God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

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.

By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.

Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the Lord.

Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram),

These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.

Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.”

His father Isaac asked him, “Who are you?” “I am your son,” he answered, “your firstborn, Esau.”

The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.

These were the chiefs among Esau’s descendants: The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death.

As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist and said, “This one came out first.”

The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first.

Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”

Now the men were frightened when they were taken to his house. They thought, “We were brought here because of the silver that was put back into our sacks the first time. He wants to attack us and overpower us and seize us as slaves and take our donkeys.”

“We beg your pardon, our lord,” they said, “we came down here the first time to buy food.

The men had been seated before him in the order of their ages, from the firstborn to the youngest; and they looked at each other in astonishment.