilderness: even by a well in the way to Shur.

And the Angel of the LORD said unto her, "Return to thy mistress again, and submit thyself under her hands."

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, "I will so increase thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude."

And the LORD's angel said further unto her, "See, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael: because the LORD hath heard thy tribulation.

And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, "Thou art the God that lookest on me," for she said, "I have of a surety seen here the back parts of him that seeth me."

And God said unto Abraham, "Sarai, thy wife, shall no more be called Sarai: but Sara shall her name be.

For I will bless her and give thee a son of her; and will bless her so that people, yea and kings of people, shall spring of her."

And the men said moreover unto Lot, "If thou have yet here any son-in-law or sons or daughters or whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring it out of this place:

Behold, here is a city by, to flee unto, and it is a little one, let me save myself therein: is it not a little one, that my soul may live?"

And Lot's wife looked behind her, and was turned in to a pillar of salt.

And they gave their father wine to drink that same night. And the elder daughter went and lay with her father. And he perceived it not; neither when she lay down, neither when she rose up.

But Abimelech had not yet come nigh her, and therefore said, "LORD, wilt thou slay righteous people?

Said not he unto me, that she was his sister? Yea, and said not she herself that he was her brother? With a pure heart and innocent hands have I done this!"

And God said unto him in a dream, "I know it well that thou didst it in the pureness of thy heart: And therefore I kept thee that thou shouldest not sin against me, neither suffered I thee to come nigh her.

Now, therefore, deliver the man his wife again, for he is a prophet. And let him pray for thee that thou mayest live. But and if thou deliver her not again, be sure that thou shalt die the death, with all that thou hast."

And after God caused me to wander out of my father's house, I said unto her, 'This kindness shalt thou show unto me in all places where we come, that thou say of me, how that I am thy brother.'"

The LORD visited Sara as he had said, and did unto her according as he had spoken.

Then she said unto Abraham, "Put away this bondmaid and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac."

Then the LORD said unto Abraham, "Let it not be grievous unto thee, because of the lad and of thy bondmaid: But in all that Sara hath said unto thee, hear her voice, for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

And Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a bottle with water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulders with the lad also, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered up and down in the wilderness of Beersheba.

and went and sat her out of sight a great way; as it were a bowshot off. For she said, "I will not see the lad die." And she sat down out of sight, and lift up her voice and wept.

And God heard the voice of the child. And the angel of God called Hagar out of heaven and said unto her, "What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not, for God hath heard the voice of the child where he lieth.

And God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.

Now therefore swear unto me even here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me nor my children, nor my children's children. But that thou shalt deal with me and the country where thou art a stranger, according unto the kindness that I have showed thee."

After these deeds, God did prove Abraham and said unto him, "Abraham." And he answered, "Here am I."

and said unto his young men, "Bide here with the ass. I and the lad will go yonder and worship and come again unto you."

Then spake Isaac unto Abraham his father and said, "My father?" And he answered, "Here am I, my son." And he said, "See, here is fire and wood, but where is the sheep for sacrifice?"

Then the angel of the LORD called unto him from heaven saying, "Abraham, Abraham?" And he answered, "Here am I."

and then died in a head-city called Hebron in the land of Canaan. Then Abraham came to mourn Sara and to weep for her.

Lo, I stand here by the well of water and the daughters of the men of this city will come out to draw water:

And it came to pass, yer he had left speaking, that Rebekah came out - the daughter of Bethuel, son to Milcah the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother - and her pitcher upon her shoulder.

The damsel was very fair to look upon, and yet a maid and unknown of man. And she went down to the well and filled her pitcher and came up again.

Then the servant ran unto her and said, "Let me sip a little water of thy pitcher."

And she said, "Drink, my lord." And she hasted and let down her pitcher upon her arm and gave him drink.

And she poured out her pitcher into the trough hastily, and ran again unto the well, to fetch water: and drew for all his camels.

