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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 his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son; so he drew near and kissed him;

And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah; so she sent and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, Behold, your brother Esau is threatening to kill you.

So that I may return to my fathers house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God;

And so Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast.

Then Laban said to Jacob, It is not so done in our country, to give the younger in marriage before the elder.

And Jacob did so, and finished her wedding feast; and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to wife.

And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Because the LORD has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also; so she called his name Simeon.

And Leah said, My fortune has come; so she called his name Gad.

And Leah said, The girls will sing my praise, so she called his name Asher.

And Leah said, God has rewarded me, because I have given my maid to my husband; so she called his name Issachar.

And Leah said, God has enriched me exceedingly; now my husband will surely have more affection for me, because I have borne him six sons; so she called his name Zebulun.

Just as my innocence is evident today, so it will be in the future when my wages are brought before your presence; every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and brown among the white sheep, that shall be counted stolen by me.

But when the sheep were feeble, he did not put the rods in; so the feebler were Labans and the stronger Jacobs.

So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,

So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and crossed the river, and set his face toward mount Gilead.

And you did not permit me to give a farewell kiss to my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly in so doing.

And Laban went into Jacobs tent and into Leahs tent and into the tent of the two maidservants; but he did not find the gods. So he went out of Leahs tent into Rachels tent.

So Jacob took a stone and set it up for a pillar.