He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert.”

One of the experts in religious law ¹  answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things you insult ²  us too.”

Then ¹  after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.

But if I do what I don’t want, I agree that the law is good. ¹ 

through glory and dishonor, through slander and praise; regarded as impostors, ¹  and yet true;

You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.

For the one who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, ¹  and there are no exceptions. ² 

For it is right ¹  for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

On this topic we have much to say ¹  and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish ²  in hearing.

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, ¹  than for doing evil.

And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of ¹  the ungodly and sinners? ² 

or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly ¹  with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths ²  –

But I see the prophets of Jerusalem ¹  doing something just as shocking. They are unfaithful to me and continually prophesy lies. ²  So they give encouragement to people who are doing evil, with the result that they do not stop their evildoing. ³  I consider all of them as bad as the people of Sodom, and the citizens of Jerusalem as bad as the people of Gomorrah. ⁴ 

God saw the earth, and indeed ¹  it was ruined, ²  for all living creatures ³  on the earth were sinful. ⁴ 

The bad-looking, thin cows ate the seven fine-looking, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

People from every country ¹  came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, ¹  for he said, ²  “What if some accident ³  happens ⁴  to him?”

If you take ¹  this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair ²  in tragedy ³  to the grave.’ ⁴ 

Fish ¹  in the Nile will die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable ²  to drink water from the Nile.”’”

So they put it aside until the morning, just as Moses had commanded, and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it.