In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, has God said, you shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

And God said, Let the earth bring forth vegetation, the plants yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, unto a land that I will show you:

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.

And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in sorrow you shall bring forth children; and your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.

And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every plant bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, which has seed in its fruit; to you it shall be for food.

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and to keep it.

And it came to pass after these things, that God did test Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here am I.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die.

These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

And unto Adam he said, Because you have listened unto the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow shall you eat of it all the days of your life;

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever:

Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

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

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

And the LORD appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return unto the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and unto dust shall you return.

And the serpent said unto the woman, You shall not surely die:

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth.

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon your belly shall you go, and dust shall you eat all the days of your life:

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

And there came two angels to Sodom at evening; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

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

For God does know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up its place with flesh;

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kinds, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kinds: and it was so

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoken of him.

And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was its name.

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enosh:

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

And the LORD smelled a sweet odor; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way of the tree of life.

And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and get you into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell you of.

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

And it came to pass, that, when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And you shall be its desire, and you must rule over it.

And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave;

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; even as the green plants have I given you all things.

And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before you!

And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah:

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of everything that creeps upon the earth,

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Why did you say, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me as a wife: now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way.

And he divided his forces against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

And the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

And he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and male donkeys, and menservants, and maidservants, and female donkeys, and camels.

And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the chief captain of his host spoke unto Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do:

But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and fodder enough, and room to lodge in.

Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape there, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

Now therefore swear unto me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto you, you shall do unto me, and to the land in which you have sojourned.

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to you; and you shall eat the plants of the field;

And Seth lived after he begat Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry, which has come unto me; and if not, I will know.

And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done unto me? why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the King's Valley.

There went in two by two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

And Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bore also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine:

And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

And he said unto him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for which you have spoken.

And he waited yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto you.

And this is the fashion which you shall make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which encompasses the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

And the men turned their faces from there, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was a plucked off olive leaf: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

With whomever you find your gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern what is yours with me, and take it to you. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphtorim.

And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

And Enosh lived after he begat Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan:

And now are you cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand;

But with you will I establish my covenant; and you shall come into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that encompasses the whole land of Cush.

Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brethren, and let your mother's sons bow down to you: cursed be everyone that curses you, and blessed be he that blesses you.

Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

And the man bowed down his head, and worshiped the LORD.

And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

And Isaac said unto them, Why come you to me, seeing you hate me, and have sent me away from you?

And the name of the third river is Tigris: that is it which goes toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

And Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto you at this set time in the next year.

And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Suppose ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.

And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methushael: and Methushael begat Lamech.

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man for wounding me, and a young man for hurting me.

And he spoke unto him yet again, and said, Suppose there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

And Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.

And he drank of the wine, and was drunk; and he was uncovered within his tent.

And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth peopled.

These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall your descendants also be numbered.

And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Suppose there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

A window shall you make for the ark, and within a cubit shall you finish it above; and the door of the ark shall you set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shall you make it.

And he stayed yet another seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; and everything that is in the earth shall die.

And it came to pass, when he came near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a fair woman to look upon:

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

Haste you, escape there for I cannot do anything till you are come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.

And God spoke unto Noah, saying,

And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

Therefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them.

And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you;

And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

And he said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me anything: if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock.

And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, unto Gaza; as you go, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield unto you its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shall you be in the earth.

In the very same day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

Behold, you have driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from your face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that anyone that finds me shall slay me.

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

And Zillah, she also bore Tubalcain, an instructor of every forger in bronze and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:

And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confuse the language of all the earth: and from there did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see you, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save you alive.

And he removed from there unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he built an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

And Abraham said, I will swear.

And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.

And Arpachshad begat Shelah; and Shelah begat Eber.

Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's kinsmen.

And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

By these were the coastlands of the nations divided in their lands; everyone after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto you, to keep them alive.

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh, in which is the breath of life.

Suppose there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are there?

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shall you take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have dug this well.

And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and bitumen had they for mortar.

Go forth from the ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalalel:

And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point of death: and what profit shall this birthright be to me?

And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?

The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

And Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creeps upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

And he quit talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

They, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of every sort.

The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke unto me, and that swore unto me, saying, Unto your descendants will I give this land; he shall send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife unto my son from there.

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: therefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

Suppose there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

And Mahalalel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

And take with you of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to you; and it shall be for food for you, and for them.

And Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, and every man:

Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

And he said, Come in, you blessed of the LORD; why stand you outside? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

So the LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the Negeb.

All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:

And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

And Isaac his father said unto him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn Esau.

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in clothing of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

And their territory was from Mesha, as you go unto Sephar a mount of the east.

And every living thing was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to yourself.

And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, your brother Esau, concerning you, does comfort himself, purposing to kill you.

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

And you, be you fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left speaking with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

Fifteen cubits above did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

And my master made me swear, saying, You shall not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;

And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.

And Esau said unto his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

Although you have searched all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both.

And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne?

And by your sword shall you live, and shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck.

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin comes forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray you, a little water of your pitcher to drink;

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins in the same day, as God had said unto him.

And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch: and he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

This twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten.

And I bowed down my head, and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was severe in the land.

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:

And tarry with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away;

And God created great sea creatures, and every living thing that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

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

And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

And Noah began to till the soil, and he planted a vineyard:

And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.

And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray you, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where are you?

And he brought him forth outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall your descendants be.

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

That you will do us no hurt, as we have not touched you, and as we have done unto you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace: you are now the blessed of the LORD.

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

And the LORD said unto Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

Make you an ark of gopher wood; rooms shall you make in the ark, and shall pitch it inside and outside with pitch.

And the LORD said unto Noah, Come you and all your house into the ark; for you have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.

That be far from you to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from you: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

And blessed be the most high God, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto your descendants will I give this land: and there built he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep their kind alive upon the face of all the earth.

And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

And he said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince have you power with God and with men, and have prevailed.

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

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

And from the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

And Abimelech said, I know not who has done this thing: neither did you tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but today.

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.

In the same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for I am sorry that I have made them.

And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto you, and to your descendants after you.

And Noah built an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown lambs among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my wages.

And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.

And Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, you shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenathpaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.

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

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that your descendants shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

And Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you came unto Zoar.

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided;

And Jacob said, Sell me this day your birthright.

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD has looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

And they rose up early in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood:

That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe thong, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich:

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

And the boys grew: and Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your countenance fallen?

And Shaul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim;

And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.

And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were allies with Abram.

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

And he said, I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

And God made the beasts of the earth after their kinds, and cattle after their kinds, and every thing that creeps upon the earth after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

Of every clean beast you shall take to you by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.

And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries unto me from the ground.

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael; because the LORD has heard your affliction.

And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you.

And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

And God said, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed; and you shall call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

Say, I pray you, that you are my sister: that it may be well with me for your sake; and my soul shall live because of you.

And the earth brought forth vegetation, and plants yielding seed after their kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

Then Joseph could not control himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brothers.

Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's children shall bow down before you.

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be displeasing in your sight because of the lad, and because of your bondwoman; in all that Sarah has said unto you, listen unto her voice; for in Isaac shall your descendants be called.

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creeps upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

And he said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you that you should not eat?

And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.

And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

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

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

And I will give unto you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a sojourner, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

And he said, I will certainly return unto you according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:

And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, has appointed me another child instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

And Abraham journeyed from there toward the Negeb, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

And she conceived again, and bore a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and ceased bearing.

And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

And he also had made savory food, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me.

And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a skin of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in your womb, and two manner of people shall be born of you; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.