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And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." So his name was called Israel.

So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.

So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),

So Esau dwelt in the hill country of Se'ir; Esau is Edom.

His brothers said to him, "Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to have dominion over us?" So they hated him yet more for his dreams and for his words.

So he said to him, "Go now, see if it is well with your brothers, and with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

And the man said, "They have gone away, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers, and found them at Dothan.

So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the long robe with sleeves that he wore;

But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother's wife he spilled the semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.

Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, till Shelah my son grows up" --for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

He said, "What pledge shall I give you?" She replied, "Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand." So he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.

So he returned to Judah, and said, "I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, 'No harlot has been here.'"

So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had.

So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge; and having him he had no concern for anything but the food which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome and good-looking.

So he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, "Why are your faces downcast today?"

So the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream there was a vine before me,

But remember me, when it is well with you, and do me the kindness, I pray you, to make mention of me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house.

So in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men; and Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was none who could interpret it to Pharaoh.

And as he interpreted to us, so it came to pass; I was restored to my office, and the baker was hanged."

That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine which are to befall the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine."