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Perhaps my father will touch me and find out that I am deceiving him; in this way, I will bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing."

Jacob answered, "I am your older son Esau; I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of the meat that I have brought you, so that you can give me your blessing."

but asked again, "Are you really Esau?" "I am," he answered.

Rebecca said to Isaac, "I am sick and tired of Esau's foreign wives. If Jacob also marries one of these Hittites, I might as well die."

And there was the Lord standing beside him. "I am the Lord , the God of Abraham and Isaac," he said. "I will give to you and to your descendants this land on which you are lying.

Then Jacob made a vow to the Lord : "If you will be with me and protect me on the journey I am making and give me food and clothing,

He told her, "I am your father's relative, the son of Rebecca." She ran to tell her father;

and Leah said, "How happy I am! Now women will call me happy"; so she named him Asher.

‘Look,' he continued, ‘all the male goats that are mating are striped, spotted, and speckled. I am making this happen because I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you dedicated a stone as a memorial by pouring olive oil on it and where you made a vow to me. Now get ready and go back to the land where you were born.'"

Rachel said to her father, "Do not be angry with me, sir, but I am not able to stand up in your presence; I am having my monthly period." Laban searched but did not find his household gods.

I am ready to make an agreement with you. Let us make a pile of stones to remind us of our agreement."

I own cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and slaves. I am sending you word, sir, in the hope of gaining your favor."

I am not worth all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown me, your servant. I crossed the Jordan with nothing but a walking stick, and now I have come back with these two groups.

Save me, I pray, from my brother Esau. I am afraid—afraid that he is coming to attack us and destroy us all, even the women and children.

Jacob said, "I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive"; so he named the place Peniel.

And God said to him, "I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings.

Jacob said to Joseph, "I want you to go to Shechem, where your brothers are taking care of the flock." Joseph answered, "I am ready."

"I am looking for my brothers, who are taking care of their flock," he answered. "Can you tell me where they are?"

He returned to his brothers and said, "The boy is not there! What am I going to do?"