before the mountains were set in place – before the hills – I was born,

A friend ¹  loves at all times, and a relative ²  is born to help in adversity. ³ 

Just as lion cubs are born predators, ¹  so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.

When humankind ¹  began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born ²  to them, ³ 

And sons were also born ¹  to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), ²  the father of all the sons of Eber.

Two sons were born to Joseph before the famine came. ¹  Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, was their mother. ² 

The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn; Jehoiakim was born second; Zedekiah third; and Shallum fourth.

“Let the day on which ¹  I was born ²  perish, and the night that said, ³  ‘A man ⁴  has been conceived!’ ⁵ 

For we were born yesterday ¹  and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow. ² 

But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being. ¹ 

What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure? ¹ 

The account of his intervention ¹  will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the Lord.

When there were no deep oceans ¹  I was born, ²  when there were no springs overflowing ³  with water;

Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me. ¹ 

To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father ¹  of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.

And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people ¹  began to worship ²  the Lord.

This is the account ¹  of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons ²  were born ³  to them after the flood.

Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided, ¹  and his brother’s name was Joktan.

Abram added, ¹  “Since ²  you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!” ³