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Then she said, "Here is my slave Bilhah. Go sleep with her, and she'll bear children for me so that through her I too can build a family."

So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.

Leah said, "I am happy that the women call me happy," so she named him Asher.

When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son's mandrakes." So Jacob slept with her that night.

After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Send me on my way so that I can return to my homeland.

So Jacob said to him, "You know what I have done for you and your herds.

As for the weaklings of the flocks, he did not put out the branches. So it turned out that the weak sheep belonged to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

In fact, all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has said to you."

So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him at Mount Gilead.

So Laban went into Jacob's tent, then Leah's tent, and then the tents of the two female slaves, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah's tent and entered Rachel's.

She said to her father, "Sir, don't be angry that I cannot stand up in your presence; I am having my period." So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.

So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a marker.

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. So they ate a meal and spent the night on the mountain.

When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's camp." So he called that place Mahanaim.

So the gift was sent on ahead of him while he remained in the camp that night.

Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with 400 men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female slaves.

So Esau said, "What do you mean by this whole procession I met?" "To find favor with you, my lord," he answered.

Please take my present that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have everything I need." So Jacob urged him until he accepted.

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men there.

So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.