But there went up from the earth a mist and watered all the face of the ground.

And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward in Eden. And there He put the man whom He had formed.

And Jehovah God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

but you shall not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. For in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.

And Adam gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field. But there was not found a suitable helper for Adam.

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.

And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man has become as one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever,

And she bore again, his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell.

But Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.

But I will establish My covenant with you. And you shall come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot. And she returned to him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and pulled her in to him into the ark.

But you shall not eat of flesh with the life in it, or the blood of it.

But Sarai was barren. She had no child.

And it will be when the Egyptians see you, they shall say, This is his wife. And they will kill me, but they will save you alive.

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before Jehovah, exceedingly so.

And behold, the Word of Jehovah came to him saying, This one shall not be your heir. But he that shall come forth out of your own bowels shall be your heir.

And he took all these to himself, and divided them in the middle, and laid each piece against one another; but he did not divide the birds.

But in the fourth generation they shall come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your slave woman is in your hand. Do to her as it pleases you. And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.

Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham. For I have made you a father of many nations.

And a son of eight days shall be circumcised among you, every male child in your generations; he that is born in the house, or bought with silver of any stranger who is not of your seed.

He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your silver, must be circumcised. And My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah.

But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time in the next year.

And Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his silver; every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins in the same day, even as God said to him.

And all the men of his house, that were born in the house, and bought with silver of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

And I will bring a bite of bread, and will comfort your hearts. After that You shall pass on. For this is why You have come to Your servant. And they said, Do so, as you have said.

Then Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No, but you did laugh.

And the men turned their faces away from there, and went toward Sodom. But Abraham still stood before Jehovah.

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to Jehovah, who am but dust and ashes.

and said, Behold now, my lords, please turn into your servant's house and stay all night, and wash your feet, and you shall rise up early and go your way. And they said, No, but we will stay in the street.

But he urgently pressed on them, and they turned in to him and entered into his house. And he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both old and young, all the people from every quarter.

Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man. I pray you, let me bring them out to you, and you do to them as you see fit. But do nothing to these men, for this is why they came under the shadow of my roof.

But the men put out their hands and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

And Lot went out and spoke with his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Get up and get out of this place, for Jehovah will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked to his sons-in-law.

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are about to die, for the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.

But Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, will You also kill a righteous nation?

And yet truly she is my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother. And she became my wife.

And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, My father. And he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood. But where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

And Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, I pray you, put your hand under my thigh.

But you shall go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife to my son Isaac.

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning the matter.

And food was set before him to eat. But he said, I will not eat until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.

But you shall go to my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife to my son.

And I asked her and said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him. And I put the earring upon her nose and the bracelets upon her hands.

And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing has come forth from Jehovah. We cannot speak to you bad or good.

But to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. And he sent them away from Isaac his son while he still lived, eastward to the east country.

the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth. Abraham and Sarah his wife were buried there.

And Isaac loved Esau, for game was in his mouth. But Rebekah loved Jacob.

And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

that you will do us no harm since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing but good to you, and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of Jehovah.

And Rebekah took the clothes of her older son Esau, the costly ones which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

And she put the skins from the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.

And Jacob went near to Isaac his father. And he felt him and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands the hands of Esau.

And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, me also, my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! This is nothing but the house of God, and this is the gate of Heaven!

And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone which he had put at his head, and set it as a memorial pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.

And he called the name of that place The House of God. But the name of that city was Luz at first.

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to put on,

And all the flocks were gathered there. And they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place.

And Leah was weak of eyes, but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored.

And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, even He opened her womb. But Rachel was barren.

And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped, and all the black in the flock of Laban. And he put his own flocks by themselves, and did not put them with the flock of Laban.

But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put them in. And usually it came to be, the weak ones were Laban's and the stronger ones Jacob's.

And he said to them, I see your father's face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

and your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not allow him to hurt me.

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Take heed that you do not speak either good or bad to Jacob.

It is in the power of my hand to do you harm. But the God of your fathers spoke to me last night, saying, Take heed that you do not speak either good or bad to Jacob.

And Rachel had taken the images and put them into the camel's saddle, and sat on them. And Laban searched all the tent, but did not find them.

But she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before you. For the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but did not find the images.

And he delivered into the hands of his servants, every drove by themselves. And he said to his servants, Pass over in front of me and put a space between drove and drove.

And He said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for like a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.

And he put the slave women and their children first, and Leah and her children afterward, and Rachel and Joseph last.

And he bought a piece of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

Heap upon me ever so much price and dowry, and I will give according as you shall say to me. But give me the girl for a wife.

But in this we will agree with you, if you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised,

But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will go.

Then Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods among you, and be clean, and change your garments.

But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Bethel, under an oak. And the name of it was called Oak of Weeping.

And God said to him, Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be called Jacob any more, but Israel shall be your name. And He called his name Israel.

And it happened as her soul was departing (for she died) that she called his name Benoni. But his father called him Benjamin.

And his brothers were jealous of him. But his father observed the saying.

Therefore come now, and let us kill him, and throw him into some pit, and we will say some evil beast has devoured him. And we shall see what will become of his dreams.

And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him (in order to rescue him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again).

And they took him and threw him into a pit. And the pit was empty, with no water in it.

And men, Midianites traders, came by. And they drew up Joseph and took him out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

And Reuben returned to the pit. And behold! Joseph was not in the pit! And he tore his clothes.

And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

And all his sons, and all his daughters, rose up to comfort him. But he refused to be comforted. And he said, For I will go down into the grave to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.

And she put off her widow's clothes, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself. And she sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown and she was not given to him as wife.

And she arose, and went away, and laid away her veil from her, and put on the clothes of her widowhood.

And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand. But he did not find her.

And when she travailed, it happened that one put out a hand. And the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This one came out first.

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt. And Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, the chief of the executioners, an Egyptian man, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.

And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him. And he made him overseer over his house, and he put into his hand all he had.

But he refused and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master does not know what is in the house with me, and he has given all that he has into my hand.