and God blessed them, saying, "Grow and multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the fowls multiply upon the earth."

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, "Grow and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over all the beasts that move on the earth.

And Cain talked with Abel his brother. And as soon as they were in the fields, Cain fell upon Abel his brother and slew him.

And said, "I will destroy mankind which I have made, from off the face of the earth: both man, beast, worm and fowl of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them."

And the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and was full of mischief.

Then said God to Noah, "The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of their mischief. And lo, I will destroy them with the earth.

and there fell a rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

And all the beasts that are with thee whatsoever flesh it be, both fowl and cattle and all manner worms that creep on the earth, bring out with thee, and let them move, grow and multiply upon the earth."

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, "Increase and multiply and fill the earth.

and with all living things that is with you: both fowl and cattle, and all manner beast of the earth that is with you, of all that cometh out of the ark, whatsoever beast of the earth it be.

And there fell a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. Moreover, the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelled at that time in the land.

All these came together unto the vale of Siddim, which is now the salt sea.

Then went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, now called Zoar. And set their men in array to fight with them in the vale of Siddim, that is to say,

And that vale of Siddim was full of slime pits. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there. And the residue fled to the mountains.

And set himself and his servants in array, and fell upon them by night, and smote them, and chased them away unto Hobah, which lieth on the lefthand of Damascus,

And as he returned again from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and of the kings that were with him, then came the king of Sodom to meet him, unto the vale of Shaveh which now is called King's Dale.

And the birds fell on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

And when the sun was down, there fell a slumber upon Abram. And lo, fear and great darkness came upon him.

and in the fourth generation they shall come hither again, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet full."

Then said Abram to Sarai, "Behold, thy maid is in thy hand, do with her as it pleaseth thee." And because Sarai fared foul with her, she fled from her.

And he said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence comest thou and whither wilt thou go?" And she answered, "I flee from my mistress Sarai."

And Abram fell on his face. And God talked moreover with him, saying,

And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sara, that is ninety years old, bear?"

And he lift up his eyes and looked: and lo, three men stood not far from him. And when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and fell to the ground

behold, inasmuch as thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, now make thy mercy great which thou showest unto me in saving my life. For I cannot save myself in the mountains, lest some misfortune fall upon me and I die.

Behold, here is a city by, to flee unto, and it is a little one, let me save myself therein: is it not a little one, that my soul may live?"

And the fellow wondered at her. But held his peace, to wete whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

And I said unto my master, 'What if the wife will not follow me?'

and then fell sick and died, in a lusty age - when he had lived enough - and was put unto his people.

And these are the years of the life of Ishmael: a hundred and thirty seven years, and then he fell sick and died, and was laid unto his people.

And there fell a dearth in the land, passing the first dearth that fell in the days of Abraham. Wherefore Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar.

Then Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley Gerar and dwelt there.

As Isaac's servants digged in the valley, they found a well of springing water.

My father shall peradventure feel me, and I shall seem unto him as though I went about to beguile him, and so shall he bring a curse upon me and not a blessing."

Then said Isaac unto Jacob, "Come near and let me feel thee my son, whether thou be my son Esau or not."

Now therefore my son hear my voice, make thee ready, and flee to Laban my brother at Haran:

and hast not suffered me to kiss my children and my daughters? Thou wast a fool to do it,

And he went before them and fell on the ground seven times, until he came unto his brother.

Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

And they departed. And the fear of God fell upon the cities that were round about them, that they durst not follow after the sons of Jacob.

and then fell he sick and died, and was put unto his people being old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

And when he had told it unto his father and his brethren, his father rebuked him, and said unto him, "What meaneth this dream which thou hast dreamed: shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come and fall on the ground before thee?"

And he said unto him, "Go and see whether it be well with thy brethren and the sheep, and bring me word again." And sent him out of the vale of Hebron, for to go to Shechem.

And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a lucky fellow and continued in the house of his master the Egyptian.

and that the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And then Pharaoh awaked: and see, here is his dream.

And I saw again in my dream seven ears spring out of one stalk, full and good,

And Joseph was governor in the land, and sold corn to all the people of the land. And his brethren came, and fell flat on the ground before him.

and commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to put every man's money in his sack, and to give them victuals to spend by the way. And so it was done to them.

And Jacob their father said unto them, "Me have ye robbed of my children: Joseph is away, and Simeon is away, and ye will take Benjamin away. All these things fall upon me."

and as we came to an inn and opened our sacks: behold, every man's money was in his sack with full weight. But we have brought it again with us,

When Joseph came home, they brought the present into the house to him, which they had in their hands, and fell flat on the ground before him.

They answered, "Thy servant our father is in good health, and is yet alive. And they bowed themselves and fell to the ground."

And he commanded the ruler of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry,

And when they were out of the city and not yet far away, Joseph said unto the ruler of his house, "Up, and follow after the men and overtake them, and say unto them, 'Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house, for he was yet there, and they fell before him on the ground.

And he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

So sent he his brethren away, and they departed. And he said unto them, "See that ye fall not out by the way."

The children of Reuben: Hanoch, Phallu, Hezron and Carmi.

And Joseph made ready his chariot and went to meet Israel his father unto Goshen, and presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck and wept upon his neck a good while.

And Joseph took them away from his lap, and they fell on the ground before him.

And his father would not, but said, "I know it well my son, I know it well. He shall be also a people and shall be great. But of a truth his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall be full of people."

He shall bind his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the vine branch, and shall wash his garment in wine and his mantle in the blood of grapes:

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, and an adder in the path, and bite the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

The blessings of thy father were strong: even as the blessings of my elders, after the desire of the highest in the world. And these blessings shall fall on the head of Joseph, and on the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

And his brethren came and fell before him and said, "Behold we be thy servants."

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel and said, "God will not fail but visit you: see therefore that ye carry my bones hence."