Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain became the builder of a city, and he named the city Enoch after his son.

Irad was born to Enoch, Irad fathered Mehujael, Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech.

Jared was 162 years old when he fathered Enoch.

Jared lived 800 years after the birth of Enoch, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

Enoch was 65 years old when he fathered Methuselah.

And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and fathered other sons and daughters.

So Enoch’s life lasted 365 years.

Enoch walked with God; then he was not there because God took him.

He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd and got a tender, choice calf. He gave it to a young man, who hurried to prepare it.

Before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, the whole population, surrounded the house.

They struck the men who were at the entrance of the house, both young and old, with a blinding light so that they were unable to find the entrance.

Look, this town is close enough for me to run to. It is a small place. Please let me go there—it’s only a small place, isn’t it?—so that I can survive.”

So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He split wood for a burnt offering and set out to go to the place God had told him about.

Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there to worship; then we’ll come back to you.”

Abraham went back to his young men, and they got up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham settled in Beer-sheba.

Now the girl was very beautiful, a young woman who had not known a man intimately. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up.

When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I’ll also draw water for your camels until they have had enough to drink.”

Then Rebekah and her female servants got up, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I will make them into a delicious meal for your father—the kind he loves.

But Leah replied to her, “Isn’t it enough that you have taken my husband? Now you also want to take my son’s mandrakes?”

“Well,” Rachel said, “you can sleep with him tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

The flocks bred in front of the branches and bore streaked, speckled, and spotted young.

30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

“I have enough, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what you have.”

Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see some of the young women of the area.

He became infatuated with Dinah, daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her.

The young man did not delay doing this, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most important in all his father’s house.

“These men are peaceful toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and move about in it, for indeed, the region is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as our wives and give our daughters to them.

These are the family records of Jacob.

At 17 years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought a bad report about them to their father.

So they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” he replied.

But she said, “Only if you leave something with me until you send it.”

When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get back the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.

Judah replied, “Let her keep the items for herself; otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.”

Now a young Hebrew, a slave of the captain of the guards, was with us there. We told him our dreams, he interpreted our dreams for us, and each had its own interpretation.

and we answered my lord, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

You are also commanded, ‘Do this: Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives and bring your father here.

Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go to see him before I die.”

Judah is a young lion—
my son, you return from the kill.
He crouches; he lies down like a lion
or a lioness—who dares to rouse him?