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And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. And when he built a city {he named the city after his son, Enoch}.

Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyCityBuildingPregnancyCitiesCivilizationBuildersMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenPeople Naming ThingsSame Sex MarriageBuilding Relationships

Then Adam knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. And she called his name Seth, for [she said] "God has appointed to me another child in the place of Abel, because Cain killed him."

Verse ConceptsAdam, After The FallAbelAbel and CainMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenExchange Of IndividualsKilling Named IndividualsPeople With Apt NamesAdam and evepremarital

When Noah {was five hundred years old}, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodNoahThe Age At Fatherhood

And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Verse ConceptsThree Children

On this same day, Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and the wife of Noah and the three wives of his sons with them, went into the ark,

Verse ConceptsAt The Same TimeEntering The ArkOther Wives

But the dove did not find a resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him into the ark, for the waters [were still] on the face of the earth. And he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark.

Verse ConceptsFeetStretching OutNot Being StillFeet In ActionNot StillNoah's Flood

Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark [were] Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham [was] the father of Canaan.)

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, and the two of them put [it] on [their] shoulders and, walking backward, they covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces [were turned] backward, so that they did not see the nakedness of their father.

Verse ConceptsShouldersCoveringCovering The BodySonsClothing OthersOuter GarmentsBackwardsNot Seeing PeopleDads

Then he said, "Blessed [be] Yahweh, the God of Shem, and let Canaan be a slave to them.

Verse ConceptsBless The Lord!

May God make space for Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be a slave for him."

Verse ConceptsEnlargementTents

These [are] the generations of the sons of Noah--Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Children were born to them after the flood.

Verse ConceptsNationalismNoahNoah's FloodFloods

And to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the older brother of Japheth, [children] were also born.

Verse ConceptsAncestors

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Verse ConceptsAssyria, Facts Of

These [are] the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, and according to their nations.

Verse ConceptsIdentity

These are the generations of Shem. When Shem {was one hundred years old}, he fathered Arphaxad, two years after the flood.

Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodTwo YearsThe Age At FatherhoodDispensationsFloods

And Shem lived five hundred years after he fathered Arphaxad, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.

Verse Concepts500 Years And More

And it happened [that] as Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman, that she [was] very beautiful.

Verse ConceptsRelationships With Boyfriend

Then Pharaoh called for Abram and said, "What [is] this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she [was] your wife?

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Kings SummoningThose Who Did Not Tell

Why did you say 'She [is] my sister,' so that I took her to myself as a wife? Now then, here [is] your wife. Take her and go."

Verse ConceptsMisrepresentationReinstating PeopleTransferring WivesRelationship Troubles

Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had borne him no children. And she had a female Egyptian servant, and her name [was] Hagar.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And VictoryGod's Mercy, Example OfNamed WivesWifeHaving A Babyservanthoodbabysarahmistress

And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And [when] she saw that she had conceived, then her mistress grew small in her eyes.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesPregnancyMarital SexMarital Sex Betweensarahmistress

And Sarai said to Abram, "may my harm [be] upon you. {I had my servant sleep with you}, and [when] she saw that she had conceived, {she no longer respected me}. May Yahweh judge between me and you!"

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeCriticism, against believersAbraham, Testing And VictoryPeople Possibly Doing Evil

And Abram said to Sarai, "Look, your servant [is] {under your authority}. Do to her that which [is] good in your eyes." And Sarai mistreated her, and she fled from her presence.

Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfMastersOppression, Nature OfSuffering, Causes OfEmployers, Bad ExamplesGiven Into One's HandsLeaving People Alonemistress

And he said to Hagar, the servant of Sarai, "{From where} have you come, and where are you going?" And she said, "I am fleeing from the presence of Sarai my mistress."

Verse ConceptsWhere From?Where To?mistress

So she called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You [are] El-Roi," for she said, "Here I have seen after he who sees me."

