But you know it was because of a physical illness that I first proclaimed the gospel to you,

So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building ¹  the city.

So he overthrew those cities and all that region, ¹  including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew ²  from the ground.

Finally Jacob said ¹  to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. ²  I want to have marital relations with her.” ³ 

Jacob did as Laban said. ¹  When Jacob ²  completed Leah’s bridal week, ³  Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. ⁴ 

But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. ¹  So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban ²  and the stronger animals to Jacob.

The Lord was with Joseph. He was successful ¹  and lived ²  in the household of his Egyptian master.

The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing. ¹ 

When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went ¹  to his people.

When Pharaoh saw ¹  that the rain and hail and thunder ceased, he sinned again: ²  both he and his servants hardened ³  their hearts.

So the name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, ¹  because there they buried the people that craved different food. ² 

and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon, and ended at the Ammonite border.

I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept ¹  prophesying good things about ²  you, and I rescued you from his power. ³ 

When the man got ready to leave, ¹  his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night. ² 

So she gathered grain in the field until evening. When she threshed ¹  what she had gathered, it came to about thirty pounds ²  of barley!

Ruth the Moabite replied, “He even ¹  told me, ‘You may go along beside my servants ²  until they have finished gathering all my harvest!’” ³ 

Just when he had finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel appeared on the scene. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him. ¹ 

When David ¹  had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. ²  Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life. ³ 

When it was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they prophesied too. So Saul sent messengers a third time, but they also prophesied.

Omri’s supporters were stronger than those who supported Tibni son of Ginath. Tibni died; Omri became king.