the genesis story

[26:31] In the morning they rose early and exchanged oaths; and Isaac set them on their way, and they departed from him in peace. Would you take away my son's mandrakes also?" - yes, and blessed he shall be!" [9:12] God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: [9:13] I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. [17:18] And Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live in your sight!" [4:17] Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch; and he built a city, and named it Enoch after his son Enoch. [23:7] Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land. [6:9] These are the descendants of Noah. Now Joseph was handsome and good-looking. [1:8] God called the dome Sky. [45:6] For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. [18:32] Then he said, "Oh do not let the Lord be angry if I speak just once more. The first 12 of the 54 come from the Book of Genesis, and they are: "The Book of Genesis" redirects here. [5:8] Thus all the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years; and he died. He took away my birthright; and look, now he has taken away my blessing." [25:16] These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes. [18:12] So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?" So they drank and were merry with him. [17:26] That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised; [17:27] and all the men of his house, slaves born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him. [1:24] And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind." [25:12] These are the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's slave-girl, bore to Abraham. [4:24] If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold." The full name, Hebrew: פָּרָשַׁת הַשָּׁבוּעַ‎ Parashat ha-Shavua, is popularly abbreviated to parashah (also parshah /pɑːrʃə/ or parsha), and is also known as a Sidra (or Sedra /sɛdrə/). [38:27] When the time of her delivery came, there were twins in her womb. [50:18] Then his brothers also wept, fell down before him, and said, "We are here as your slaves." [21:9] But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. [32:26] Then he said, "Let me go, for the day is breaking." [1:11] Then God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it." And Esau lifted up his voice and wept. [45:18] Take your father and your households and come to me, so that I may give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you may enjoy the fat of the land.' [25:5] Abraham gave all he had to Isaac. [6:8] But Noah found favor in the sight of the LORD. ", [45:1] Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, "Send everyone away from me." [50:14] After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father. [46:8] Now these are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his offspring, who came to Egypt. [43:1] Now the famine was severe in the land. [37:35] All his sons and all his daughters sought to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and said, "No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning." [1:3] Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. [19:33] So they made their father drink wine that night; and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; he did not know when she lay down or when she rose. [14:1] In the days of King Amraphel of Shinar, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Chedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim, [14:2] these kings made war with King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). [48:5] Therefore your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are now mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are. [43:22] Moreover we have brought down with us additional money to buy food. [37:17] The man said, "They have gone away, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" [34:24] And all who went out of the city gate heeded Hamor and his son Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. [2:24] Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. [34:3] And his soul was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the girl, and spoke tenderly to her. [42:22] Then Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to wrong the boy? [4:6] The LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen? [26:24] And that very night the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham; do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you and make your offspring numerous for my servant Abraham's sake." God sees mankind cooperating to build a great tower city, the Tower of Babel, and divides humanity with many languages and sets them apart with confusion. [50:10] When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they held there a very great and sorrowful lamentation; and he observed a time of mourning for his father seven days. [49:29] Then he charged them, saying to them, "I am about to be gathered to my people. [38:9] But since Onan knew that the offspring would not be his, he spilled his semen on the ground whenever he went in to his brother's wife, so that he would not give offspring to his brother. Then God sends a great flood to wipe out the rest of the world. He answered, "I am your firstborn son, Esau." [19:30] Now Lot went up out of Zoar and settled in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar; so he lived in a cave with his two daughters. [15:6] And he believed the LORD; and the LORD reckoned it to him as righteousness. What can we speak? [6:19] And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. [8:10] He waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark; [8:11] and the dove came back to him in the evening, and there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf; so Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth. [7:15] They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. [41:14] Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was hurriedly brought out of the dungeon. [39:10] And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not consent to lie beside her or to be with her. [8:21] And when the LORD smelled the pleasing odor, the LORD said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done. [18:22] So the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing before the LORD. [9:26] He also said, "Blessed by the LORD my God be Shem; and let Canaan be his slave. [25:11] After the death of Abraham God blessed his son Isaac. Suppose ten are found there." [20] Since the 1970s there has been a revolution leading scholars to view the Elohist source as no more than a variation on the Yahwist, and the Priestly source as a body of revisions and expansions to the Yahwist (or "non-Priestly") material. [10:31] These are the descendants of Shem, by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations. [3:14] The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. [21:22] At that time Abimelech, with Phicol the commander of his army, said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do; [21:23] now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but as I have dealt loyally with you, you will deal with me and with the land where you have resided as an alien." [5:21] When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he became the father of Methuselah. [36:23] These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. [31:20] And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee. Now therefore let me go up, so that I may bury my father; then I will return." What we told him was in answer to these questions. Only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen. [23:19] After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah facing Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. For he has sold us, and he has been using up the money given for us. [41:50] Before the years of famine came, Joseph had two sons, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. [7:1] Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation. For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as a possession for a burying place." [48:15] He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, [48:16] the angel who has redeemed me from all harm, bless the boys; and in them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my ancestors Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude on the earth." [29:23] But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her. [24:49] Now then, if you will deal loyally and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so that I may turn either to the right hand or to the left." Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place. [50:13] They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, the field near Mamre, which Abraham bought as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite. [31:51] Then Laban said to Jacob, "See this heap and see the pillar, which I have set between you and me. [16:5] Then Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be on you! He helped God to make all other things. [18:7] Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it. [35:22] While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. [49:6] May I never come into their council; may I not be joined to their company - for in their anger they killed men, and at their whim they hamstrung oxen. [47:27] Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen; and they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly. [10:20] These are the descendants of Ham, by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations. And Abram gave him one tenth of everything. With Sotigui Kouyaté. [4:10] And the LORD said, "What have you done? [10:11] From that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah, and [10:12] Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. [12:14] When Abram entered Egypt the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. He bound his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. [23:14] Ephron answered Abraham, [23:15] "My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver - what is that between you and me? [30:23] She conceived and bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach"; [30:24] and she named him Joseph, saying, "May the LORD add to me another son!" [26:26] Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army. [6:5] The LORD saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. [49:26] The blessings of your father are stronger than the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills; may they be on the head of Joseph, on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers. [49:13] Zebulun shall settle at the shore of the sea; he shall be a haven for ships, and his border shall be at Sidon. [10:7] The descendants of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. [50:21] So have no fear; I myself will provide for you and your little ones." The story opens with God confronting chaos and disorder to bring order and beauty in creation. [32:25] When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. [22:11] But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" [25:22] The children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is to be this way, why do I live?" Tradition credits Moses as the author of Genesis, as well as the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and most of Deuteronomy, but modern scholars, especially from the 19th century onward, see them as a product of the 6th and 5th centuries BC.[7][8]. [48:11] Israel said to Joseph, "I did not expect to see your face; and here God has let me see your children also." The parashah is a section of the Torah (Five Books of Moses) used in Jewish liturgy during a particular week. [28:17] And he was afraid, and said, "How awesome is this place! [35:11] God said to him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you. [14:24] I will take nothing but what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me - Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. My son Joseph is still alive. [32:16] These he delivered into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass on ahead of me, and put a space between drove and drove." [17:25] And his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. [42:29] When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying, [42:30] "The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us, and charged us with spying on the land. [34:26] They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away. [50:11] When the Canaanite inhabitants of the land saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning on the part of the Egyptians." [18:9] They said to him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" [27:24] He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" [31:19] Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father's household gods. [47:31] And he said, "Swear to me"; and he swore to him. [36:13] These were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. [34] The problem lies in finding a way to unite the patriarchal theme of the divine promise to the stories of Genesis 1–11 (the primeval history) with their theme of God's forgiveness in the face of man's evil nature. Now he was the most honored of all his family. [48:14] But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands, for Manasseh was the firstborn. [13:3] He journeyed on by stages from the Negeb as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, [13:4] to the place where he had made an altar at the first; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. [14:3] All these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea). [48:8] When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, "Who are these?" [19:24] Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of heaven; [19:25] and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. [28:13] And the LORD stood beside him and said, "I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring; [28:14] and your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your offspring. It is divisible into two parts, the primeval history (chapters 1–11) and the ancestral history (chapters 12–50). [26:11] So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, "Whoever touches this man or his wife shall be put to death." [33:11] Please accept my gift that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have everything I want." But he said, "Why should my lord be so kind to me?" [39:22] The chief jailer committed to Joseph's care all the prisoners who were in the prison, and whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. [21:21] He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt. [8:22] As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.". The story of the most controversial period in the illustrious career of Genesis: the overblown Lamb Lies Down On Broadway and Peter Gabriel's departure. [16:4] He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress. Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing! [6:7] So the LORD said, "I will blot out from the earth the human beings I have created - people together with animals and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them." This is interpreted by Christians as the fall of humanity. The descendants of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. [1:12] The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. [24:50] Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing comes from the LORD; we cannot speak to you anything bad or good. [44:24] When we went back to your servant my father we told him the words of my lord. [24:6] Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there. [41:28] It is as I told Pharaoh; God has shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do. [45:21] The sons of Israel did so. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her." [47:23] Then Joseph said to the people, "Now that I have this day bought you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you; sow the land. Apsu, at any rate the genesis story has no parallel in Genesis at Discogs so. Gad shall be greater than I the genesis story die Now, we would Now have returned twice. heaven, all! 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