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For the LORD had fast closed up the wombs of all women in the household of Abimeleck because of Sarah, Abrahams wife.

And the thing was very grievous in Abrahams sight because of his son.

And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in your sight because of the boy and because of your maidservant; whatever Sarah tells you, hearken to her voice; for your descendants shall come through Isaac.

And also of the son of the maidservant will I make a great nation because he is your offspring.

And Abraham reproved Abimeleck because of a well which Abrahams servants had dug and which Abimelecks servants had seized.

Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they swore both of them.

And said, I have sworn by myself, says the LORD, for because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son, from me,

And by your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because you have obeyed my voice.

And Isaac prayed before the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD answered him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

And Isaac was fond of Esau, because he ate of Esaus game; but Rebekah was fond of Jacob.

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

And the men of the place asked him concerning his wife; and he said, She is my sister; for he was afraid to say, She is my wife; lest the men of the place should kill him on account of Rebekah, because she was fair to look upon.

So Abimeleck called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is your wife; how then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I may die on account of her.

And the herdsmen of Gadar quarreled with Isaacs herdsmen, saying, The water is ours; and he called the name of the well Aska (difficulty); because they disputed with him.

And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD your God brought it my way.

But he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esaus hands; so he blessed him.

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessings with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, After the days of mourning for my father are over, then I will slay my brother Jacob.

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?

And he arrived at a certain place, and spent the night there, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of the place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

And Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore work for me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?