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After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
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God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.
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But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.
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Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.
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Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.” “Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”
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Abraham Pleads for Sodom
When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.
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For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”
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“My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
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“Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
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Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.
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Isaac and Rebekah
Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.
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Then the servant left, taking with him ten of his master’s camels loaded with all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor.
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Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.”
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Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the Lord; we can say nothing to you one way or the other.
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Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”
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But he said to them, “Do not detain me, now that the Lord has granted success to my journey. Send me on my way so I may go to my master.”
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So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
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Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.
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Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it.
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So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it.
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Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
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Jacob’s Flocks Increase
After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can go back to my own homeland.
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Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, and I will be on my way. You know how much work I’ve done for you.”
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In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
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Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau
Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
