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Isaac said to his father Abraham, "Father!" Abraham answered, "Yes, my son." Isaac said, "We have the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb we will burn as a sacrifice?"

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham! Abraham!" Abraham answered, "Yes."

"Sir, the land is worth ten pounds of silver, but I won't argue with you over the price. Take the land, and bury your dead wife."

If the girl won't come back with you, you will be free from this promise. But you must not take my son back there."

Then Laban gave the servant food, but the servant said, "I will not eat until I have told you why I came." So Laban said, "Then tell us."

But he said, ‘I serve the Lord , who will send his angel with you and will help you. You will get a wife for my son from my family and my father's people.

Then you will be free from the promise. But if they will not give you a wife for my son, you will be free from this promise.'

But the servant said to them, "Do not make me wait, because the Lord has made my trip successful. Now let me go back to my master."

But before Abraham died, he did give gifts to the sons of his other wives, then sent them to the East to be away from Isaac.

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter. He loved to be out in the fields. But Jacob was a quiet man and stayed among the tents.

Isaac loved Esau because he hunted the wild animals that Isaac enjoyed eating. But Rebekah loved Jacob.

But Jacob said, "You must sell me your rights as the firstborn son."

But Jacob said, "First, promise me that you will give it to me." So Esau made a promise to Jacob and sold his part of their father's wealth to Jacob.

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, "Don't go down to Egypt, but live in the land where I tell you to live.

Long before this time Abraham had dug many wells, but after he died, the Philistines filled them with dirt. So Isaac dug those wells again and gave them the same names his father had given them.

But the herdsmen of Gerar argued with them and said, "This water is ours." So Isaac named that well Argue because they argued with him.

But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, "My brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am smooth!

If my father touches me, he will know I am not Esau. Then he will not bless me but will place a curse on me because I tried to trick him."

But Isaac asked his son, "How did you find and kill the animal so quickly?" Jacob answered, "Because the Lord your God helped me to find it."

So Jacob came near to Isaac his father. Isaac touched him and said, "Your voice sounds like Jacob's voice, but your hands are hairy like the hands of Esau."