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And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessings with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, After the days of mourning for my father are over, then I will slay my brother Jacob.

When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed his brother Jacob and sent him away to Padan-aram to take for himself a wife from there, and that as he blessed him, he charged him, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

And Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and went to Padan-aram;

And Esau saw that Isaac his father despised the daughters of Canaan;

Then Esau went to Ishmael, Abrahams son, and took Bismath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abrahams son, the sister of Nebioth, to be his wife, in addition to his other wives.

And Jacob went out from Beersheba, on his way to Haran.

And he arrived at a certain place, and spent the night there, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of the place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I did not know it.

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

THEN Jacob hastened on his journey, and came to the land of the people of the east.

And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep.

And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mothers brother and the sheep of Laban his mothers brother, that Jacob drew near and rolled the stone from the wells mouth and watered the sheep of Laban his mothers brother.

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

And it came to pass when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sisters son, he ran to meet him and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. And Jacob related to Laban all these things.

And it came to pass in the evening, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and Jacob went in unto her.

And Laban gave Zilpah his maid to his daughter Leah for a servant.

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

And Laban gave Bilhah his maid to Rachel his daughter to be her maid.

And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Because the LORD has seen my affliction, now therefore my husband will love me.

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.