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“ Noah [is] a righteous man; he has been perfect among his generations; Noah has habitually walked with God. 10 And Noah begets three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled [with] violence. 12 And God sees the earth, and behold, it has been corrupted, for all flesh has corrupted its way on the earth. 13 And God said to Noah, "An end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth has been full of violence from their presence; and behold, I am destroying them with the earth. 14 Make an ark of gopher-wood for yourself ”

“ God who is feeding me from my being to this day: 16 the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil blesses the youths, and my name is called on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land." 17 And Joseph sees that his father sets his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it is wrong in his eyes, and he supports the hand of his father to turn it aside from off the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh ”

“ Chapter 28 1 And Isaac calls to Jacob, and blesses him, and commands him, and says to him, "You must not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; 2 rise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of your mother's father Bethuel, and take for yourself a wife from there, from the daughters of your mother's brother Laban; 3 and God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and you have become an assembly of peoples; 4 and He gives to you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed with you, to cause you to possess the land of your sojournings, which God gave to Abraham." ”

“ An evil beast has devoured him; torn—Joseph is torn!" 34 And Jacob tears his raiment, and puts sackcloth on his loins, and becomes a mourner for his son many days, 35 and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuses to comfort himself, and says, "For I go down to my son mourning, to Sheol," and his father weeps for him. 36 And the Midianites have sold him to Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners. ”

“ God has set me for lord to all Egypt; come down to me, do not stay, 10 and you have dwelt in the land of Goshen, and been near to me, you and your sons, and your son's sons, and your flock, and your herd, and all that you have, 11 and I have nourished you there—for yet [are] five years of famine—lest you become poor, you and your household, and all that you have. 12 And behold, your eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth which is speaking to you ”

“ Chapter 35 1 And God says to Jacob, "Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to you in your fleeing from the face of your brother Esau." 2 And Jacob says to his household, and to all who [are] with him, "Turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments; 3 and we rise, and go up to Bethel, and I make there an altar to God, who is answering me in the day of my tribulation, and is with me in the way that I have gone." ”

“ Chapter 6 1 And it comes to pass that mankind has begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them, 2 and the sons of God see that they, the daughters of men, [are] beautiful, and they take women for themselves of all whom they have chosen. 3 And YHWH says, "My Spirit does not strive in man for all time, for indeed, he [is] flesh, but his days have been one hundred and twenty years." ”

“ Chapter 30 1 And Rachel sees that she has not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and says to Jacob, "Give me sons, and if there is none—I die." 2 And Jacob's anger burns against Rachel, and he says, "Am I in stead of God who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?" 3 And she says, "Behold, my handmaid Bilhah, go in to her, and she bears on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her"; 4 and she gives Bilhah her maidservant to him for a wife, and Jacob goes in to her ”

“ And she goes to seek YHWH. 23 And YHWH says to her, "Two nations [are] in your womb, and two peoples from your bowels are parted; and the [one] people is stronger than the [other] people; and the older serves the younger." 24 And her days to bear are fulfilled, and behold, twins [are] in her womb; 25 and the first comes out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau; 26 and afterward his brother has come out, and his hand is taking hold on Esau's heel, and one calls his name Jacob; and Isaac [is] a son of sixty years in her bearing them. ”

“ Now, we do evil to you more than [to] them"; and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come near to break the door. 10 And the men put forth their hand, and bring in Lot to them, into the house, and have shut the door; 11 and the men who [are] at the opening of the house they have struck with blindness, from small even to great, and they weary themselves to find the opening. 12 And the men say to Lot, "Whom have you here still? Son-in-law, your sons also, and your daughters, and all whom you have in the city, bring out from this place ”

“ The aged man of whom you have spoken, is he yet alive?" 28 And they say, "Your servant our father [is] well, he is yet alive"; and they bow, and pay respect. 29 And he lifts up his eyes and sees his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and says, "Is this your young brother, of whom you have spoken to me?" And he says, "God favor you, my son." 30 And Joseph hurries, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeks to weep, and enters the inner chamber, and weeps there ”

“ I nourish you and your infants"; and he comforts them, and speaks to their heart. 22 And Joseph dwells in Egypt, he and the house of his father, and Joseph lives one hundred and ten years, 23 and Joseph looks on Ephraim's sons of a third [generation] ; sons also of Machir, son of Manasseh, have been born on the knees of Joseph. 24 And Joseph says to his brothers, "I am dying, and God certainly inspects you, and has caused you to go up from this land, to the land which He has sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." ”

“ Laban, and Laban runs to the man who [is] outside, to the fountain; 30 indeed, it comes to pass, when he sees the ring, and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he hears the words of his sister Rebekah, saying, "Thus has the man spoken to me," that he comes to the man, and behold, he is standing by the camels by the fountain. 31 And he says, "Come in, O blessed one of YHWH! Why do you stand outside—and I have prepared the house and place for the camels?" ”

