'Account' in the Bible

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created -- when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a godly man; he was blameless among his contemporaries. He walked with God.

This is the account of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

This is the account of Shem. Shem was 100 old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood.

This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you."

and he did treat Abram well on account of her. Abram received sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

This is the account of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.

This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac.

But Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you."

What follows is the account of Esau (also known as Edom).

This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.