He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."

Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die."

Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me."