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And the field was made sure to Abraham, and the cave that was in it, for a possession to bury in, by the children of Heth.

Jecsan also begot Saba, and Dadan. The children of Dadan were Assurim, and Latusim, and Loomim.

But of Madian was born Epha, and Opher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaa: all these were the children of Cetura.

And to the children of the concubines he gave gifts, and separated them from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, to the east country.

Which he had bought of the children of Heth: there was he buried, and Sara his wife.

And these are the names of his children according to their calling and generations. The firstborn of Ismael was Nabajoth, then Cedar, and Adbeel, and Mabsam,

But the children struggled in her womb, and she said: If it were to be so with me, what need was there to conceive? And she went to consult the Lord.

Isaac was threescore years old when the children were born unto him.

And let peoples serve thee, and tribes worship thee: be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy mother’s children bow down before thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee: and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings.

And Rachel seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die.

But she said: I have here my servant Bala: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her.

Give me my wives, and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart: thou knowest the service that I have rendered thee.

But God hath taken our father’s riches, and delivered them to us, and to our children: wherefore, do all that God hath commanded thee.

Then Jacob rose up, and having set his children and wives upon camels, went his way.

Laban answered him: The daughters are mine, and the children, and thy flocks, and all things that thou seest are mine: what can I do to my children, and grandchildren?

Deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am greatly afraid of him; lest perhaps he come, and kill the mother with the children.

Therefore the children of Israel, unto this day, eat not the sinew, that shrank in Jacob’s thigh: because he touched the sinew of his thigh and it shrank.

And Jacob lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming, and with him four hundred men: and he divided the children of Lia and of Rachel, and of the two handmaids.

And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last.

And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? And do they belong to thee? He answered: They are the children which God hath given to me, thy servant.