Verse ConceptsVeilsNames Of GodGod, All knowingGod Seeing All The EarthThose Who Saw GodVisibilityOther References To God's Name

And I will bless her; moreover, I give to you from her a son. And I will bless her, and {she shall give rise to nations}. Kings of peoples shall come from her."

Verse ConceptsBabies, Blessing From GodMothers Of KingsGifts Of GodGod Will BlessOther Gifts Of GodMothers And SonsBabies Being A Blessingsarah

But Sarah denied [it], saying, "I did not laugh," because she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."

Verse ConceptsLiesLying, Examples OfContradictingThose Frightened Of Godsarahdenial

And they gave their father wine to drink that night, and the firstborn went and lay with her father, but he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn DaughtersAlcoholic BeveragessexFather And Daughter Relationships

And they gave their father wine to drink again that night, and the younger got up and lay with him, but he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

The firstborn gave birth to a son, and she called his name Moab. He [is] the father of Moab until this day.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn DaughtersRelationships To This DayFathers And Daughters

And the younger, she also gave birth to a son, and she called his name Ben-Ammi. He [is] the father of the {Ammonites} until this day.

Verse ConceptsRelationships To This DayFathers And Daughters

And Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She [is] my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitdoubtersMisrepresentationTaking Other PeopleSiblingsRelationship TroublesSportssarahrejuvenation

And God came to Abimelech in a dream at night. And he said to him, "Look, you [are] a dead man on account of the woman you have taken. For she [is] {a married woman}."

Verse ConceptsBad DreamsDreamsDreams, Examples OfNightDeath As PunishmentTransferring WivesDirect Communication Through Dreams

Did not he himself say to me, 'She [is] my sister'? And she herself said, 'He [is] my brother.' With integrity of my heart and with cleanness of my hands I did this."

Verse ConceptsMisrepresentationPlea Of Innocence

{Besides}, she [is] my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother. And she became my wife.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningSistersOther WivesSiblingsFather And Daughter RelationshipsFathers And Daughterssisterhoodsarah

And she said, "Who would announce to Abraham [that] Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son [to Abraham] in his old age."

Verse ConceptsNursesOld Age, Attainment OfHope For Old PeopleImpossible For PeopleAgesarah

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne Abraham, mocking.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesAbraham, Testing And VictorySeeing PeopleSportsFunsarahmistress

Then she said to Abraham, "Drive out this slave woman and her son, for the son of this slave woman will not be heir with my son, with Isaac."

Verse ConceptsInheritance, MaterialFamilyQuarrelsOld Testament People As Typessarah

Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave [it] to Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder. And he sent her away with the child, and she went, wandering about in the wilderness, in Beersheba.

Verse ConceptsShouldersBottle, UsesDeserts, SpecificThe HomelessWater ContainersWanderersThose Who Rose EarlyCarrying Other LoadsExamples Of Love For Children

And when the water was finished from the skin, she put the child under one of the bushes.

Verse ConceptsWater ContainersNo Water For PeopleShortage Other Than Food

And she went and {she sat a good distance away}, for she said, "Let me not see the child's death." So she sat away from him and lifted up her voice and wept.

Verse ConceptsMaternal LoveDepression, SymptomsLove, And The WorldFear, Of DeathNot Seeing PeopleSoliloquyFear Of DeathOthers MourningDeath Of A ChildDeath Of A Motherdistance

And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave a drink to the boy.

Verse ConceptsWaterWater ContainersMan Providing WaterReceiving Sight

And let it be [that] the girl to whom I shall say, 'Please, offer your jar that I may drink' and [who] says, 'Drink--and I will also water your camels,' she [is the one] you have chosen for your servant, for Isaac. By her I will know that you have shown loyal love to my master."

Verse ConceptsDrinksWater ContainersRequesting FoodMan Providing WaterSeeking A SignGod Appointing OthersGiving In Marriage

Now the girl [was] very pleasing in appearance. [She was] a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up.

Verse ConceptsBeautifulAbsence Of SexWomen's BeautyBeauty Of Nature

And she said, "Drink, my lord." And she quickly lowered her jar in her hand and gave him a drink.

Verse ConceptsWater ContainersHasty ActionPutting Things Down

When she finished giving him a drink she said, "I will also draw water for your camels until they finish drinking."

Verse ConceptsDrawing WaterMan Providing Water

And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water. And she drew water for all his camels.

Verse ConceptsWater ContainersIndividuals RunningDrawing WaterPouring WaterHasty Action

And she said to him, "I [am] the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."

Verse ConceptsThis Is Me

Then she said to him, "We have both straw and fodder in abundance, as well as a place to spend the night."

Verse ConceptsMangersFeeding AnimalsStaying Temporarily

let her say to me, "Drink; I will also draw water for your camels," she [is] the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for the son of my master.'

Verse ConceptsDrawing WaterMan Providing WaterGod Appointing OthersGiving In MarriageGodly Woman

I had not yet finished speaking to myself when, behold, Rebekah [was] coming out with her jar on her shoulder. And she went down to the spring and drew water. And I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'

Verse ConceptsShouldersHeart, And Holy SpiritWater ContainersRequesting FoodDrawing WaterMan Providing WaterWhile Still SpeakingUnder One's BreathCarrying Other LoadsHeartfelt Prayer To God

And she hastened and let down her jar {from her shoulder} and said, 'Drink, and I will give a drink to your camels also.' Then I drank and she gave a drink to the camels also.

Verse ConceptsWater ContainersMan Providing WaterHasty Action

Then I asked her and said, 'Whose daughter [are] you?' And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.' And I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her arms.

Verse ConceptsJewelleryWho Is This?This Is Me

And her brother and her mother said, "Let the girl remain with us ten days [or so]; after [that] she may go."

Verse ConceptsTen Or More DaysPeople Who Delayed

And they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."

Verse ConceptsPeople Willing

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes and saw Isaac. And she got down from the camel.

Verse ConceptsDismountingSeeing People

And she said to the servant, "Who [is] this man walking around in the field to meet us?" And the servant said, "That [is] my master." And she took her veil and covered herself.

Verse ConceptsCoveringVeilsMeeting PeopleWho Is This?The Brides Wedding Dress

And Isaac brought her to the tent of Sarah his mother. And he took Rebekah, and she became his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after [the death of] his mother.

Verse ConceptsHusbandsLove, In RelationshipsMarriage, Purpose OfTentsGod's Mercy, Example OfComfort, Of FriendsCourtingMen And Women Who LovedMothers Deathmomslosing a loved oneDeath Of A MotherLoss Of A Loved One

And she bore to him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

And the children in her womb jostled each other, and she said, "{If it is going to be like this, why be pregnant}?" And she went to inquire of Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombGrinding PeopleWhy Does This Happen?Fighting One AnotherstruggleLife StrugglesFamily ConflictStrugglesHaving A Baby

When the men of the place asked concerning his wife, he said, "She [is] my sister," for he was afraid to say, "my wife," thinking "the men of the place will kill me on account of Rebekah, for {she was beautiful}."

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitdoubtersAsking Particular QuestionsMisrepresentationOther WivesBeautiful Women

And Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Surely she [is] your wife. Now why did you say 'She [is] my sister'?" And Isaac said to him, "Because I thought I would die on account of her."

Verse ConceptsPossibility Of DeathWhy Do You Do This?Transferring Wives

Then Rebekah took [some of] her older son Esau's best garments that [were] with her in the house, and she put [them] on Jacob her younger son.

Verse ConceptsClothing OthersFine Clothes

And she put the skins of the young goats over his hands and over the smooth [part of] his neck.

Verse ConceptsHairsCovering NakednessShepherds, As OccupationsCraftinessAnimal SkinsSmoothnessSmooth

And she put the tasty food and the bread that she had made into the hand of Jacob, her son.

Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodSavouriness

But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called for her younger son Jacob. And she said to him, "Look, Esau your brother [is] consoling himself concerning you, [intending] to kill you.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleTelling What People Said

While he was speaking with them, Rachel came with the sheep which belonged to her father, for she was pasturing [them].

Verse ConceptsWhile Still SpeakingThose Who Kept Stock

And Jacob told Rachel that he [was] the relative of her father, and that he [was] the son of Rebekah. And she ran and told her father.

Verse ConceptsRunning With NewsRelatives

Then Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because Yahweh has noticed my misery, that I [am] unloved. Now my husband will love me."

Verse ConceptsPregnancyGod Seeing Their AfflictionGod Sending His SonI Am SufferingMen And Women Who LovedPeople With Apt Names

And she conceived again and gave birth to a son. And she said, "[It is] because Yahweh has heard that I [am] unloved that he gave me this [son] also." And she called his name Simeon.

Verse ConceptsGod Paid Attention To MeHating IndividualsPeople With Apt Names

And she conceived again and gave birth to a son. Then she said, "Now this time my husband will be joined to me, for I have borne him three sons." Therefore, she called his name Levi.

Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenPeople With Apt Names

And she conceived again and gave birth to a son. And she said, "This time I will praise Yahweh." Therefore she called his name Judah. And she ceased bearing children.

Verse ConceptsCessationShowing Forth His PraisePeople With Apt Nameschildbearing

When Rachel saw that she could not bear children to Jacob, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, "Give me children--if not, I will die!"

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenJealousyPolygamySistersSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfAnger Of Man, CausePossibility Of DeathThose Jealous Of People

Then she said, "Here [is] my servant girl Bilhah; go in to her that she may bear children {as my surrogate}. Then I will even {have children} by her."

Verse ConceptsKneelingMaidsMarital SexKneesMarital Sex Between

Then she gave him Bilhah, her female servant, as a wife, and Jacob went in to her

Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenGiving In MarriagesexBuilding Relationships

Then Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore she called his name Dan.

Verse ConceptsGod VindicatesGod Paid Attention To MePeople With Apt Namesvindication

And Rachel said, "I have struggled a mighty struggle with my sister and have prevailed." And she called his name Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsPeople OvercomingWrestlingPeople With Apt Names

When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took Zilpah her female servant and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesCessationGiving In Marriage

Then Leah said, "Good fortune!" And she called his name Gad.

Verse ConceptsPeople With Apt Names

Then Leah said, "How happy [am] I! For women have called me happy." So she called his name Asher.

Verse ConceptsHappinessExcitementPeople With Apt NamesRejoicing In God's Works

And she said to her, "[Is] your taking my husband [such] a small [thing] that you will also take the mandrakes of my son?" Then Rachel said, "Then he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes."

Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenTaking Other PeopleUnimportant Things

When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him. And she said, "Come in to me, for {I have hired} you with my son's mandrakes." And he slept with her that night.

Verse ConceptsHiringMarital SexMeeting PeopleMarital Sex Between

And God listened to Leah and she conceived and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.

Verse ConceptsPrayer, As Asking GodFractions, One FifthFifth

Then Leah said, "God has given [me] my wage since I gave my servant girl to my husband." And she called his name Issachar.

Verse ConceptsGiving In MarriagePeople With Apt NamesReward For Works

And Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good gift. This time my husband will acknowledge me, because I bore him six sons." And she called his name Zebulun.

Verse ConceptsGiftsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodPeople With Apt Names

And afterward she gave birth to a daughter. And she called her name Dinah.

And she conceived and gave birth to a son. And she said, "God has taken away my disgrace."

Verse ConceptsConception

And she called his name Joseph, saying, "Yahweh has added to me another son."

Verse ConceptsAdding PeoplePeople With Apt Names

And she said to her father, "Let there not be anger in the eyes of my lord, for I am not able to rise before you, for the way of women [is] with me. And he searched carefully and did not find the idols.

Verse ConceptsMenstruationBleedingSeeking For Concrete ThingsNot FindingNot Able To Get Upwomanhood