Lexicon :: Strong's H5750 - ʿôḏ

Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for she said, “God has given[fn] me another offspring[fn] in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

“Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing I have made I will wipe off the face of the earth.”

So Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove from the ark again.

After he had waited another seven days, he sent out the dove, but it did not return to him again.

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, he said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of human beings, even though the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth onward. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

“I establish my covenant with you that never again will every creature be wiped out by floodwaters; there will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

“I will remember my covenant between me and you and all the living creatures: water will never again become a flood to destroy every creature.

“Your name will no longer be Abram;[fn] your name will be Abraham,[fn] for I will make you the father of many nations.

The men turned from there and went toward Sodom while Abraham remained standing before the LORD.[fn]

Then he spoke to him again, “Suppose forty are found there? ”

He answered, “I will not do it on account of forty.”

Then the angels said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here: a son-in-law, your sons and daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of this place,

She quickly emptied her jug into the trough and hurried to the well again to draw water. She drew water for all his camels

But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, and while he was still alive he sent them eastward, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.

Then Jacob said, “Look, it is still broad daylight. It’s not time for the animals to be gathered. Water the flock, then go out and let them graze.”

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

“Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”

Jacob slept with Rachel also, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.

She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said, “The LORD heard that I am neglected and has given me this son also.” So she named him Simeon.[fn]

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

Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

Then Rachel and Leah answered him, “Do we have any portion or inheritance in our father’s family?

“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” he said. “It will be Israel[fn] because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”

God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan-aram, and he blessed him.

They set out from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

“Are you really going to reign over us? ” his brothers asked him. “Are you really going to rule us? ” So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said.

She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and named him Onan.

Judah recognized them and said, “She is more in the right[fn] than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her intimately again.

“In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand the way you used to when you were his cupbearer.

“In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head ​— ​from off you ​— ​and hang you on a tree.[fn] Then the birds will eat the flesh from your body.”[fn]

“Why have you caused me so much trouble? ” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man that you had another brother? ”

He asked if they were well, and he said, “How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still alive? ”

When Judah and his brothers reached Joseph’s house, he was still there. They fell to the ground before him.

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living? ” But they could not answer him because they were terrified in his presence.

“For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

“There I will sustain you, for there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you, your household, and everything you have will become destitute.” ’

They said, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt! ” Jacob was stunned,[fn] for he did not believe them.

Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go to see him before I die.”

Joseph hitched the horses to his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, threw his arms around him, and wept for a long time.

“When I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way, some distance from Ephrath in the land of Canaan. I buried her there along the way to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

Then he blessed Joseph and said:

The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,

the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,