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And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.
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God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
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Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.
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Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people.
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When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone away from the well’s mouth and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
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“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.”
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“We can’t,” they replied, “until all the flocks are gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
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He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.
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Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”
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Jacob Blesses His Sons
Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.
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The Death of Jacob
Then he gave them these instructions: “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people.
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“You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.
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So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw.
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Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.
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On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”
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This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.’”
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The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little.
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And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed.
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Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.
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On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much—two omers for each person—and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses.
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Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.”
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Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none.
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“Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field. “Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.
