But his wife looked back and became a pillar of salt.

But yet when God destroyed the cities of the region, he thought upon Abraham: and sent Lot out from the danger of the overthrowing, when he overthrew the cities where Lot dwelled.

So they caused their father to drink wine that night, - and the firstborn went in. and lay with her father, but he noticed not her lying down nor her rising up.

So they caused their father, on that night also to drink wine, and the younger arose, and lay with him, but he noticed not her lying down, nor her rising up.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “You are about to die because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

But Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou also kill a righteous nation?

Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.”

And truly also my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother: and she was to me for wife.

But Sarah saw the son mocking—the one Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham.

But the word seemed very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son.

But God said to Abraham, “Do not be concerned about the boy and your slave. Whatever Sarah says to you, listen to her, because your offspring will be traced through Isaac.

But I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.”

But God heard the boy's voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Don't be afraid, for God has heard the boy's voice right where he is crying.

Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the water well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.

And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this, neither hast thou told me of it, neither have I heard of it but to-day.

Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock.

And Abraham said unto his young men - Tarry by yourselves here with the ass, but I and the young man must go yonder, - that we may bow ourselves down and return unto you.

Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham and said, “My father.”

And he replied, “Here I am, my son.”

Isaac said, “The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”

He replied, “Here I am.”

Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

"Not so, my lord, but hear me: The field give I thee, and the cave that therein is, give I thee also. And even in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee to bury thy dead in."

and he spoke to Ephron, in the ears of the people of the land, saying, But if only thou wouldst listen to me, I give the money for the field: take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

"Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead."

but will go to my land and my family to take a wife for my son Isaac.”

The servant said to him, “Suppose the woman will not be willing to follow me back to this country; should I take your son back to the country from which you came?”

If the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are free from this oath to me, but don’t let my son go back there.”

And the fellow wondered at her. But held his peace, to wete whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

A meal was set before him, but he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.”

So Laban said, “Please speak.”

but will go to my father’s household and to my family to take a wife for my son.’

But I said to my master, ‘Suppose the woman will not come back with me?’

But and if, when thou comest unto my kindred, they will not give thee one; then shalt thou bear no peril of mine oath.'

Now, if you will show faithful love to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me as well, so that I may go on my way."

And the servant took forth jewels of silver and jewels of gold and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: But unto her brother and to her mother, he gave spices.

But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl stay with us for about 10 days. Then she can go.”

But he responded to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has made my journey a success. Send me away so that I may go to my master.”

But they said, "We'll call the young lady and see what she has to say about this."

But Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

And Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, but while he was still alive he sent them eastward, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.

But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.

When the boys grew up, Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for wild game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

But Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright."

But Jacob said, "Swear an oath to me now." So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

Then the LORD appeared unto him and said, "Go not down into Egypt, but bide in the land which I say unto thee:

So Abimelech called for Isaac, and said, But to she is, thy wife! How then, saidst thou, She is, my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because, I said, Lest I die on her account.

And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done to us? But a little and one of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought a trespass on us.

But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing water,

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Quarrel because they quarreled with him.

His servants dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it Sitnah.

You will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have only done what was good to you, sending you away in peace. You are now blessed by the Lord.”

But Rebekah overheard what Isaac said to Esau his son; and when Esau had gone to the open country to hunt for game that he might bring back,

Jacob answered Rebekah his mother, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am a man with smooth skin.

But his mother said to him, “May your curse be on me, my son; only listen and obey me, and go, bring the young goats to me.”

But Isaac said to his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?”

He replied, “Because the Lord your God worked it out for me.”

But Isaac [wondered and] said to Jacob, “Please come close [to me] so that I may touch you, my son, and determine if you are really my son Esau or not.”

So Jacob came closer to his father Isaac. When he touched him, he said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

But he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” Jacob answered, “I am.”

And it shall be after that Isaak finished to praise Jacob, and it shall be Jacob going will but go out from the face of Isaak his father, and Esau his brother came from his hunting.

But his father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?”

He answered, “I am Esau your firstborn son.”

But he replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”

But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him a master over you, have given him all of his relatives as his servants, and have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then can I do for you, my son?”

And Esau will say to his father, Is but this one blessing to thee my father? bless me, also me, my father! and Esau will lift up the voice and weep.

You will live by your sword,
and you will serve your brother.
But when you rebel,
you will break his yoke from your neck.

But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called for her younger son Jacob. And she said to him, "Look, Esau your brother [is] consoling himself concerning you, [intending] to kill you.

but arise and get thee to Mesopotamia, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father: and there take thee a wife of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother.

Then Jacob woke up and thought, "Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!"

And he will be afraid, and will Say, How terrible this place is not this but the house of God, and this the gate of the heavens?

And he called the name of that place Beth-el; but the name of that city was Luz at the first.

And he looked, and lo! a well, in the field and lo! there, three flocks of sheep, lying down near it, for out of that well, do they water the flocks, but, the stone, is great, on the mouth of the well:

And he said to them, Is it well with him. And they said, Well, but lo! Rachel his daughter, coming in with the sheep.

But they replied, “We can’t until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone is rolled from the well’s opening. Then we will water the sheep.”

Leah had ordinary eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

But in the evening he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob went in to [consummate the marriage with] her.

But in the morning [when Jacob awoke], it was Leah [who was with him]! And he said to Laban, “What is this that you have done to me? Did I not work for you [for seven years] for Rachel? Why have you deceived and betrayed me [like this]?”

But Laban responded, "It's not the practice of our place to give the younger one in marriage before the firstborn.

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive.

When Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, she envied her sister and said unto Jacob, "Give me children, or else I am but dead."

But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

Then Rachel said, "I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won." So she named him Naphtali.

But Leah replied to her, “Isn’t it enough that you have taken my husband? Now you also want to take my son’s mandrakes?”

“Well,” Rachel said, “you can sleep with him tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, stay. I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”

But Jacob replied to Laban, "You know how I've served you and how your cattle thrived under my care.

For you had very little before I came, but now your wealth has increased. The Lord has blessed you because of me. And now, when will I also do something for my own family?”

So Laban asked, "What should I give you?" "You don't need to give me a thing," Jacob replied, "but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:

So on that same day Laban [secretly] removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one with white on it, and all the dark ones among the sheep, and put them in the care of his sons.

then put he a journey of three days between himself and Jacob, - but, Jacob himself, continued tending the flocks of Laban that were left.

Then Jacob took branches of fresh poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white in the branches.

Jacob removed these lambs, but he made the rest of the flock face the streaked and completely dark-colored animals in Laban's flock. So he made separate flocks for himself and did not mix them with Laban's flocks.

but when the sheep were feeble, he put them not in; so the feeble were Laban's, and the strong Jacob's.

He said to them, “I can see from your father’s face that his attitude toward me is not the same, but the God of my father has been with me.

and that he has cheated me and changed my wages 10 times. But God has not let him harm me.

If thus he saith, The speckled, shall be thy wages, then do all the flock bring forth speckled, - But if thus he saith, The ring-straked, shall be thy wages, then do all the flock bring forth ring-straked.

Hasn't he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us!

On the third day [after his departure] Laban was told that Jacob had fled.

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night. “Watch yourself!” God warned him. “Don’t say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

but you didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters. You have acted foolishly.

I could do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me: ‘Watch yourself. Don’t say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

Now you have gone off because you long for your father—but why have you stolen my gods?”