So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. He also created every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This food will be for you,

Gold from that land is pure; bdellium and onyx are also there.

Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

The Lord God said, “Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.”

Then she also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground.

And Abel also presented an offering—some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. The Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,

A son was born to Seth also, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of Yahweh.

You are also to bring into the ark two of all the living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

He also said:

Praise the Lord, the God of Shem;
Canaan will be his slave.

These are the family records of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They also had sons after the flood.

And Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had sons. Shem was the father of all the sons of Eber.

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, for he was living in Sodom, and they went on.

He brought back all the goods and also his relative Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the other people.

He also said to him, “I am Yahweh who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

The Angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count.”

God also said to Abraham, “As for you, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations are to keep My covenant.

The younger also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience. I have also kept you from sinning against Me. Therefore I have not let you touch her.

Abimelech also said to Abraham, “What did you intend when you did this thing?”

She also said, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son for him in his old age.”

But I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.”

Now after these things Abraham was told, “Milcah also has borne sons to your brother Nahor:

His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Let the girl to whom I say, ‘Please lower your water jug so that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels also’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

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.”

She also said to him, “We have plenty of straw and feed and a place to spend the night.”

and who responds to me, ‘Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels also’—let her be the woman the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.

She quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels also.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.

Then he brought out objects of silver and gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.

He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I’m exhausted.” That is why he was also named Edom.

Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also, so he named it Hostility.

So he built an altar there, called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. Isaac’s slaves also dug a well there.

He had also made some delicious food and brought it to his father. Then he said to his father, “Let my father get up and eat some of his son’s game, so that you may bless me.”

Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”

Jacob slept with Rachel also, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.

She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said, “The Lord heard that I am unloved and has given me this son also.” So she named him Simeon.

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.”

For you had very little before I came, but now your wealth has increased. The Lord has blessed you because of me. And now, when will I also do something for my own family?”

When Laban overtook Jacob, Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his brothers also pitched their tents in the hill country of Gilead.

and also Mizpah, for he said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are out of each other’s sight.

Laban also said to Jacob, “Look at this mound and the marker I have set up between you and me.

He also told the second one, the third, and everyone who was walking behind the animals, “Say the same thing to Esau when you find him.

You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I want to appease Esau with the gift that is going ahead of me. After that, I can face him, and perhaps he will forgive me.”

Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

God also said to him:

I am God Almighty.
Be fruitful and multiply.
A nation, indeed an assembly of nations,
will come from you,
and kings will descend from you.

Reuben also said to them, “Don’t shed blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him”—intending to rescue him from their hands and return him to his father.

What he did was evil in the Lord’s sight, so He put him to death also.

Joseph found favor in his master’s sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar also put him in charge of his household and placed all that he owned under his authority.

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was positive, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream. Three baskets of white bread were on my head.

In my dream I had also seen seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, coming up on one stalk.

Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “See, I am placing you over all the land of Egypt.”

Take your brother also, and go back at once to the man.

If any of us is found to have it, he must die, and we also will become my lord’s slaves.”

If you also take this one from me and anything happens to him, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.’

But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and also Pharaoh’s household heard it.

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.

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you back. Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.”

They also took their cattle and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan. Then Jacob and all his children went with him to Egypt.

Then his brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”