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So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."

And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.

He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's game, so that my soul may bless you." So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

And his father Isaac said to him, "Who are you?" So he said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."

So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob."

And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, "Surely your brother Esau comforts himself concerning you by intending to kill you.

So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.

So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep.

so that I come back to my father's house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God.

So Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the East.

So he said to them, "Is he well?" And they said, "He is well. And look, his daughter Rachel is coming with the sheep."

And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's relative and that he was Rebekah's son. So she ran and told her father.

Then it came to pass, when Laban heard the report about Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. So he told Laban all these things.

Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter."

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her.

So it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served you? Why then have you deceived me?"

And Laban said, "It must not be done so in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

Then Jacob did so and fulfilled her week. So he gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also.

So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; [fn] for she said, "The Lord has surely looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me."