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For Jehovah had completely closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.

And God said to Abraham, Let it not be evil in your eyes because of the boy, and on account of your slave-girl. All that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for in Isaac your Seed shall be called.

On account of this that place is called The Well of Sheba, because the two of them swore there.

And in your Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because you have obeyed My voice.

because Abraham listened to My voice and heeded My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.

And Abimelech called Isaac and said, See, surely she is your wife, and how have you said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, lest I die on account of her.

And Jehovah appeared to him in the same night, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you; and I will bless you and increase your seed, because of My servant Abraham.

And Isaac said to his son, How then have you quickly found it , my son? And he said, Because Jehovah your God made it come to me.

And he did not know him, because his hands were like the hairy hands of his brother Esau. And he blessed him.

And he said, It is because his name is called Jacob, and this twice he took me by the heel; he took my birthright and, behold, now he has taken my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.

And she conceived again and bore a son. And she said, Now, this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne to him three sons. So his name was called Levi.

And Leah said, God has given me a good present. This time my husband will live with me, because I have borne six sons to him. And she called his name Zebulun.

And Laban said to him, Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, stay. I have seen omens, also Jehovah has blessed me because of you.

And now surely you have gone because you have longed after your father's house. Why have you stolen my gods?

And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid. For I said, Lest by force you take your daughters from me.

And He said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, because you have wrestled with God and with men, and have prevailed.

And Jacob called the name of the place Face of God, because I saw God face to face, and my life is delivered.

On account of this the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket until this day, because He touched on Jacob's hip socket, on the sinew of the thigh.

Please take my blessing which has been brought to you, because God has favored me, and because I have all things. And he urged him; and he accepted.