todah) would be appropriate: (1) passage through the desert, (2) release from prison, (3) recovery from serious disease, and (4) surviving a storm at sea. The Hebrew Bible reports several instances of sacrifices before God explicitly called for them in While and set out the procedure for the burnt offering (, olah), before then, reports that Noah offered burnt-offerings (, olot) of every clean beast and bird on an altar after the waters of the Flood subsided. The story of the Binding of Isaac includes three references to the burnt offering (, olah). In God told Abraham to take Isaac and offer him as a burnt-offering (, olah). then reports that Abraham rose early in the morning and split the wood for the burnt-offering (, olah). And after the angel of the Lord averted Isaac's sacrifice, reports that Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw a ram caught in a thicket, and Abraham then offered the ram as a burnt-offering (, olah) instead of his son. reports that Moses pressed Pharaoh for Pharaoh to give the Israelites "sacrifices and burnt-offerings" (, zevachim v'olot) to offer to God. And reports that after Jethro heard all that God did to Pharaoh and the Egyptians, Jethro offered a burnt-offering and sacrifices (, olah uzevachim) to God. While and set out the procedure for the meal-offering (, minchah), before then, in Cain brought an offering (, minchah) of the fruit of the ground. And then reports that God had respect for Abel and his offering (, minchato), but for Cain and his offering (, minchato), God had no respect. And while indicates that one bringing an animal sacrifice needed also to bring a drink-offering (, nesech), before then, in Jacob poured out a drink-offering (, nesech) at Bethel. More generally, the Hebrew Bible addressed "sacrifices" (, zevachim) generically in connection with Jacob and Moses. After Jacob and Laban reconciled, reports that Jacob offered a sacrifice (, zevach) on the mountain and shared a meal with his kinsmen. And after Jacob learned that Joseph was still alive in Egypt, reports that Jacob journeyed to Beersheba and offered sacrifices (, zevachim) to the God of his father Isaac. And Moses and Aaron argued repeatedly with Pharaoh over their request to go three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice (, venizbechah) to God. The Hebrew Bible also includes several ambiguous reports in which Abraham or Isaac