when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Now a river flowed out from Eden that watered the garden, and from there it diverged and became four branches.

{Then she bore} his brother Abel. And Abel became a keeper of sheep, and Cain became a tiller of the ground.

but to Cain and to his offering he did not look with favor. And Cain became very angry, and his face fell.

And he drank some of the wine and became drunk, and he exposed himself in the midst of his tent.

But his wife looked {back}, and she became a pillar of salt.

And the two daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father.

{Besides}, she [is] my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother. And she became my wife.

And God was with the boy, and he grew and lived in the wilderness. And he became {an expert with a bow}.

And Isaac brought her to the tent of Sarah his mother. And he took Rebekah, and she became his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after [the death of] his mother.

And the man {became wealthier and wealthier} until he was exceedingly wealthy.

And Jacob {became angry} with Rachel. And he said, "[Am] I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

And the man became {exceedingly} rich and had large flocks, female slaves, male slaves, camels, and donkeys.

Then Jacob became angry and quarreled with Laban. Jacob answered and said to Laban, "What [is] my offense? What [is] my sin that you pursued after me?

And Yahweh was with Joseph, and he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.

And when his master heard the words of his wife that she spoke to him, "{This is what your servant did to me}," {he became very angry}.

And portions were served to them from {his table}, and the portion of Benjamin was five times greater than the portion of any of them. And they drank and became drunk with him.

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for each Egyptian sold his field, for the famine [was] severe upon them. And the land became Pharaoh's.

He saw a resting place that [was] good, and land that [was] pleasant. So he bowed his shoulder to the burden and became a servant of forced labor.