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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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and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.
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But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.
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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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Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.”
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Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.
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He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.
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In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
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Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”
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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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As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”
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But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
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To Sarah he said, “I am giving your brother a thousand shekels of silver. This is to cover the offense against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.”
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He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”
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The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?”
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“Make sure that you do not take my son back there,” Abraham said.
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If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
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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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“Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
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Then Rebekah and her attendants got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
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Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau left for the open country to hunt game and bring it back,
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When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him, I’ll send word for you to come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
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I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
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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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Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
