Study Desk

Then God commanded, "Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear"—and it was done.

blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.

Take also seven pairs of each kind of bird. Do this so that every kind of animal and bird will be kept alive to reproduce again on the earth.

Take all the birds and animals out with you, so that they may reproduce and spread over all the earth."

God blessed Noah and his sons and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth.

"You must have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth."

They said, "Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth."

Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand each other."

I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.

Then they struck all the men outside with blindness, so that they couldn't find the door.

At dawn the angels tried to make Lot hurry. "Quick!" they said. "Take your wife and your two daughters and get out, so that you will not lose your lives when the city is destroyed."

Then one of the angels said, "Run for your lives! Don't look back and don't stop in the valley. Run to the hills, so that you won't be killed."

The older daughter said to her sister, "Our father is getting old, and there are no men in the whole world to marry us so that we can have children.

Come on, let's get our father drunk, so that we can sleep with him and have children by him."

So that night they got him drunk, and the younger daughter had intercourse with him. Again he was so drunk that he didn't know it.

But now, give the woman back to her husband. He is a prophet, and he will pray for you, so that you will not die. But if you do not give her back, I warn you that you are going to die, you and all your people."

Because of what had happened to Sarah, Abraham's wife, the Lord had made it impossible for any woman in Abimelech's palace to have children. So Abraham prayed for Abimelech, and God healed him. He also healed his wife and his slave women, so that they could have children.

I will also give many children to the son of the slave woman, so that they will become a nation. He too is your son."

"I am a foreigner living here among you; sell me some land, so that I can bury my wife."

"Listen to us, sir. We look upon you as a mighty leader; bury your wife in the best grave that we have. Any of us would be glad to give you a grave, so that you can bury her."