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and if the woman be not willing to come after thee, then thou hast been acquitted from this mine oath: only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.'

Verse ConceptsReturning to the oldPeople Unwilling

And made his camels to lie down without the city by a well's side of water, at even: about the time that women come out to draw water.

Verse ConceptsWaterCamelsDrawing WaterPutting Animals Down

Behold, I stand here by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.

Verse ConceptsDrawing Water

And let it come to pass, that the maiden to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink, and who will say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also, be she whom thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and hereby I shall know that thou hast dealt kindly with my master.

Verse ConceptsDrinksWater ContainersRequesting FoodMan Providing WaterSeeking A SignGod Appointing OthersGiving In Marriage

And the girl good of aspect exceedingly; a virgin, and man knew her not: and she will go down to the fountain and fill her bucket, and come up.

Verse ConceptsBeautifulAbsence Of SexWomen's BeautyBeauty Of Nature

And it will be after seeing the ring and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when hearing the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus the man spake to me; and he will come to the man, and behold, he stood by the camels at the fountain.

Verse ConceptsJewelleryNamed Sisters

And the man will come into the house and will loosen the camels, and give straw and fodder to the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men which are with him.

Verse ConceptsBathing, For CleansingGuestsMangersStrawWaterFeet WashingThings StrippedEntering HousesFeeding AnimalsMan Providing WaterClean FeetCare Of Feet

"So I asked my master, "What if the woman won't come back with me?'

Verse ConceptsPeople Unwilling

Then shalt thou be quit of my oath, when thou shalt have come to my family. And if they give thee not one, thou shalt be quit of my oath.

Verse ConceptsNot Giving

And I come to-day unto the fountain, and I say, Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, if Thou art, I pray Thee, making prosperous my way in which I am going --

Verse ConceptsSuccess Through Godspringtime

behold, I stand by the well of water, and let it come to pass that the damsel who cometh forth to draw water, and to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee, a little water out of thy pitcher to drink,

Verse ConceptsWater ContainersDrawing WaterMan Providing Water

And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing has come forth from Jehovah. We cannot speak to you bad or good.

Verse ConceptsGod In Relation To ManUnable To Harm

Now, Isaac, had come in at the entrance, of Beer-lahai-roi, - for, he, was dwelling in the land of the South:

And Isaak will come into Sarah's his mother's tent, and will take Rebekah and she will be to him for a wife; and he will love her: and Isaak will be comforted after that for his mother.

Verse ConceptsHusbandsLove, In RelationshipsMarriage, Purpose OfTentsGod's Mercy, Example OfComfort, Of FriendsCourtingMen And Women Who LovedMothers Deathmomslosing a loved oneDeath Of A MotherLoss Of A Loved One

And the Lord said to her:

Two nations are in your womb;
two people will come from you and be separated.
One people will be stronger than the other,
and the older will serve the younger.

Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombFavouritismJacob, The PatriarchSubjectionTwo GroupsFreshness Of YouthWombServing PeopleStrong NationsOvercoming Adversity

And when her time was come to be delivered, behold, there were two twins in her womb.

Verse ConceptsTwinsWomb

And the first shall come forth red, wholly as a mantle of hair: and they will call his name Esau.

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstOuter GarmentsHairy PeopleRed BodiesTwin BrothersColorHair

and afterwards hath his brother come out, and his hand is taking hold on Esau's heel, and one calleth his name Jacob; and Isaac is a son of sixty years in her bearing them.

Verse ConceptsHeelsGraspingPeople With Apt NamesTwin Brothers

One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau happened to come in from being outdoors, and he was feeling famished.

Verse ConceptsCooking, Types Of FoodYielding To TemptationVegetablesWeedcookingprepping

And Jacob said, - Come sell, just now, thy birthright unto me.

Verse ConceptsBirthrights

And Jacob said, Come swear to me just now! And he sware to him, - and sold his birthright to Jacob.

Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanYielding To Temptation

All this will come to pass because Abraham obeyed me and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

Verse ConceptsAbraham, The Friend Of GodObedienceObeying Godstatuescommandmentsobeying

And Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol, the captain of his army.

Verse Conceptsadvisers

And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?

Verse ConceptsWhy Do You Do This?Hating Individuals

And it cometh to pass during that day that Isaac's servants come and declare to him concerning the circumstances of the well which they have digged, and say to him, 'We have found water;'

Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsTelling What People Did

And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitFirstbornInheritance, MaterialFirstborn SonsThis Is MePeople Blessing

Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found the game so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because the Lord your God caused it to come to me.”

Verse ConceptsPeople OvercomingWork Soon Done

And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be really my son Esau or not.

Verse ConceptsDistinguishingIs It Really?Contact With People

And Jacob will come near to Isaak his father, and he will feel him, and he will say, The voice, the voice of Jacob; and the hands, the hands of Esau.

Verse ConceptsVoicesContact With PeopleRecognising Thingscheaters

"Come closer to me," Isaac replied, "so I can eat some of the game, my son, and then bless you." So Jacob came closer, and Isaac ate. Jacob also brought wine so his father could drink.

Verse ConceptsWineProviding WinePeople Blessing

And he came near and gave him a kiss; and smelling the smell of his clothing, he gave him a blessing, and said, See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field on which the blessing of the Lord has come:

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingNosesContact With PeopleBlessed By GodPeople Who Blessed Others

And it cometh to pass, as Isaac hath finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob is only just going out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother hath come in from his hunting;

Verse ConceptsGoing Outside

Then did Isaac tremble with an exceeding great trembling, and said Who then was it that caught game and brought in to me and I did eat of all ere yet thou didst come in and I blessed him? Yea blessed, shall he remain!

Verse ConceptsTremblingIndividuals TremblingWho Is This?People Blessing

and he saith, 'Thy brother hath come with subtilty, and taketh thy blessing.'

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Examples OfPeople BlessingThose Who Deceived

Then Isaac his father answered and [prophesied and] said to him,

“Your dwelling shall be away from the fertility of the earth
And away from the dew of heaven above;

Verse ConceptsdewLack Of Rain

And by thy sword shalt thou live; And thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou rovest about, That thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

Verse ConceptsNecksRestlessnessYokesSubjectionServing IndividualsPeople Releasing Othersdominion

Till the memory of what you have done to him is past and he is no longer angry: then I will send word for you to come back; are the two of you to be taken from me in one day?

Verse ConceptsAnger, Sinful ExamplesForgetting ThingsAnger SubsidingBereavement

And Jacob will go from the well of the oath, and will come to Haran.

Verse ConceptsDepartures

and I come again to my father's house in peace then shall Jehovah be my God.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals going homeHe Is Our God

And all the flocks would come together there, and when the stone had been rolled away, they would give the sheep water, and put the stone back again in its place on the mouth of the water-hole.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsGathering CreaturesThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsStopping WellsRolling

Then Jacob said to the herdmen, My brothers, where do you come from? And they said, From Haran.

Verse ConceptsWhere From?

And they said, We are not able to do so till all the flocks have come together and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the water-hole; then we will get water for the sheep.

Verse ConceptsGathering CreaturesRollingUnable To Do Other Things

While yet he was speaking with them, Rachel, had come in with the sheep which belonged to her father, for a shepherdess, was she.

Verse ConceptsWhile Still SpeakingThose Who Kept Stock

And it shall be when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, and Jacob will come near, and will roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and will water the sheep of Laban his mother's brother.

Verse ConceptsRollingPossessing Sheep

And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingArmsKissingIndividuals RunningNamed Sisters

Then said Laban to Jacob, Is it because my brother, thou art, that thou shouldst serve me for naught? Come tell me! What shall be thy wages?

Verse ConceptsBeing FairNegotiationServants, Working Conditions OfWagesFree Of Charge

And when even was come, he took Lea his daughter and brought her to him and he went in unto her.

Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenExchange Of Individuals

And when the morning was come, behold, it was Lea. Then said he to Laban, "Wherefore hast thou played thus with me? Did not I serve thee for Rachel? Wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?"

Verse ConceptsMorningWhat Do You Do?Those Who Deceived

Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.

Verse ConceptsNegotiationWeeksSeven YearsServing IndividualsGiving In MarriageMan's Work FinishedWaiting Till Marriage

Then she became with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Because it has come to the Lord's ears that I am not loved, he has given me this son in addition: and she gave him the name Simeon.

Verse ConceptsGod Paid Attention To MeHating IndividualsPeople With Apt Names

And Rachel saw she had borne no children unto Jacob, so Rachel became envious of her sister, - and said unto Jacob, Come! give me children, or else, I die.

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenJealousyPolygamySistersSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfAnger Of Man, CausePossibility Of DeathThose Jealous Of People

and Leah said, Victory hath come! So she called his name Gad.

Verse ConceptsPeople With Apt Names

And when Jacob came from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me, for indeed I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

Verse ConceptsHiringMarital SexMeeting PeopleMarital Sex Between

Come, give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee and let me take my journey, - for, thou, knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.

Verse ConceptsPeople With General KnowledgeServing Individuals

And he said, - Come, fix thy wages for me, that I may give it!

And shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, and it shall come for my hire before your face. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, shall be counted stolen with me.

Verse ConceptsHonestyBlack AnimalsBlemished CreaturesBlack And White

And he set the rods which he stripped, in the flowings of channels of water, when the flock shall come to drink, before the sheep, and they shall be in heat in coming to drink.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingWater ContainersPolesSkinning

And it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods,

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingStrength Of AnimalsAnimal ReproductionWater ContainersPoles

Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come out to the field where his flock was

Verse ConceptsOthers Summoning

I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

Verse ConceptsOilMonumentsI Am GodAnointing Things

And God will come to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night and will say to him, Watch to thyself, lest thou shalt speak with Jacob from good to evil.

Verse ConceptsDreamsDreams, Examples OfNightSpeech, DivineWarning IndividualsDirect Communication Through Dreams

Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.

Verse ConceptsHousehold GodsPeople Sitting DownSeeking For Concrete ThingsNot Findinghidingstatues

Then said she to her father, "My lord, be not angry that I cannot rise up before thee, for the disease of women is come upon me." So searched he, but found them not.

Verse ConceptsMenstruationBleedingSeeking For Concrete ThingsNot FindingNot Able To Get Upwomanhood

And it was vexing to Jacob and he contended with Laban, - and Jacob responded and said to Laban, What was my trespass, what my sin, that thou shouldst have come burning after me?

Verse ConceptsHuntingAnger, Justified ExamplesAnger Of Man, RighteousDisputesNamed People Angry With OthersWhat Sin?

let this heap be witness, and the pillar a witness, that neither I pass this heap to go to thee, nor thou pass this heap and this pillar to come to me, for harm.

Verse ConceptsPassing ByObelisksCairnsThings As Witnesses

And Jacob hath gone on his way, and messengers of God come upon him;

Verse ConceptsMeeting GodAngels Going At God's Bidding

And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.

Verse ConceptsEscaping From PeopleSurvivors Of IsraelPeople Attacking Their Own

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, and the mother with the children.

Verse ConceptsRest, PhysicalKilling Whole FamiliesFear Of IndividualsPeople Attacking Their OwnMotherhood

And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.

and said, "Let me go, because the dawn has come." "I won't let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me."

Verse ConceptsPrayer, Offered WithDaybreakAt DaybreakMay God Bless!People Releasing Others

Jacob lift up his eyes and saw his brother Esau come, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Lea and unto Rachel and unto the two maidens.

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredSeeing PeopleFamily Conflict

but he himself, passed over before them, and bowed himself to the earth seven times, until he had come near unto his brother.

