He told the woman, "I'll greatly increase the pain of your labor during childbirth. It will be painful for you to bear children, "since your trust is turning toward your husband, and he will dominate you."

Later on, after Adam had sexual relations with his wife, she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, because "God granted me another offspring to replace Abel, since Cain murdered him."

but the dove could not yet find a place to rest, so it returned to Noah on the ark, since water still covered the land. Noah reached out his hand and took the dove back into the ark with him.

So Abram told Lot, "Please, let's not have strife between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.

They also took Abram's nephew Lot captive, and confiscated his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.

King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine, since he was serving as the priest of God Most High.

But Abram replied, "Lord GOD, what can you give me since I continue to be childless, and the heir of my household is Eliezer from Damascus?

Your descendants will return here in the fourth generation, since the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet run its course."

Your name is no longer to be Abram. Instead your name will be Abraham, since I'll make you the father of many nations.

I'll bring some food for you, and after that you may continue your journey, since you have come to visit your servant." So they replied, "Okay! Do what you've proposed."

The LORD asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and think, "Am I really going to bear a child, since I'm so old?'

"since Abraham's descendants will become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him?

since the LORD had made all the women barren in Abimelech's household on account of Abraham's wife Sarah.

Nevertheless, I will make the slave girl's son into a nation, since he, too, is your offspring."

"Don't lay your hand on the youth!" he said. "Don't do anything to him, because I've just demonstrated that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only unique one, from me."

and said, "I have taken an oath to swear by myself," declares the LORD, "that since you have carried this out and have not withheld your only unique son,

Now since Ephron the Hittite had taken a seat there among the Hittites, he responded publicly to Abraham where the Hittites and everyone who was entering the gate of his city could hear him:

"Since this has come from the LORD," Laban and Bethuel both replied, "we cannot speak one way or another.

Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, since she was unable to conceive children, and the LORD responded to him his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

Esau told Jacob, "Let me gobble down some of this red stuff, since I'm starving." (That's how Esau got his nickname "Edom".)

Later on, the men of that place asked about his wife, so he replied, "She's my sister," because he was afraid to call her "my wife." He kept thinking, ""otherwise, the men around here will kill me on account of Rebekah, since she's very beautiful."

"Why have you come to see me," Isaac asked them, "since you hate me so much that you sent me away from you?"

by which you'll agree not to do us any harm, just as we haven't harmed you, since we've done nothing but good for you after we sent you away in peace. As a result, you've been tremendously blessed by the LORD."

Instead, get up, travel to Paddan-aram, and visit the household of Bethuel, your mother's father. Marry one of Laban's daughters, since he's your mother's brother.

While he was still talking with them, Rachel arrived with her father's sheep, since she was a shepherdess.

Jacob told Rachel that he was related to her father, since he was Rebekah's son, so she ran and told her father.

Jacob also married Rachel, since he loved her. He served Laban another full seven years' work for Rachel.

Give me my wives and children for whom I've served you. Then I'll leave, since you're aware of my service to you."

"Please," Jacob implored him, "don't refuse. If I'm to receive favor from you, then receive this gift from me, because seeing your face is like seeing the face of God, since you have favorably accepted me.

So receive my blessing, which has been sent to you, since God has been gracious to me. Besides, I have enough." Because Jacob kept pressing him, Esau accepted the gifts.

He was attached to Dinah, Jacob's daughter, since he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

so the young man did not delay the matter any further, since he was delighted with Jacob's daughter.

because their holdings were too vast to allow them to stay together, since the land where they had settled was not able to support all of their livestock.

When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was helping his brothers tend their flocks. He was a young man at that time, as were the children of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. But Joseph would come back and tell his father that his brothers were doing bad things. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his brothers, since he was born to him in his old age, so he had made a richly-embroidered tunic for him.

When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, since she had concealed her face.

The captain of the guard entrusted them to Joseph's custody, who took care of them, since they were to remain there in custody for a number of days.

"Now since Pharaoh had that dream twice, it means that this event has been scheduled by God, and God will bring it to pass very soon.

Since God has revealed all of this to you," Pharaoh told Joseph, "there is no one so wise and discerning as you.

Meanwhile, they had no idea that Joseph could understand them, since he was talking to them through an interpreter.

But Jacob replied, "My son isn't going back with you, since his brother is dead and he's the only one left. If something should harm him as you travel, then it'll be death for me and my sad, gray hair!"

Then off he went to prepare the honorary meal that was to be made ready for Joseph's arrival at noon, since they had been informed that they were going to be eating there.

Joseph's staff served him by himself, his brothers separately, and the Egyptian staff members by themselves, because the Egyptians wouldn't take their meal with the Hebrews, since doing so was detestable for the Egyptians.

But Judah approached him and begged him, "Your Excellency, please allow your servant to speak to you privately. Please don't be angry with your servant, since you are equal to Pharaoh.

One of them left me, so I concluded "I'm certain that he has been torn to pieces," and I haven't seen him since then.

"So when I go back to your servant, my father, and the young man isn't with us, since he's constantly living life focused on his son,

I'll provide for you there, since there are still five years of famine left to go, and you, your households, and everything you own would have otherwise become impoverished.

"Now let me die," Israel told Joseph, "since I've seen your face and confirmed that you're still alive!"

you are to tell him, "Your servants have been taking care of livestock since we were youths. We and our ancestors have taken care of livestock.' That way, you'll be able to live in the Goshen territory, since shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."

"Your servants are shepherds," they replied, "both we and our ancestors. We've come to live for a while in this region, since there is no pasture back in Canaan for your servants' flocks. May your servants please live in the Goshen territory?"

"You can surrender your livestock," Joseph replied. "I'll feed them in exchange, since your money is gone."