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Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it Rehoboth, for he said, "At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."

And Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth like these from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?"

"May He also give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you, so that you may possess the land where you live as a stranger, which God gave to Abraham."

Then behold, the LORD was standing above it and said, "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your descendants.

Then Jacob set out on his journey, and went to the land of the people of the east.

Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you."

'I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a memorial stone, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.'"

and he drove away all his livestock and all his property which he had acquired, the livestock he possessed which he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.

Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of himself to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Now Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and camped before the city.

Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.

When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her and raped her.

"So you will live with us, and the land shall be open to you; live and trade in it and acquire property in it."

"These men are friendly to us; therefore let them live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them. We will take their daughters in marriage, and give our daughters to them.

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me repulsive among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since my men are few in number, they will band together against me and attack me, and I will be destroyed, I and my household!"

So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

"And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you, And I will give the land to your descendants after you."

and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all his household, and his livestock and all his cattle, and all his property which he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to another land away from his brother Jacob.

For their possessions had become too great for them to live together, and the land where they resided could not support them because of their livestock.