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

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 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 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.

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?

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

But remember me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.

But he hanged the chief baker, even as Joseph had interpreted to them.

Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

And it happened in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men of it. And Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was none who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

And when they had eaten them up, it could not be seen that they had eaten them; but they were still evil of appearance, as at the beginning. And I awoke.

And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I spoke to the magicians, but there was none that could open it to me.

And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And the famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers. For he said, Lest perhaps mischief happen to him.

And Joseph saw his brothers, and he knew them, but remained a stranger to them, and spoke roughly to them. And he said to them, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

And Joseph knew his brothers, but they did not know him.

And they said to him, No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

And he said to them, No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land.

But bring your youngest brother to me, and let your words be confirmed, be proved true, and you shall not die. And they did so.

And bring your youngest brother to me. Then I shall know that you are not spies, but that you are honest. And I will deliver you your brother, and you shall trade in the land.

But if you will not send him, we will not go down. For the man said to us, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.

And one took portions to them from before him. But Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

And now you did not send me here, but God. And He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.

To all of them he gave each man changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of clothing.

And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah. But Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul.

When that year was ended, they came to him the second year and said, We will not hide it from my lord, that our silver has failed, also our herds of cattle, going to my lord. Nothing is left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies and our lands.

But I will lie with my fathers. You shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do according to your words.

And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still but a little way to come to Ephrath. And I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; it is Bethlehem.

And his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great, but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he is, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die. But God shall be with you, and bring you again into the land of your fathers.

But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob (from the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel);

But as for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save a great many people alive.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the sons of Israel.

And he said, When you midwife the Hebrew women, and look on the birth stools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him. But if it is a daughter, then she shall live.

But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved alive the male children.

But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of papyrus for him, and daubed it with bitumen and with pitch, and put the child in it. And she laid it in the reeds by the river's edge.

And when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well.

And the shepherds came and drove them away. But Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her that stays in her house, jewels of silver and jewels of gold and clothing. And you shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters. And you shall plunder the Egyptians.

And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me nor listen to my voice. For they will say, Jehovah has not appeared to you.

And Moses said to Jehovah, O my Lord, I am not a man of words now, nor since You have spoken to Your servant, but I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue.

And Jehovah said to Moses, When you go to return into Egypt, see that you do all those wonders which I have put in your hand before Pharaoh; but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.