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But the Lord 's angel called to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am!" he answered.

"Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead."

But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!"

but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.'

But I said to my master, ‘What if the woman does not want to go with me?'

Now, if you will show faithful love to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me as well, so that I may go on my way."

But Rebekah's brother and her mother replied, "Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go."

But he said to them, "Don't detain me—the Lord has granted me success on my journey. Let me leave now so I may return to my master."

But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac.

But the children struggled inside her, and she said, "If it is going to be like this, I'm not so sure I want to be pregnant!" So she asked the Lord ,

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents.

Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

But Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright."

But Jacob said, "Swear an oath to me now." So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

His servants dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it Sitnah.

so that you will not do us any harm, just as we have not harmed you, but have always treated you well before sending you away in peace. Now you are blessed by the Lord ."

"But Esau my brother is a hairy man," Jacob protested to his mother Rebekah, "and I have smooth skin!

But Isaac asked his son, "How in the world did you find it so quickly, my son?" "Because the Lord your God brought it to me," he replied.

So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's, but the hands are Esau's."

But Isaac replied, "Your brother came in here deceitfully and took away your blessing."