¹⁵ The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden^(A) to work it and take care of it. ¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;^{(B) 17} but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,^(C) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”^(D)

God’s Covenant With Noah

9 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.^(A)

The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household^(A) to the land^(B) I will show you.^(C)

⁴ but will go to my country and my own relatives^(A) and get a wife for my son Isaac.^(B)”

⁵ The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land?^(C) Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?^(D)”

⁶ “Make sure that you do not take my son back there,”^(E) Abraham said. ⁷ “The Lord, the God of heaven,^(F) who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land^(G) and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring^[a](H) I will give this land’^(I)—he will send his angel before you^(J) so that you can get a wife for my son from there. ⁸ If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath^(K) of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”^{(L) 9} So the servant put his hand under the thigh^(M) of his master^(N) Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

¹⁰ Then the servant left, taking with him ten of his master’s camels^(O) loaded with all kinds of good things^(P) from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim^[b](Q) and made his way to the town of Nahor.^{(R) 11} He had the camels kneel down near the well^(S) outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.^(T)