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So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

saying, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."

Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."

But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, "She is my sister." For he was afraid to say, "She is my wife," since he thought to himself, "The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful."

Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, "So she is really your wife! How could you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac replied, "Because I thought I might die on account of her."

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen and said, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.

But Isaac asked his son, "How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?" "Because the LORD your God brought it to me," he replied.

Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart: "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob."

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?"

On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

He looked and saw a well in the field, and there by it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.

Laban said to him, "Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be."

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, "Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well." So she named him Simeon.

Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, "Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." So he was named Levi.

"God has given me a good gift," she said. "This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons." And she named him Zebulun.