So Abram went, as the LORD had told him . . . they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.  The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.  From there ...  Read More

The LORD had said to Abram, "Go from your country, your people and your father's household to the land I will show you."I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."So Abram went, as the LORD had told him...  Read More

Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.  . . . Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city . . . so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth."But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. The LORD said, "...  Read More

Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.  . . . Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. "But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. And for your lifeblood I will surely demand . . . an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of...  Read More

Then God said to Noah, "Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.  . . . So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives.  . . . Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in His heart: "Never again will I curse...  Read More

The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.  . . . In the six hundredth year of Noah's life . . . all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.  . . . On that very day Noah and his sons . . . together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.  . ...  Read More