But I will make mine covenant with thee, that both thou shalt come into the ark and thy sons, thy wife and thy sons' wives with thee.

And Abram answered, "LORD Jehovah, what wilt thou give me? I go childless, and the cater of mine house, this Eliezer of Damascus, hath a son."

And Abram said, "See, to me hast thou given no seed: lo, a lad born in my house shall be mine heir!"

and there was meat set before him to eat. But he said, "I will not eat, until I have said mine errand." And he said, "Say on."

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

And before I had made an end of speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth, and her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well and drew. And I said unto her, 'give me drink.'

because that Abraham hearkened unto my voice and kept mine ordinances, commandments, statutes and laws."

As soon as Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place and country;

For it was but little that thou hadst before I came, and now it is increased into a multitude, and the LORD hath blessed thee for my sake. But now when shall I make provision for mine own house also?"

For in bucking time, I lifted up mine eyes and saw in a dream: and behold, the rams that bucked the sheep were streaked, spotted and party.

Thou hast searched all my stuff, and what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Put it here before thy brethren and mine, and let them judge betwixt us both.

Moreover, by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Laban answered and said unto Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the sheep are my sheep, and all that thou seest is mine. And what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

And he said unto him, "My lord knoweth that I have tender children, ewes and cows with young, under mine hand, which if men should overdrive but even one day, the whole flock would die.

And as he declared them unto us, even so it came to pass. I was restored to mine office again, and he was hanged."

Then said my lord unto his servants, 'Bring him unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.'

Now therefore thy two sons Manasseh and Ephraim which were born unto thee before I came to thee, into Egypt, shall be mine: even as Reuben and Simeon shall they be unto me.

"Reuben, thou art mine eldest son, my might and the beginning of my strength, chief in receiving and chief in power.