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

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. And, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

And Jehovah said to Noah, You and all your house come into the ark, for I have seen you righteous before Me in this generation.

He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah. Therefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before Jehovah.

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

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

Is not the whole land before you? I pray you, separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.

And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the circuit of Jordan, that it was all well watered (before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah,) like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar.

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before Jehovah, exceedingly so.

And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram and said to him, I am the Almighty God! Walk before Me and be perfect.

And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before You!

And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

And the men turned their faces away from there, and went toward Sodom. But Abraham still stood before Jehovah.

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

For we will destroy this place because great is the cry of them before the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.

And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he stood before Jehovah.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you. Live where it pleases you.

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

And Abraham bowed before the people of the land.

And the field of Ephron was certified, which was Machpelah, which was before Mamre; the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees in the field, in all the borders round about,

to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave at the field of Machpelah before Mamre, which is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.

Jehovah, the God of Heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: He shall send His Angel before you. And you shall take a wife to my son from there.

And before he had finished speaking, it happened, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

And food was set before him to eat. But he said, I will not eat until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.

And he said to me, Jehovah, before whom I walk, will send his Angel with you, and prosper your way. And you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred, and from my father's house.

And before I finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. And she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, Please let me drink.

Behold! Rebekah is before you; take her and go. And let her be the wife of your master's son, even as Jehovah has spoken.

And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre,

And they lived from Havilah to Shur, which is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. And he died in the presence of all his brothers.

And make tasty meat for me, such as I love, and bring to me so that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.

Bring me game, and make me delicious things so that I may eat and bless you before Jehovah before my death.

And you shall bring it to your father so that he may eat, and that he may bless you before his death.

And Isaac trembled with a great trembling, and said, Who then was the one who has hunted deer and brought to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yea, he shall be blessed!

And Laban said, It must not be done so in our country, to give the younger before the first-born.

For you had little before I came, and it has now increased to a multitude. And Jehovah has blessed you since my coming. And now when shall I provide for my own house also?

And shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, and it shall come for my hire before your face. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, shall be counted stolen with me.

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth striped cattle, speckled, and spotted.

And it happened when the stronger flocks conceived, Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flocks in the troughs, so that they might conceive among the rods.

And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

And he said to them, I see your father's face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

With whomever you find your gods, let him not live. Before our brothers, choose what is yours with me, and take it to you. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

But she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before you. For the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but did not find the images.

For you have searched all my stuff; what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my brothers and your brothers, that they may judge between us both.

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you saying, To whom do you belong? and, Where do you go? And whose are these before you?

And also you shall say, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.

And the present went over before him. And he himself lodged that night in the camp.

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you.

Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on softly, according as the flocks that go before me, and the boys, are able to endure, until I come to my lord to Seir.

And you shall live with us. And the land shall be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.

And these were the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king over the sons of Israel.

And he told it to his father and to his brothers. And his father rebuked him and said to him, What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I, and your mother, and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the earth before you?

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.

And the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me.

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 Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

And two sons were born to Joseph before the years of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bore to him.

And Joseph was the potentate over the land. He was the one selling to all the people of the earth. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down themselves before him, their faces to the earth.

And he turned from them, and wept. And he returned to them again and talked with them, and took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

I will be surety for him. You shall require him of my hand. If I do not bring him to you and set him before you, I shall be a sinner against you all the days.

And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, so that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved, I am bereaved.

And the men took that present, and they took double silver in their hand, and Benjamin. And they rose up and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

And they answered, Your servant, our father, is in good health. He is still alive. And they bowed down their heads and fell before him.

And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth. And the men marveled at one another.

And one took portions to them from before him. But Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, for he was still there. And they fell before him to the earth.

Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. And he cried, Cause every man to go out from me! And no man stood before him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

And now do not be grieved, nor angry with yourselves that you sold me here. For God sent me before you to preserve life.

And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

And Israel said, It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.

And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct his face to Goshen.

The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and brothers to live in the best of the land; in the land of Goshen let them live. And if you know men of ability among them, then make them overseers of livestock, over what is mine.

And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

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 servants for Pharaoh. And give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not desolate.

And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who are born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; like Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

And he blessed Joseph and said, May God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who fed me all my life to this day,

And he blessed them that day, saying, In you shall Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh. And he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Judah, may your brothers praise you. May your hand be in the neck of your enemies. May your father's sons bow before you.

in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the field which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite for a burying-place.

For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a burying place from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

And they sent a message to Joseph, saying, Your father commanded before he died, saying,

And his brothers also went and fell down before his face. And they said, Behold, we are your servants.