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So Esau ^(C1)held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said ^(F1)to himself, "^(C2)The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob."

Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent word and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, "Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

"Now then, my son, ^(C1)obey my voice, and arise, ^(F1)flee to ^(C2)Haran, to my brother ^(C3)Laban!

"Stay with him ^(C1)a few days, until your brother's fury ^(F1)subsides,

until your brother's anger ^(F1)against you subsides and he forgets ^(C1)what you did to him. Then I will send word and get you from there. Why should I lose you both in one day?"

And Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am tired of ^(F1)living because of ^(C1)the daughters of Heth; ^(C2)if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth like these from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?"

So Isaac called Jacob and ^(C1)blessed him and commanded him, ^(F1)saying to him, "^(C2)You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

"Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of ^(C1)Bethuel your mother's father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

"May ^(F1)(C1)God Almighty ^(C2)bless you and ^(C3)make you fruitful and ^(C4)multiply you, so that you may become a ^(C5)multitude of peoples.

"May He also give you the ^(C1)blessing of Abraham, to you and to your ^(F1)descendants with you, so that you may ^(C2)possess the land where you ^(C3)live as a stranger, which God gave to Abraham."

Then ^(C1)Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.