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And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

BearingStrictnessPunishments

Two of everything—from the birds according to their kinds, from the livestock according to their kinds, and from the animals that crawl on the ground according to their kinds—will come to you so that you can keep them alive.

According To Its KindKept Alive By MenKinds Of Living Things

And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one [unified] people, and they all have the same language. This is only the beginning of what they will do [in rebellion against Me], and now no evil thing they imagine they can do will be impossible for them.

Imagination, Evil SchemingDivine RestraintsUnified PeoplePossibilities For PeopleActivity BegunPossible For PeopleVisualizationLanguageWorking TogetherSuccess And Hard WorkTogethernesstechnologyaccomplishmentimaginationimpossible

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

Fruitfulness, NaturalDust, Figurative UseUncountableNumerous As DustImpossible For People

that I will not take a thread or sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you can never say, ‘I made Abram rich.’

Materialism, As An Aspect Of SinShoesCords

I will take nothing except what the servants have eaten. But as for the share of the men who came with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre—they can take their share.”

Food PermittedSharing Material Things

Abram said, “Lord God, what reward will You give me, since I am [leaving this world] childless, and he who will be the owner and heir of my house is this [servant] Eliezer from Damascus?”

AbrahamMoney, Stewardship OfWhat God Gives

Then the LORD told Abram, "You can be certain about this: Your descendants will be foreigners in a land that isn't theirs. They will be slaves there and will be oppressed for 400 years.

ForeignersOppression, Nature Of100 Years And MoreSojourningSure KnowledgeThose OppressedReckoned As ForeignersGroups Of SlavesStrangers in israelDescendants ofslaveryoppression

So Sarai said to Abram, “See here, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. I am asking you to go in to [the bed of] my maid [so that she may bear you a child]; perhaps I will obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to Sarai and did as she said.

BarrennessSleep, PhysicalDivine RestraintsReasons For BarrennessChildren Are A BlessingGod HinderingSexual Union IntendedObeying Peoplesarah

And let me bring a piece of bread, then refresh {yourselves}. Afterward you can pass on, {once} you have passed by with your servant." Then they said, "Do so as you have said."

Bread, As FoodServanthood, In Life Of BelieversPeople Refreshed

And he said, "I will come again unto thee as soon as the fruit can live. And lo, Sara thy wife shall have a son." That heard Sara, out of the tent door which was behind his back.

ListeningSanctity Of LifeConceptionBirths ForetoldThe Promise Of A Babysarah

But the Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Can I really have a baby when I’m old?’

Why Do Others Do This?The Promise Of A Babysarah

Is the thing too hard for the LORD to do? In the time appointed will I return unto thee, as soon as the fruit can have life. And Sara shall have a son."

All Things Being PossibleGod, Power OfGod's OmnipotencePower, Of GodArriving On TimePossibilities For GodEasy For GodPossible For GodThe Time Appointedimpossible

And the LORD said, "Can I hide from Abraham that thing which I am about to do,

God, Purpose OfPredictionsGod's Things Concealed

And he said, “See here, my lords, please turn aside and come into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may get up early and go on your way.” But they said, “No, we shall spend the night in the open plaza [of the city].”

Foot washingGuestsMorningServanthood, In SocietySalutationsHospitalityFeet WashingTravellersCity SquaresClean FeetThose Who Rose EarlyCare Of FeetStaying Temporarily

They called out to Lot and said, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have sex with them!”

Self IndulgenceVulgarityHomosexualitySexual Union IntendedWhere Are People?sex

See here, I have two daughters who have not known a man [intimately]; please let me bring them out to you [instead], and you can do as you please with them; only do nothing to these men, because they have in fact come under the shelter of my roof [for protection].”

daughtersRooftopVirginTwo WomenLeaving People AloneNever Giving UpFather And Daughter RelationshipsProtecting Your FamilyFathers And Daughters

Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by saving my life. But I can’t run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

KindnessPeople's Inability To SaveEscaping To MountainsPossibility Of DeathGod Showed His LovingkindnessUnable To Save

Look, this town is close enough for me to run to. It is a small place. Please let me go there—it’s only a small place, isn’t it?—so that I can survive.”

SmallnessSmall ThingsKeeping Oneself AliveOthers Who Fled

Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

HasteImpotence Of GodSmall ThingsHurrying Others On

Come, let’s get our father to drink wine so that we can sleep with him and preserve our father’s line.”

Courteousnessgrandfathers

The next day the firstborn said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight so you can go sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

Firstborn Daughters

Now then, return the man's wife. As a matter of fact, he's a prophet and can intercede for you so you'll live. But if you don't return her, be aware that you and all who are yours will certainly die."

MediatorAbraham, The Friend Of GodKept Alive By MenDeath As PunishmentReinstating PeoplePraying For SinnersNamed Prophets Of The LordHusband And WifeGiving Back

When God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This kindness and loyalty you can show me: at every place we stop, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”

LoyaltyTentsWanderers

And the water out of the skin was spent, - so she cant the child under one of the shrubs;

Water ContainersNo Water For PeopleShortage Other Than Food

Then she went and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I can’t bear to watch the boy die!” So as she sat nearby, she wept loudly.

Maternal LoveDepression, SymptomsLove, And The WorldFear, Of DeathNot Seeing PeopleSoliloquyFear Of DeathOthers MourningDeath Of A ChildDeath Of A Motherdistance

“I am a foreign resident among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

Being A PilgrimPilgrims, Examples OfUnseenReckoned As ForeignersThe Cave Of Machpelah

The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from my native land, who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘I will give this land to your offspring’—He will send His angel before you, and you can take a wife for my son from there.

AbrahamLand, As A Divine GiftOaths, DivineServants, GoodAngels, Ministry To BelieversAngels Going At God's BiddingBringing People Out Of Other PlacesTaking A Wife

Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can't speak to you bad or good.

God In Relation To ManUnable To Harm

So here's Rebekah she's right in front of you. Take her and go, so she can become a wife for your master's son, just as the LORD has decreed."

SinglenessGiving In Marriage

After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. When they got up in the morning, he said, "Let me leave now so I can return to my master."

Leisure, And PastimesEating And DrinkingPeople Sending People

But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl stay with us for about 10 days. Then she can go.”

Ten Or More DaysPeople Who Delayed

"Please don't delay me," the servant answered them. "The LORD has made my journey successful. Send me off so I can return to my master."

Do Not HinderPeople Sending PeopleSuccess Through God

And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and of what use can the birthright be to me?

Nearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon Happen

Then make for me tasty food like I love, and bring [it] to me. And I will eat [it] so that I can bless you before I die.

TasteRequesting FoodSavourinessBefore DeathLoving Other ThingsPeople Blessing

'Bring wild game to me and prepare tasty food so I can eat [it] and bless you before Yahweh before my death.'

Requesting FoodSavourinessBefore DeathPeople BlessingMothers Deathgames

Then you are to take it to your father so that he can eat and bless you before he dies."

Requesting FoodBefore DeathPeople Blessing

"I'm Esau, your firstborn!" Jacob told his father. "I've done what you asked, so please sit up and eat what I caught, so you can bless me."

Examples Of DeceitFirstbornInheritance, MaterialFirstborn SonsThis Is MePeople Blessing

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau or not?”

DistinguishingIs It Really?Contact With People

Then he said, “Serve me, and let me eat some of my son’s game so that I can bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; he brought him wine, and he drank.

WineProviding WinePeople Blessing

prepared some delicious food, brought it to his father, and told him, "Can you get up now, father, so you may eat some of your son's game and then bless me?"

SavourinessPeople BlessingDeercooking

And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him lord over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and new wine have I supplied him and what can I do now for thee, my son?

Serving PeopleProviding Wine

After that happens and he has forgotten what you've done to him, I'll send for you so you can return from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"

Anger, Sinful ExamplesForgetting ThingsAnger SubsidingBereavement

But they replied, “We can’t until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone is rolled from the well’s opening. Then we will water the sheep.”

Gathering CreaturesRollingUnable To Do Other Things

That made Jacob angry with Rachel, so he asked her, "Can I take God's place, who has not allowed you to conceive?"

Barren WomenReasons For BarrennessMen As GodsNamed People Angry With Others

Then she said, “Here is my slave Bilhah. Go sleep with her, and she’ll bear children for me so that through her I too can build a family.”

KneelingMaidsMarital SexKneesMarital Sex Between

But Leah replied to her, “Isn’t it enough that you have taken my husband? Now you also want to take my son’s mandrakes?”

“Well,” Rachel said, “you can sleep with him tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

Marital SexMarital Sex BetweenTaking Other PeopleUnimportant Things

After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so that I can return to my homeland.

Returning to their landPeople Sending People

He said to them, “I can see from your father’s face that his attitude toward me is not the same, but the God of my father has been with me.

God With Specific PeopleWorseChange

Now, you can go if you must go, because you certainly are longing to go to your father's house. But why did you steal my gods?"

HomeLove, And The WorldRight DesiresRobbing Gods

She said to her father, "Don't let my lord be angry that I can't rise up before you; for I'm having my period." He searched, but didn't find the teraphim.

MenstruationBleedingSeeking For Concrete ThingsNot FindingNot Able To Get Upwomanhood

And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

People Possessing Other Things

He thought, “If Esau comes to one camp and attacks it, the remaining one can escape.”

