Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the Lord.

but to the sons of his concubines, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.

He said, “Behold, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered. Water the sheep, and go, pasture them.”

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

Rachel and Leah said to him, “Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?

Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and she suffered severe labor.

These are the records of the generations of Jacob.Joseph, when seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, “Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

She bore still another son and named him Shelah; and it was at Chezib that she bore him.

Then Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man whether you still had another brother?”

But they said, “The man questioned particularly about us and our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ So we answered his questions. Could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

Then he asked them about their welfare, and said, “Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”

They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” They bowed down in homage.

When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.

For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

There I will also provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished.”’

They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” But he was stunned, for he did not believe them.

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

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”

Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”