Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth and they left off building the city. Therefore was the name of the tower called Babel, which is, by interpretation, Confusion.

Now when the day of Pentecost was fully come, the apostles were all with one accord in one place. And they went up into the upper chamber; and were continuing stedfastly with one accord in prayer. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were astonished because that every man heard them speaking in his own language the mighty works of God.

GENESIS XIII, XV, XVII

And the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward, and eastward and westward; for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give

Arise, walk

it, and to thy children for ever. through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it. And the Lord brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward the heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said, Even so shalt thou be.

And the Lord said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. Walk before me, and be thou perfect. Fear not; I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Behold, I establish my covenant between me and thee and thy children after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy children after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy children after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger; and I will be their God.

GENESIS XXVI

Now Isaac dwelt in the valley of Gerar: and he waxed great, and grew more and more, till the Philistines envied him. And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them and filled them with earth after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

Now it came to pass, when Isaac's servants had digged in the valley and found there a well of springing water, that the herdmen of Gerar

did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, This water is ours! So Isaac called the name of that well Esek, which by interpretation is Contention : because there they contended with him. There

fore is it called to this day, The Well of Contention. And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: wherefore he called the name of it Sitnah, which by interpretation is Enmity; and so is it called to this day. And Isaac removed from thence, and digged another well: and for that they strove not. And he called the name of that well Rehoboth, which by interpretation is, A Broad Place. For, said Isaac, the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

GENESIS XXVIII ·

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of that place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

And he dreamed; and, behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and, behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy children. And they shall be as the dust of the earth for multitude, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the

north, and to the south: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee.

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

GENESIS XXXII

Now Jacob was left alone all night; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against Jacob, he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, which by interpretation is, The Face of God: For, said he, I have seen God face to face.

GENESIS XXXVII, XXXIX

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age:

and he made him a coat of many colours. And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. Moreover Joseph dreamed dreams: and they hated him yet the more for his dreams.

And it came to pass on a day, that Israel sent Joseph down to Dothan to see how his brethren fared. And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. And they said one to another, Behold, here cometh this dreamer! Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams. And Reuben heard it, and said unto them, Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him: that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father. And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colours that was on him; and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from. Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and