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Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
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The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
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Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
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That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
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Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.
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Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.
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Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.
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He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
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Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.”
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Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
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for the Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.
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The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.
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His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also had sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maakah.
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So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
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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.
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The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents.
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Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.
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The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.
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Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram
Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples.
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Jacob’s Children
When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless.
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She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Because the Lord heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.
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Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
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She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
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Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
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Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.
