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"Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife;

But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your descendants shall be named.

now therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall show to me and to the land in which you have sojourned."

But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized.

Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." And he said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"

But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."

but you will go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

"But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this my oath; only do not take my son back there."

But when food was set before him to eat, he said, "I will not eat until I have told my business." And he said, "Speak on."

but you shall go to my father's house and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'

But her brother and her mother said, "Let the girl stay with us a few days, say ten; afterward she may go."

but to the sons of his concubines, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.

But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why then am I this way?" So she went to inquire of the LORD.

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a peaceful man, living in tents.

Now Isaac loved Esau, because he had a taste for game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

But Jacob said, "First sell me your birthright."

But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing water,

that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD.'"

But his mother said to him, "Your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me."

So Jacob came close to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau."