When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.

Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”

You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,

Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.

And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.