For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.

And God blessed them, and he said, "Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."

For I know that he will instruct his sons, and his household after him, to keep to the way of the Lord, and to act with judgment and justice, so that, for the sake of Abraham, the Lord may bring about all the things that he has spoken to him."

"May the Lord consider and judge between us, when we will have withdrawn from one another.

And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the Meridian. And in you and in your offspring, all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed.

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

And these words, which I instruct to you this day, shall be in your heart.

Honor your father and mother, just as the Lord your God has instructed you, so that you may live a long time, and so that it may be well with you in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

But if it seems evil to you that you would serve the Lord, a choice is given to you. Choose today what pleases you, and whom you ought to serve above all else, either the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."