33	GEN 2:2	By the time the seventh day came, God had finished the work he'd done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work he'd been doing.
43	GEN 2:12	(The gold from that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx stone are also found there.)
51	GEN 2:20	Adam gave names to all the livestock, all the birds, and all the wild animals. But Adam didn't find anyone like him who could help him.
70	GEN 3:14	Then the Lord God told the serpent, “Because of what you've done, you are cursed more than any of the other animals. You will slide along on your belly and eat dust as long as you live.
73	GEN 3:17	He told Adam, “Because you did what your wife told you, and ate fruit from the tree after I ordered you, ‘Don't eat fruit from this tree,’ the ground is now cursed because of you. You will have to work painfully hard to grow food from it throughout your whole life.
87	GEN 4:7	If you were doing what's right, then you'd be looking happy. But if you don't do what's right, then sin will be like animal crouching outside your home, ready to pounce on you. It wants to have you, but you must be the one in control.”
95	GEN 4:15	But the Lord replied, “No, Cain. Anyone who kills you will be punished seven times over.” The Lord placed a mark on Cain so that no one who came across him would kill him.
146	GEN 6:8	But the Lord was pleased with Noah.
152	GEN 6:14	Build an ark out of cypress wood. Make rooms inside the ark, and coat it with tar, both inside and out.
156	GEN 6:18	But I will keep my agreement with you. You are to go into the ark, taking with you your wife and your sons and their wives.
185	GEN 8:1	But God hadn't forgotten about Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the ark. God sent a wind to blow over the earth, and the floodwaters started to drop.
193	GEN 8:9	But the dove couldn't find anywhere to land. So it came back to Noah in the ark because water was still covering the whole earth. He reached out his hand, picked up the dove, and took it back into the ark with him.
197	GEN 8:13	By now Noah was 601, and by the first day of the first month, the floodwaters on the earth were gone. Noah pulled back the ark's covering and saw that the ground was drying out.
198	GEN 8:14	By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry.
210	GEN 9:4	But do not eat meat with the lifeblood still in it.
245	GEN 10:10	His kingdom began in the cities of Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, all located in the land of Shinar.
272	GEN 11:5	But the Lord came down to take a look at the city and the tower that the people were building.
276	GEN 11:9	That's why it was called Babel, because the Lord made the language of the world confused.
307	GEN 12:8	Then he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and set up camp there. Bethel was to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar to the Lord there and worshiped him.
309	GEN 12:10	But the land had been hit by famine. So Abram continued on to Egypt, planning to live there because the famine was so bad.
316	GEN 12:17	But the Lord caused Pharaoh and the people in his palace to suffer from terrible diseases because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
322	GEN 13:3	He left the Negev and traveled in stages to Bethel, back to the place where he'd camped before, between Bethel and Ai.
339	GEN 14:2	They attacked Bera, king of Sodom, Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (otherwise known as Zoar).
345	GEN 14:8	Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (otherwise known as Zoar) marched out and prepared for battle in the Valley of Siddim.
350	GEN 14:13	But one of those captured escaped and went and told Abram the Hebrew what had happened. Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, whose brothers were Eshcol and Aner. All of them were Abram's allies.
359	GEN 14:22	But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand, making a solemn promise to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth,
363	GEN 15:2	But Abram replied, “Lord God, what good is whatever you give me? I don't have any children, and the heir to all that I have is Eliezer of Damascus.”
365	GEN 15:4	But then the Lord told him, “This man won't be your heir. Your heir will be your very own son.”
369	GEN 15:8	“But Lord God, how can I be certain that I will own it?” Abram asked.
370	GEN 15:9	The Lord told him, “Bring me a cow, a goat, and a ram, all of them three years old, together with a dove and a young pigeon.”
