“But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.

While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.

That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.

But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

“Look,” he said, “the sun is still high; it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”

While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherd.

Then Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we still have any share in the inheritance of our father’s estate?

Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.

The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac

Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.

She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah. It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.

The Second Journey to Egypt

Now the famine was still severe in the land.

They replied, “The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. ‘Is your father still living?’ he asked us. ‘Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

He asked them how they were, and then he said, “How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?”

They replied, “Your servant our father is still alive and well.” And they bowed down, prostrating themselves before him.

Joseph was still in the house when Judah and his brothers came in, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.

I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’

They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.” Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them.

And Israel said, “I’m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

Israel said to Joseph, “Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive.”

So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt—still in force today—that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh’s.

As I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

Moses Returns to Egypt

Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.” Jethro said, “Go, and I wish you well.”

You still set yourself against my people and will not let them go.

Give an order now to bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the hail will fall on every person and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die.’”