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A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.
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And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
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The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
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Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
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“Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.
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Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.”
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When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
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Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.
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Then Laban said to him, “You are my own flesh and blood.”
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month,
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So he fled with all he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
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“Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.
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Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
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Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
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Then they got Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.
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Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.
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When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets of bread.
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In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
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Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.”
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Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials:
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He fell asleep again and had a second dream: Seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.
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After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—thin and scorched by the east wind.
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The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.
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“In my dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk.
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After them, seven other heads sprouted—withered and thin and scorched by the east wind.
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The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me.”
