For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: Your fathers (Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor) dwelt on the other side of the River in ancient times; and they served other gods.

And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac.

The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.

nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac your Seed shall be called.

For this is the Word of promise: At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.

By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

of whom it was said, In Isaac your Seed shall be called,

Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the mountains of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, My friend;

I have loved you, says Jehovah. Yet you say, In what way have You loved us? Was not Esau the brother to Jacob? says Jehovah; yet I loved Jacob,

and I have hated Esau and have made his mountains and his inheritance a desolation for the jackals of the wilderness.

And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac

it was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.

And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Jehovah has surely looked upon my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me.

And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons. Therefore his name was called Levi.

And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

And Rachel's maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

And when Leah saw that she had stopped giving birth, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as wife.

And Leah said, Good fortune has come! So she called his name Gad.

And Leah said, I am happy, for the daughters shall call me blessed. So she called his name Asher.

And she said to her, Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes.

And God gave heed to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.

And Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

And they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was still some ground to cover to arrive at Ephrath, Rachel was giving birth, and she had hard labor.

And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-Oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

And these were the names of the sons of Israel who went into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben was Jacob's firstborn.

The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.

The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

The sons of Gad were Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.

These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob: sixteen souls.

And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.

These were the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: fourteen souls in all.

The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

All the souls who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came forth from his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six souls in all.

Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's children shall bow down before you.

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the cleansing of the peoples.

His eyes flashing with wine, and His teeth white with milk.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

These, the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, so He killed him.

The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who had transgressed in the devoted thing.

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, for the genealogy to not be reckoned according to the birthright;

yet Judah has prevailed over his brothers, and from him is the chief ruler, although the birthright was Joseph's);

the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.

For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed;