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Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
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A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.
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So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
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The Fall
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
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You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.
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The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
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Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky.
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The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.
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(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
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“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
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And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace.
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Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills.
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And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
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As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
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When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
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And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
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So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”
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But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door.
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Abraham and Abimelek
Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar,
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I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”
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Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
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So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.
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Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
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His mother said to him, “My son, let the curse fall on me. Just do what I say; go and get them for me.”
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During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
