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So they made their father drink wine in that night also, and the younger went in and slept with her father, and he knew not when he slept, nor when he arose.

And Abraam said concerning Sarrha his wife, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of Gerara sent and took Sarrha.

And God said to him in sleep, Yea, I knew that thou didst this with a pure heart, and I spared thee, so that thou shouldest not sin against me, therefore I suffered thee not to touch her.

And the sons of Chet answered to Abraam, saying, Not so, Sir,

but hear us; thou art in the midst of us a king from God; bury thy dead in our choice sepulchres, for not one of us will by any means withhold his sepulchre from thee, so that thou shouldest not bury thy dead there.

So the field and the cave which was in it were made sure to Abraam for possession of a burying place, by the sons of Chet.

And being well-pleased I worshipped the Lord, and I blessed the Lord the God of my master Abraam, who has prospered me in a true way, so that I should take the daughter of my master�s brother for his son.

So they sent forth Rebecca their sister, and her goods, and the servant of Abraam, and his attendants.

And the babes leaped within her; and she said, If it will be so with me, why is this to me? And she went to enquire of the Lord.

And Jacob gave bread to Esau, and pottage of lentiles; and he ate and drank, and he arose and departed; so Esau slighted his birthright.

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then thy wife? why hast thou said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, I did so, for I said, Lest at any time I die on her account.

And Abimelech came to him from Gerara, and so did Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army.

And it came to pass after Isaac was old, that his eyes were dimmed so that he could not see; and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him, My son; and he said, Behold, I am here.

So he went and took and brought them to his mother; and his mother made meats, as his father liked them.

So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went into Mesopotamia to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca the mother of Jacob and Esau.

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her sevens; and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to wife.

And Lea said, Is it not enough for thee that thou hast taken my husband, wilt thou also take my son�s mandrakes? And Rachel said, Not so: let him lie with thee to-night for thy son�s mandrakes.

So the cattle conceived at the rods, and the cattle brought forth young speckled, and streaked and spotted with ash-coloured spots.

So God has taken away all the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

And Jacob hid the matter from Laban the Syrian, so as not to tell him that he ran away.