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But Esau ran toward Jacob and hugged and kissed him. Then the two brothers started crying.

"But, brother, I already have plenty," Esau replied. "Keep them for yourself."

But Jacob answered, "Master, you know traveling is hard on children, and I have to look after the sheep and goats that are nursing their young. If my animals travel too much in one day, they will all die.

But Jacob went to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and set up shelters for his animals. That's why the place is called Succoth.

But Shechem was attracted to Dinah, so he told her how much he loved her.

Meanwhile, Jacob heard what had happened. But his sons were out in the fields with the cattle, so he did not do anything at the time.

But we will let you marry her, if you and the other men in your tribe get circumcised.

But if you don't agree to get circumcised, we'll take Dinah and leave this place.

She was having a rough time, but the woman who was helping her said, "Don't worry! It's a boy."

Rachel was at the point of death, and right before dying, she said, "I'll name him Benoni." But Jacob called him Benjamin.

and this is the story of his family. When Jacob's son Joseph was seventeen years old, he took care of the sheep with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah. But he was always telling his father all sorts of bad things about his brothers.

Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept wondering about the dream.

But before he got there, they saw him coming and made plans to kill him.

All of Jacob's children came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. "No," he said, "I will go to my grave, mourning for my son." So Jacob kept on grieving.

But Er was very evil, and the Lord took his life.

She also realized that Shelah was now a grown man, but she had not been allowed to marry him. So she decided to dress in something other than her widow's clothes and to cover her face with a veil. After this, she sat outside the town of Enaim on the road to Timnah.

Judah had his friend Hirah take a goat to the woman, so he could get back the ring and walking stick, but she wasn't there.

Tamar later gave birth to twins. But before either of them was born, one of them stuck a hand out of her womb. The woman who was helping tied a red thread around the baby's hand and explained, "This one came out first."

but he refused and said, "My master isn't worried about anything in his house, because he has placed me in charge of everything he owns.

She kept begging Joseph day after day, but he refused to do what she wanted or even to go near her.