This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s...

This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,...

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he...

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given...

Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. On reaching a certain...

Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east. He...

When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was...

Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my...

Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that...

On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled. So he took his...

But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my...

Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him. When Jacob saw them,...

Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he...

After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city. And the plot of grou

Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an...

Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult. During her sever

This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom). Esau took his wives from the...

Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan....

Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks...

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are...

Now the famine was still severe in the land. So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all...

Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he...

When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh...

So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he...

Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen....

Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his...

Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you...

Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me...

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if...

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him fo

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the...

Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For...

After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in

In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought...

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the...

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me...

Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed...

These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, a

These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God...

Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess...

Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the...

These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with...

For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond...

Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. Let...

This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites...

Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah,...

Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the...

Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of...

Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you...

These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle...

In the thirty-seventh year of the reign of Joash over Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years. And he did

Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and...

On that day David first committed to Asaph and his brothers this song of...

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are...

A raw, lyrical dispatch documenting an individual’s harrowing descent into isolation and the subsequent transformation of their pain into a universal anthem of

We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in...

Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph. How...

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are...

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me....

I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me. In the day of trouble I...

Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth. I...

The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy...

Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. Lift...

How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts! My soul longs, even faints,...

You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity. You...

Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the...

When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign...

Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,...

Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul. I will praise the LORD all my life; I...

Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely...

This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and...

Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary...

The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel. All the people will know it— Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrog

Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, to deprive...

This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter

In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring...

Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do...

“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God. “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and...

“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let...

Sing to the LORD a new song— His praise from the ends of the earth— you who go...

Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your n

But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen. This is the word...

Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made...

This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have...

Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal. The gods cower; they crouc

“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who...

Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me...

Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest. Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your si

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you....

“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did...

Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Go and proclaim in the hearing of...

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “This is what the LORD,...

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious...

This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah...

The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and...

How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the...

In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of...