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And he moved from there and dug another well, and over that they did not quarrel; so he called its name Reho'both, saying, "For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land."

And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father; fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake."

and they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.

Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt game for me,

and prepare for me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat; that I may bless you before I die."

Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it,

'Bring me game, and prepare for me savory food, that I may eat it, and bless you before the LORD before I die.'

Go to the flock, and fetch me two good kids, that I may prepare from them savory food for your father, such as he loves;

Esau said, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright; and behold, now he has taken away my blessing." Then he said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?"

Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?"

Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, "The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob."

Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done that of which I have spoken to you."

So Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone which he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.

and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that thou givest me I will give the tenth to thee."

As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and lo, three flocks of sheep lying beside it; for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well's mouth was large,

He said, "Behold, it is still high day, it is not time for the animals to be gathered together; water the sheep, and go, pasture them."

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them.

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

Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.