In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month – on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark

At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made

He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.

so she said to Abram, ‘The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.’

Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.

So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.

Then Sarai said to Abram, ‘You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.’

And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!”

‘Your slave is in your hands,’ Abram said. ‘Do with her whatever you think best.’ Then Sarai ill-treated Hagar; so she fled from her.

But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.

And he said, ‘Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?’

‘I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,’ she answered.

And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.”

Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.

Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and returned Sarah his wife to him.

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again,

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.

for the Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.

For the Lord had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

and she said to Abraham, ‘Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.’

So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.”

But God said to him, ‘Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.

But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.

I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.’

And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring.”

So the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder were brought for the camels, and water for him and his men to wash their feet.

So the man came to the house and unharnessed the camels, and gave straw and fodder to the camels, and there was water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

The Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.

This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Sarah’s slave, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.

These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.

And Laban gave his servant Zilpah to his daughter as her attendant.

(Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.)

Laban gave his servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her attendant.

(Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)

When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless.

When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Then she said, ‘Here is Bilhah, my servant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.’

Then she said, “Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf, that even I may have children through her.”

So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her,

So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

Then Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

Then Leah said, ‘God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.’ So she named him Issachar.

Leah said, “God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.

Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive.

Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.

In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

Thus the man increased greatly and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two female servants, but he found nothing. After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent.

So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find them. And he went out of Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s.

I have cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, male and female servants. Now I am sending this message to my lord, that I may find favour in your eyes.”’

I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, in order that I may find favor in your sight.’”

That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants.

And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants.

He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear.

And he put the servants with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.

Then the female servants and their children approached and bowed down.

Then the servants drew near, they and their children, and bowed down.

The sons of Rachel’s servant Bilhah:
Dan and Naphtali.

The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant: Dan and Naphtali.

The sons of Leah’s servant Zilpah:
Gad and Asher.

These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.

But while Joseph was there in the prison,

And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.

and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.

and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.

each of the two men – the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison – had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.

And one night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation.

When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout Egypt.

So when the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!’

Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”

if you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households.

if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households,

He turned away from them and began to weep, but then came back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken from them and bound before their eyes.

Then he turned away from them and wept. And he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

At the place where they stopped for the night one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack.

And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack.

But at the place where we stopped for the night we opened our sacks and each of us found his silver – the exact weight – in the mouth of his sack. So we have brought it back with us.

And when we came to the lodging place we opened our sacks, and there was each man’s money in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. So we have brought it again with us,

Each of them quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

Then each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack.

Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.

Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

He will tether his donkey to a vine,
his colt to the choicest branch;
he will wash his garments in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.

Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.

Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river-bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it.

Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it.

She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. ‘This is one of the Hebrew babies,’ she said.

When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well.

and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

So he had his chariot made ready and took his army with him.

So he made ready his chariot and took his army with him,

but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.

‘You shall not covet your neighbour’s house. You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.’

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

‘If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.

“When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.

‘Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result,

“When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged.

‘An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.

“When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye.

And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.

If he knocks out the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go free because of his tooth.