Escaping From PeopleSurvivors Of IsraelPeople Attacking Their Own

You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"

UncountableImpossible For PeopleGod Doing GoodSand And Gravel

You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I want to appease Esau with the gift that is going ahead of me. After that, I can face him, and perhaps he will forgive me.”

and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

ForeskinsUncircumcisionImpossible For PeopleNamed SistersUnable To Do Other Things

Only herein, can we consent to you, - If ye will become like us, by circumcising to you every male,

AgreementBecoming Like PeopleConsentNecessity Of Circumcision

Then let us make ready and let us go up to Bethel, so that I can make an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my trouble, and who has been with me on the way that I have gone."

DistressGod AnsweredGod Has Been With YouGod With Specific People

“I’m looking for my brothers,” Joseph said. “Can you tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

Where Are People?

Come on, let’s kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal ate him. Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams!”

Animals Eating PeopleWild Animals DevouringAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleUnfulfilled Word

And he returned to his brothers and said, "The boy {is gone}! Now I, {what can I do}?"

Nowhere To Be FoundWhere To?

There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Godly Fear, Examples OfWhat Sin?

And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.

DreamsNo One AvailableTelling Dreams

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

Wisdom, Source Of HumanInventionsInterpretation Of DreamsDreams InterpretedNo One Available

"I can't do that," Joseph replied, "but God is concerned about Pharaoh's well-being."

HumilityMission, Of IsraelGod Will AnswerNot Me

The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this to the magicians, but no one can tell me what it means.”

Seven ThingsNo One AvailableTelling DreamsThin Bodies

And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

FindingThe Spirit Of GodUnique IndividualsExcellence

Pay attention now! I've heard that there is grain in Egypt, so go down there and buy some grain for us, so we can live, instead of dying."

VisitingKept Alive By Men

So here's how we'll test you. You can bet the life of Pharaoh that you're not leaving here until your youngest brother comes here!

The Youngest Child

Send one from among you to get your brother. The rest of you will be imprisoned so that your words can be tested to see if they are true. If they are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

PrisonersSpyingPeople Sending People

If you're honest men, leave one of your brothers here in custody, then the rest of you can leave and take some grain with you to alleviate the famine that's affecting your households.

ImprisonmentsPeople Providing Food

Bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be confirmed; then you won’t die.” And they consented to this.

The Youngest Child

Bring back your youngest brother to me, and I will know that you are not spies but honest men. I will then give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the country.’”

TradeThe Youngest ChildSpyingReinstating People

Then Reuben said to his father, “You can kill my two sons if I don’t bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him to you.”

Two Sons

"Send the young man with me," Judah told his father Israel, "and we'll get up and go so we can survive and not die and that includes all of us, you and our families.

Going TogetherKept Alive By Men

I will be responsible for him. You can hold me personally accountable! If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, I will be guilty before you forever.

SafetyEternal Evil

Also take twice as much money with you so you can return the money that had been replaced in the mouth of your sacks. Maybe it was an accounting mistake on his part.

HonestyMistakesDouble MoneyIndeterminate Sums Of Money

"Relax," the manager said. "You can stop being afraid, now. Your God, the God of your father, has placed hidden treasure within those sacks for you. I've been paid in full." Then he brought Simeon out to them,

People Set Free By PeopleGod Gives Wealth

And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.

Indeterminate Sums Of Money

With whomsoever of thy servants it can be found, he shall die, - and, we also, will become my lord's servants.

Approval To Kill

And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

What Do You Do?

And Judah said, "What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? Now how can we show ourselves innocent? God has found the guilt of your servants! Behold, we [are] slaves to my lord, both we and also he in whose hand the cup was found."

Being Found OutAcquitting The Just

Then Joseph said, “I swear that I will not do this. The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. The rest of you can go in peace to your father.”

Being Found OutExemptFar Be It!

Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him to me so that I can see him.’

Seeing People

We said to my lord, 'The boy can't leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

Possibility Of DeathPeople Abandoning People

We said, 'We can't go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man's face, unless our youngest brother is with us.'

Not With People

Also, your servant pledged his own life as a guarantee of the young man's safety. I told my father, "If I don't bring him back to you, you can blame me forever.'

GuaranteeSafetyEternal Evil

How can I go up to my father if the young man is not with me—for fear that I would see the tragedy that would overtake my [elderly] father [if Benjamin does not return]?”

Not With People

You can settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, and grandchildren, your sheep, cattle, and all you have.

GrandchildrenLiving In The LandNeighboursImmigrantsland

Look! Your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that I am speaking to you [personally in your language and not through an interpreter].

This Is MeSeeing People

Get your father and your families, and come back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you can eat from the richness of the land.’

FatnessFat Of AnimalsPlenty In Egyptland

Then Israel said to Joseph, “At last I can die, now that I have seen your face and know you are still alive!”

ReadinessParental LoveResigned To DeathLiving OnSeeing People
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