376	GEN 15:15	But as for you, you will die in peace and be buried, having lived a good long life.
396	GEN 16:14	That's why the well is called “the Well of the Living One who Sees Me.” It's still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
415	GEN 17:17	Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground. But inside he was laughing, asking himself, “How on earth could I have a son at the age of one hundred? How could Sarah have a child when she is ninety?”
419	GEN 17:21	But it's with Isaac that I will keep my agreement, the son Sarah will give birth to about this time next year.”
424	GEN 17:26	Both Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
461	GEN 19:3	But Lot insisted, and they went with him to his house. He made them a meal and baked bread for them to eat.
462	GEN 19:4	But they hadn't even gone to bed before the men of Sodom, young and old, from every part of town, came and surrounded the house.
463	GEN 19:5	They shouted out to Lot, “Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out here to us so we can have sex with them.”
468	GEN 19:10	But the men inside reached out and grabbed Lot, dragged him inside, and slammed the door shut.
472	GEN 19:14	Lot went immediately to speak to the men who were engaged to marry his daughters. “Get up quickly and leave,” he said, “because the Lord is about to destroy the town!” But they thought it was just a joke.
474	GEN 19:16	But Lot hesitated. The men grabbed his hand, and those of his wife and two daughters, and dragged them along, leaving them outside the town. The Lord was kind to them to do this.
480	GEN 19:22	But hurry up and run there quickly, because I can't do anything until you get there.” (This is why the town was called Zoar.)
484	GEN 19:26	But Lot's wife, who was lagging behind, looked back, and she turned into a pillar of salt.
496	GEN 19:38	The younger daughter had a son too, and she called him Ben-ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.
499	GEN 20:3	But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “Listen! You're going to die because the woman you've taken is already married—she has a husband.”
503	GEN 20:7	Send the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you don't send her back to him, you should know for sure that you and all your family will die.”
521	GEN 21:7	She also said, “Would anyone have announced to Abraham that Sarah was going to have children to nurse? But now I have had a son for Abraham even when he was old!”
523	GEN 21:9	But Sarah noticed that Ishmael, Hagar the Egyptian's son she'd had for Abraham, was making fun of Isaac.
526	GEN 21:12	But God told Abraham, “Don't feel bad about the boy and the slave woman. Do whatever Sarah tells you, because it's through Isaac that your descendants will be counted.
528	GEN 21:14	Abraham got up early the next morning. He packed up some food and a skin of water which he gave to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder. Then he sent her and the boy away. She left and wandered through the Desert of Beersheba.
545	GEN 21:31	That's why he called the place Beersheba, because the two of them swore and oath to each other.
546	GEN 21:32	After making the agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army left and went home to the country of the Philistines.
547	GEN 21:33	Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and there he worshiped the Lord, the Eternal God.
559	GEN 22:11	But the angel of the Lord shouted to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Yes, I'm here,” he replied.
567	GEN 22:19	Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they went back together to Beersheba where Abraham was living.
569	GEN 22:21	Uz was the firstborn, then his brother Buz, Kemuel (who became the ancestor of Arameans),
570	GEN 22:22	Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
571	GEN 22:23	(Bethuel was Rebekah's father.) Milcah had these eight sons for Abraham's brother Nahor.
587	GEN 23:15	“My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth four hundred pieces of silver. But what's that between us? Go and bury your dead.”
600	GEN 24:8	However, if the woman refuses to return here with you, then you are released from this oath. But make sure you don't take my son back there.”
607	GEN 24:15	He hadn't even finished praying when he saw Rebekah coming to get water, carrying her water jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milkah. Milkah was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.
616	GEN 24:24	She replied, “I'm the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah and Nahor.” Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and food for the camels,
625	GEN 24:33	Then Laban had food brought in. But the man told him, “I'm not going to eat until I've explained why I'm here.” “Please explain,” Laban replied.
639	GEN 24:47	I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘I'm the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah and Nahor.’ So I put the ring in her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists.
642	GEN 24:50	Laban and Bethuel replied, “Clearly all this is from the Lord, so we can't argue one way or the other.
647	GEN 24:55	But her brother and her mother said, “Let her stay with us for another ten days or so. She can leave after that.”