“ And an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer." 3 And Abram says, "Behold, to me You have not given seed, and behold, a servant will be my heir." 4 And behold, the word of YHWH [is] to him, saying, "This [one] will not be your heir; but he who comes out from your bowels, he will be your heir"; 5 and He brings him out outside and says, "Now look attentively toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them"; and He says to him, "Thus is your seed." ”

“ As a little thing one of the people had lain with your wife, and you had brought on us guilt"; 11 and Abimelech commands all the people, saying, "He who comes against this man or against his wife, dying does die." 12 And Isaac sows in that land, and finds in that year a hundredfold, and YHWH blesses him; 13 and the man is great, and goes on, going on and becoming great, until he has been very great, 14 and he has possession of a flock, and possession of a herd, and an abundant service ”

“ You have decided for Your servant, for Isaac; and by it I know that You have done kindness with my lord." 15 And it comes to pass, before he has finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah (who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham) is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder, 16 and the young person [is] of very good appearance, a virgin, and a man has not known her; and she goes down to the fountain, and fills her pitcher, and comes up. 17 And the servant runs to meet her and says, "Please let me swallow a little water from your pitcher" ”

“ Buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground are servants to Pharaoh; and give seed, and we live, and do not die, and the ground is not desolate." 20 And Joseph buys all the ground of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians have each sold his field, for the famine has been severe on them, and the land becomes Pharaoh's ”

“ For I have slain a man for my wound, || Even a young man for my hurt; 24 For sevenfold is required for Cain, || And for Lamech seventy-sevenfold." 25 And Adam again knows his wife, and she bears a son, and calls his name Seth, "for God has appointed for me another seed instead of Abel": for Cain had slain him. 26 And to Seth, to him also a son has been born, and he calls his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the Name of YHWH.
Chapter 5 1 This [is] an account of the generations of Adam. In the day of God's creating man, in the likeness of God He has made him ”

“ My covenant which you keep between Me and you, and your seed after you: every male of you [is] to be circumcised; 11 and you have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it has become a token of a covenant between Me and you. 12 And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male throughout your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of your seed; 13 he is certainly circumcised who [is] born in your house, or bought with your money; and My covenant has become in your flesh a perpetual covenant ”

“ And I have not seen him since; 29 when you have taken also this from my presence, and harm has met him, then you have brought down my grey hairs with evil to Sheol. 30 And now, at my coming to your servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul) , 31 then it has come to pass, when he sees that the youth is not, that he has died, and your servants have brought down the grey hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol ”

“ Bury your dead." 16 And Abraham listens to Ephron, and Abraham weighs to Ephron the silver which he has spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver shekels, passing with the merchant. 17 And established are the field of Ephron, which [is] in Machpelah, which [is] before Mamre, the field and the cave which [is] in it, and all the trees which [are] in the field, which [are] around all its border, 18 to Abraham by purchase, before the eyes of the sons of Heth, among all entering the gate of his city. ”

“ Chapter 34 1 And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she has borne to Jacob, goes out to look on the daughters of the land, 2 and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, sees her, and takes her, and lies with her, and humbles her; 3 and his soul cleaves to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loves the young person, and speaks to the heart of the young person. 4 And Shechem speaks to his father Hamor, saying, "Take for me this girl for a wife." ”

“ Zoar; and they set in array [for] battle with them in the Valley of Siddim, 9 with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with the five. 10 And the Valley of Siddim [is] full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the mountain. 11 And they take the whole substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the whole of their food, and go away; 12 and they take Lot, Abram's brother's son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom) , and his substance, and go away. ”

“ Bring them out to us, and we know them." 6 And Lot goes out to them, to the opening, and the door has shut behind him, 7 and says, "Please, my brothers, do not do evil; 8 now behold, I have two daughters who have not known anyone; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them as [is] good in your eyes; only do nothing to these men, for therefore they have come in within the shadow of my roof." ”

“ Chapter 48 1 And it comes to pass, after these things, that [one] says to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick"; and he takes his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And [one] declares [it] to Jacob and says, "Behold, your son Joseph is coming to you"; and Israel strengthens himself, and sits on the bed. ”

“ And she says, "I go." 59 And they send away their sister Rebekah, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men; 60 and they bless Rebekah, and say to her, "You [are] our sister; become thousands of myriads, and your seed possesses the gate of those hating it." 61 And Rebekah and her young women arise, and ride on the camels, and go after the man; and the servant takes Rebekah and goes. 62 And Isaac has come in from the entrance of the Well of the Living One, my Beholder ”