The sun had just risen over the land as Lot reached Zoar.

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit."

So the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house as they shut the door.

Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughter his son.

He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place

When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

Now Joseph's brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.

Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth."

Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

God made two great lights -- the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.

The sun rose over him as he crossed over Penuel, but he was limping because of his hip.

Then his brothers asked him, "Do you really think you will rule over us or have dominion over us?" They hated him even more because of his dream and because of what he said.

From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's household for Joseph's sake. The blessing of the Lord was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields.

So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.