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Thus Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days because he was in love with her.

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.

And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Now this time my husband will surely love me, because I have born him three sons therefore she called his name Levi.

And Leah said, God has rewarded me, because I have given my maid to my husband; so she called his name Issachar.

And Leah said, God has enriched me exceedingly; now my husband will surely have more affection for me, because I have borne him six sons; so she called his name Zebulun.

And now you are on your way, because you longed for your fathers house; yet why did you steal my gods?

And Jacob answered and said to Laban. Because I was afraid; for I said, Perhaps you would take your daughters from me by force.

And a watchtower; for he said. Let the LORD watch between me and you, because we are parting one from another.

The sun rose upon him just as he left Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.

That is why the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day; because the angel touched the hollow of Jacobs thigh on the sinew of the thigh.

And Esau said to Jacob, Where did you get all this company which I met? And Jacob said to him, Because I have found favor in the sight of my lord.

But Jacob said to him, If now I have found mercy in your sight, then receive my present from my hands; because now I have seen your face, as I saw the face of an angel, and you were pleased with me.

Now accept my blessings that I have brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And Jacob urged him, and he did accept them.

And the sons of Jacob came from the field, and when they heard the news, they were grieved; and they were very indignant, because they had wrought folly in Israel in the disgracing of Jacobs daughter, which thing ought not to be done.

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because they had defiled Dinah their sister,

And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted with Jacobs daughter and he was honored above all the household of his father.

Then the sons of Jacob came back to the slain, and plundered the town, because they had defiled their sister.

And he built there an altar, and called the place Beth-el (the house of God), because there God appeared to him when he fled from the presence of his brother Esau.

For their wealth was too great for them to dwell together; and the land in which they sojourned could not sustain them because of their cattle.