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The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”
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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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These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.
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Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans scattered
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Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
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So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
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That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
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He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
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He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
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The angel of the Lord also said to her: “You are now pregnant and you will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard of your misery.
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This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
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Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
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Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.
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So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty.
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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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The Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
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So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: “Anyone who harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
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There he saw a well in the open country, with three flocks of sheep lying near it because the flocks were watered from that well. The stone over the mouth of the well was large.
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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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Jacob asked the shepherds, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We’re from Harran,” they replied.
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Then Jacob asked them, “Is he well?” “Yes, he is,” they said, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”
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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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While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherd.
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When Jacob saw Rachel daughter of his uncle Laban, and Laban’s sheep, he went over and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.