And the fellow wondered at her. But held his peace, to wete whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

And as the camels had left drinking, he took an earring of half a sicle weight, and two bracelets for her hands, of ten sicles weight of gold,

and said unto her, "Whose daughter art thou? tell me: is there room in thy father's house, for us to lodge in?"

And the damsel ran and told them of her mother's house these things.

behold, I stand by this well of water, and when a virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her 'give me a little water of thy pitcher to drink,'

And before I had made an end of speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth, and her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well and drew. And I said unto her, 'give me drink.'

And she made haste, and took down her pitcher from off her, and said, 'drink, and I will give thy camels drink also.' And I drank, and she gave the camels drink also.

And I asked her, saying, 'whose daughter art thou?' And she answered, 'the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him.' And I put the earring upon her face and the bracelets upon her hands.

Behold Rebekah before thy face: take her and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, even as the LORD hath said."

And the servant took forth jewels of silver and jewels of gold and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: But unto her brother and to her mother, he gave spices.

But her brother and her mother said, "Let the damsel abide with us a while, and it be but even ten days, and then go thy ways."

And they called forth Rebekah and said unto her, "Wilt thou go with this man?" And she said, "Yea."

Then they brought Rebekah their sister on the way, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and the men that were with him.

And they blessed Rebekah and said unto her, "Thou art our sister, grow into thousand thousands, and thy seed possess the gates of their enemies."

And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and sat them up upon the camels and went their way after the man. And the servant took Rebekah and went his way.

And Rebekah lift up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel,

and said unto the servant, "What man is this that cometh against us in the field?" And the servant said, "It is my master." And then she took her mantle, and put it about her.

Then Isaac brought her in to his mother Sara's tent, and took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her: and so was Isaac comforted over his mother.

And the children strove together within her. Then she said, "If it should go so to pass, what helpeth it that I am with child?" And she went and asked the LORD.

And the LORD said unto her, "There are two manner of people in thy womb, and two nations shall spring out of thy bowels, and the one nation shall be mightier than the other and the eldest shall be servant unto the younger."

And when her time was come to be delivered, behold, there were two twins in her womb.

And the men of the place asked him of his wife, and he said that she was his sister: for he feared to call her his wife lest the men of the place should have killed him for her sake, because she was beautiful to the eye.

And Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, "See, she is of a surety thy wife, and why saidest thou that she was thy sister?" And Isaac said unto him, "I thought that I might peradventure have died for her sake."

And it came to pass that Isaac waxed old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see. Then called he Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him, "My son." And he said unto him, "Here am I."

she spake unto Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I have heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother, and saying,

And she went and fetched goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau which she had in the house with her, and put them upon Jacob her youngest son,

And she put the meat and bread which she had made in the hand of her son Jacob.

And he went in to his father saying, "My father." And he answered, "Here am I, who art thou my son?"

And these words of Esau her eldest son, were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called Jacob her youngest son, and said unto him, "Behold, thy brother Esau threateneth to kill thee.

While he yet talked with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

and told her also that he was her father's brother and Rebekah's son. Then Rachel ran and told her father.

And Jacob loved her well, and said, "I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy youngest daughter."

And Laban answered, "It is better that I give her thee, than to another man: bide therefore with me."

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

And Jacob said unto Laban, "Give me my wife, that I may lie with her. For the time appointed me is come."

And when even was come, he took Lea his daughter and brought her to him and he went in unto her.

And Laban gave unto his daughter Lea, Zilpah his maid, to be her servant.

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his handmaid to be her servant.

When the LORD saw that Lea was despised, he made her fruitful: but Rachel was barren.

When Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, she envied her sister and said unto Jacob, "Give me children, or else I am but dead."

Then she said, "Here is my maid, Bilhah: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my lap, that I may be increased by her."

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife. And Jacob went in unto her:

When Lea saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

And when Jacob came from the fields at even, Lea went out to meet him, and said, "Come in to me, for I have bought thee with my son's mandragoras." And he slept with her that night.

After that she bare a daughter, and called her Dina.

And God remembered Rachel, heard her, and made her fruitful:

And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream saying, 'Jacob?' And I answered, 'Here am I.'

Laban was gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen her father's images.