654	GEN 24:62	Meanwhile Isaac, who was living in the Negev, had just come back from Beer-lahai-roi.
665	GEN 25:6	But while he was still alive, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them to live in the east, well away from Isaac.
670	GEN 25:11	After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who was living near Beer-lahai-roi.
679	GEN 25:20	When Isaac was 40 he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
693	GEN 25:34	Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then he got up and left. By doing this Esau showed how little he cared for his rights as the firstborn son.
701	GEN 26:8	But later on, after he'd been there a while, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, happened to look out the window and saw Isaac lovingly fondling his wife Rebekah.
702	GEN 26:9	Abimelech sent for Isaac and complained. “From what I saw she's clearly your wife!” he said. “Why on earth did you say, ‘She's my sister’?” “Because I thought I'd be killed because of her,” Isaac replied.
713	GEN 26:20	But the herdsmen from Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, claiming, “That's our water!” So Isaac named the well, “Argument,” because they argued with him.
716	GEN 26:23	From there he moved on to Beersheba.
726	GEN 26:33	So Isaac named the well, “Oath,” and that's why the name of the town is “Well of the Oath” (Beersheba) to this day.
727	GEN 26:34	When Esau was 40, he married Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, as well as Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite.
739	GEN 27:11	“But listen,” Jacob replied to his mother Rebekah, “my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I'm a smooth man.
748	GEN 27:20	“How did you find an animal so fast, my son?” Isaac asked. “Because the Lord your God sent it my way,” Jacob replied.
763	GEN 27:35	But Isaac replied, “You brother came and deceived me—he stole your blessing!”
768	GEN 27:40	You will make a living by using your sword, and you will be your brother's servant. But when you rebel, you will throw off his yoke from your neck.”
776	GEN 28:2	“Leave right away and go to Paddan-aram, to the home of Bethuel, your mother's father. Find yourself a wife there—a daughter of Laban, your mother's brother.
779	GEN 28:5	So Isaac sent Jacob on his way. He traveled to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean. Laban was the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
784	GEN 28:10	In the meantime Jacob had set off from Beersheba on his way to Haran.
793	GEN 28:19	He named the place “Bethel,” (previously it was called Luz).
819	GEN 29:23	But once it was dark Laban brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.
825	GEN 29:29	(Laban also arranged for his servant Bilhah to be Rachel's personal maid.)
834	GEN 30:3	“Here's my personal maid Bilhah,” Rachel replied. “Sleep with her and she can have children for me so I'll have a family too.”
835	GEN 30:4	She gave her personal maid Bilhah to him as a wife and Jacob slept with her.
836	GEN 30:5	Bilhah became pregnant and had a son for Jacob.
838	GEN 30:7	Rachel's personal maid Bilhah became pregnant again and had second son for Jacob.
879	GEN 31:5	“I've noticed that your father is treating me differently to the way he did before,” he told them. “But the God of my father will be with me.
881	GEN 31:7	But he's been cheating me—he's reduced my wages ten times! However, God hasn't let him hurt me.
887	GEN 31:13	I am the God of Bethel, where you poured olive oil on the stone pillar and made a solemn promise to me. Now get ready to leave this land and go back to your homeland.’”
898	GEN 31:24	But during the night God came to Laban in a dream and told him, “Watch what you say to Jacob. Don't try to persuade him to come back, and don't threaten him either.”
913	GEN 31:39	If any of them were killed by wild animals, I never even brought you the carcass to prove the loss—I bore the loss myself. But you on the other hand always made me compensate you for any animals that were stolen, whether at night or in broad daylight.
916	GEN 31:42	If it weren't for the God of my father, the God of Abraham, the awesome God of Isaac, who took care of me, you would have dismissed me with nothing. But God saw my suffering, how hard I worked, and he condemned you last night.”