Discovery Box| (0.23) | Gen 20:7 |
| But now give back the man’s wife. Indeed 1 he is a prophet 2 and he will pray for you; thus you will live. 3 But if you don’t give her back, 4 know that you will surely die 5 along with all who belong to you.” |
| (0.23) | Gen 21:17 |
| But God heard the boy’s voice. 1 The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, “What is the matter, 2 Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard 3 the boy’s voice right where he is crying. |
| (0.23) | Gen 22:3 |
| Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. 1 He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out 2 for the place God had spoken to him about. |
| (0.23) | Gen 22:17 |
| I will indeed bless you, 1 and I will greatly multiply 2 your descendants 3 so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession 4 of the strongholds 5 of their enemies. |
| (0.23) | Gen 24:3 |
| so that I may make you solemnly promise 1 by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire 2 a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living. |
| (0.23) | Gen 24:7 |
| “The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, 1 promised me with a solemn oath, 2 ‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel 3 before you so that you may find 4 a wife for my son from there. |
| (0.23) | Gen 24:14 |
| I will say to a young woman, ‘Please lower your jar so I may drink.’ May the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac reply, ‘Drink, and I’ll give your camels water too.’ 1 In this way I will know that you have been faithful to my master.” 2 |
| (0.23) | Gen 24:40 |
| He answered, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked, 1 will send his angel with you. He will make your journey a success and you will find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father’s family. |
| (0.23) | Gen 26:4 |
| I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them 1 all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants. 2 |
| (0.23) | Gen 27:36 |
| Esau exclaimed, “‘Jacob’ is the right name for him! 1 He has tripped me up 2 two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!” Then he asked, “Have you not kept back a blessing for me?” |
| (0.23) | Gen 27:45 |
| Stay there 1 until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I’ll send someone to bring you back from there. 2 Why should I lose both of you in one day?” 3 |
| (0.23) | Gen 30:16 |
| When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must sleep 1 with me because I have paid for your services 2 with my son’s mandrakes.” So he had marital relations 3 with her that night. |
| (0.23) | Gen 31:43 |
| Laban replied 1 to Jacob, “These women 2 are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, 3 and these flocks are my flocks. All that you see belongs to me. But how can I harm these daughters of mine today 4 or the children to whom they have given birth? |
| (0.23) | Gen 33:10 |
| “No, please take them,” Jacob said. 1 “If I have found favor in your sight, accept 2 my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, 3 it is as if I have seen the face of God. 4 |
| (0.23) | Gen 34:7 |
| Now Jacob’s sons had come in from the field when they heard the news. 1 They 2 were offended 3 and very angry because Shechem 4 had disgraced Israel 5 by sexually assaulting 6 Jacob’s daughter, a crime that should not be committed. 7 |
| (0.23) | Gen 37:2 |
| This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, 1 was taking care of 2 the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster 3 working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. 4 Joseph brought back a bad report about them 5 to their father. |
| (0.23) | Gen 37:22 |
| Reuben continued, 1 “Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” 2 (Reuben said this 3 so he could rescue Joseph 4 from them 5 and take him back to his father.) |
| (0.23) | Gen 38:11 |
| Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up.” For he thought, 1 “I don’t want him to die like his brothers.” 2 So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house. |
| (0.23) | Gen 38:16 |
| He turned aside to her along the road and said, “Come on! I want to have sex with you.” 1 (He did not realize 2 it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked, “What will you give me in exchange for having sex with you?” 3 |
| (0.23) | Gen 40:20 |
| On the third day it was Pharaoh’s birthday, so he gave a feast for all his servants. He “lifted up” 1 the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants. |