Verse ConceptsBowingSevenSalutationsSeven TimesIn Front

Let my lord, I pray thee, pass on before his servant, and I will drive on at my ease according to the pace of the cattle that is before me, and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord, to Seir.

Verse ConceptsSlownessPeople Going Before

And Jacob came peaceably into the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, after that he was come from Mesopotamia, and pitched before the city;

Verse ConceptsBoldness Examples OfAltars, Built ByCamp, Of Israel

And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character OfRapeIndividuals Being SilentPeople Being Polluted

Now Jacob's sons had come in from the field when they heard the news. They were offended and very angry because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob's daughter, a crime that should not be committed.

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldSexual Sin, Nature OfSorrowRapeNamed People Angry With Others

So then Hamor spake with them saying - As for Shechem my son, his soul hath be-come attached to your daughter, - I pray you give her to him, to wife.

Verse ConceptsMen And Women Who LovedGiving In Marriagehumor

But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision;

Verse ConceptsAgreementBecoming Like PeopleConsentNecessity Of Circumcision

And Hamor will come, and Shechem his son, to the gate of their city, and they will speak to the men of the city, saying,

Verse ConceptsBusiness At The Gateway

Then will not their cattle and their goods and all their beasts be ours? so let us come to an agreement with them so that they may go on living with us.

Verse ConceptsLiving In The LandTaking Possession

And it cometh to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male;

Verse ConceptsThe Third Day Of The WeekExterminationDeath Of All MalesPhysical PainTwo SonsPleasurablenessMassacres

Jacob's sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;

Verse ConceptsRapePeople Being PollutedNamed Sisters

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.

Verse ConceptsTrouble, Causes OfNosesSmellsFew PeopleTroubling IndividualsNations Attacking IsraelFamily Problems

And Jacob will come to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (this the house of God), he and all the people which are with him.

And God appeared to Jacob again after he had come from Padan-Aram, and blessed him.

Verse ConceptsGod AppearingBlessed By God

And God said to him, I am the Almighty God: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee; and kings shall come out of thy loins.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalBlessings, To AbrahamBodyGod, Power OfProcreationI Am Godfruitfulness

Now as for the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I'm giving it to you and to your descendants who come after you. I'm giving the land to you!"

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftGod Gave The Land

And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesHard Tasks

When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was helping his brothers tend their flocks. He was a young man at that time, as were the children of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. But Joseph would come back and tell his father that his brothers were doing bad things. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his brothers, since he was born to him in his old age, so he had made a richly-embroidered tunic for him.

Verse ConceptsGesturesOld Age, DisabilitiesClothingChildren, needs ofIntimacyOld Age, Attainment OfOrnamentsPrejudiceRobesChildren, Parents LovePartialityHope For Old PeopleFine ClothesMulti ColouredThose Who LovedMan's FavouriteLove For ChildrenColor

And he told it to his father and to his brethren. And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamt? Shall we indeed come, I and thy mother and thy brethren, to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

Verse ConceptsSalutationsBowing Before JosephWhat Is This?Immigrants

And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock at Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

Verse ConceptsSheepBehold Me!People Sending People

Then Jacob said to him, “Please go and see whether everything is all right with your brothers and all right with the flock; then bring word [back] to me.” So he sent him from the Hebron Valley, and he went to Shechem.

Verse ConceptsCareCare, HumanPeople Sending People

And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Eating PeopleWild Animals DevouringAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleUnfulfilled Word

And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

Verse ConceptsFine ClothesPeople Stripping PeopleMulti ColouredColor

And they will sit down to eat bread, and they will lift up their eyes, and will see, and behold travellers, Ishmaelites come from Gilead, and their camels bearing perfumes and balsam and myrrh, going to carry down to Egypt

Verse ConceptsBalmsCaravansHerbs And SpicesMoney, Uses OfMyrrhPerfumeTradeTravelCamelsCommercePeople EatingSitting In Fellowship

Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened to him.

Verse ConceptsCommerceSame Bone And Flesh