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Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be:

Verse ConceptsdewLack Of Rain

Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleTelling What People Said

And be there with him for a little time, till your brother's wrath is turned away;

Verse ConceptsA Short TimeAnger SubsidingShort Time For ActionStaying Temporarily

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

So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

Verse ConceptsSeeing SituationsTaking A WifePeople Who Blessed Others

And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God and the doorway of heaven.

Verse ConceptsGatesHeaven, God's HabitationAweRising EarlyMorning DevotionsTerror Of GodBethel The House Of GodHeavenly Vision

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

And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.

Verse ConceptsBonesBodyOne MonthSame Bone And Fleshspace

And in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.

Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenExchange Of Individuals

And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Customs ConcerningPolygamyMan's Work Finished

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 she was with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Now at last my husband will be united to me, because I have given him three sons: so he was named Levi.

Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenPeople With Apt Names

And Leah said, It has gone well for me: and she gave him the name Gad.

Verse ConceptsPeople With Apt Names

And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.

Verse ConceptsHappinessExcitementPeople With Apt NamesRejoicing In God's Works

But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you take my son's love-fruits? Then Rachel said, You may have him tonight in exchange for your son's love-fruits.

Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenTaking Other PeopleUnimportant Things

In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to come to me, for I have given my son's love-fruits as a price for you. And he went in to her that night.

Verse ConceptsHiringMarital SexMeeting PeopleMarital Sex Between

And she said, God has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband living with me, for I have given him six sons: and she gave him the name Zebulun.

Verse ConceptsGiftsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodPeople With Apt Names

And she gave him the name Joseph, saying, May the Lord give me another son.

Verse ConceptsAdding PeoplePeople With Apt Names

And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.

Verse ConceptsWorseChange

And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

Verse ConceptsOthers Summoning

But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitMastersServants, Working Conditions OfServants, GoodMasters Duties Towards ServantsEmployers, Bad ExamplesTen TimesChangeGod Forbiddingcheaters

Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

Verse ConceptsNot Sharing

Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.

Verse ConceptsReckoningReckoned As Foreigners

For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.

Verse ConceptsGetting RichTaking Possessions

And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

Verse ConceptsDriving

And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysOvertaking

Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

Verse ConceptsDreamsDreams, Examples OfNightSpeech, DivineWarning IndividualsDirect Communication Through Dreams

Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

Verse ConceptsNomadsCamp, Of IsraelOvertaking

As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.

Verse ConceptsApproval To KillRobbing GodsIn Men's Presence

Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutMessenger

When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutFour To Five HundredMeeting PeopleFour And Five Hundred

Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us.

And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and to all those who were with the herds, saying, This is what you are to say to Esau when you see him;

Verse ConceptsMen's Orders

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 in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsDuring One NightTwo WomenElevenFords

But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part of his leg, so that his leg was damaged.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesInjuryTouchWeakness, PhysicalDislocatingThighsTouching To HarmWrestlingmuscles

And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.

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

Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.

Verse ConceptsWhy Do You Do This?What Is God's Name?Blessed By God

Then Esau came running up to him, and folding him in his arms, gave him a kiss: and the two of them were overcome with weeping.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingGreetingsKissingLove, For One AnotherReconciliation, Between BelieversKissesSalutationsIndividuals Runninghugs

But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?

Verse ConceptsMen And Women Who LovedGiving In Marriagehumor

But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?

Verse ConceptsNamed Sisters

Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

Verse ConceptsGod AppearingBlessed By God

And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

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

Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.

Verse ConceptsGod ArisingGod Speaking

And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

Verse ConceptsBethel The House Of GodPeople Naming Things

And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsAfterlifePainSuffering, Nature OfBlessings For The Right HandPeople With Apt NamesIntermediate StateMothers DeathDeath Of A ChildDeath Of A MotherDeath Of A Father

Then Isaac came to his end and was put to rest with his father's people, an old man after a long life: and Jacob and Esau, his sons, put him in his last resting-place.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfOld Age, Attainment OfDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfGathered To One's PeopleDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A FatherFamily Death

And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsGrudgesHatredJealousyPersecution, Forms OfSpiteSuffering, Causes OfHatred Between RelativesHating IndividualsNo PeaceMan's FavouriteBrothers Lovefriendliness

And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.

Verse ConceptsHating Individualsdominion

And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

Verse ConceptsSheepBehold Me!People Sending People

And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

Verse ConceptsCareCare, HumanPeople Sending People

And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?

Verse ConceptsWandererswandering

But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

Verse ConceptsPlottingSeeing At A DistanceAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleSeeing PeopleConspiracySiblingsdistance

Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Eating PeopleWild Animals DevouringAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleUnfulfilled Word

But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.

Verse ConceptsRestraints From KillingIndividuals Saving Others

Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.

Verse ConceptsSheddingReinstating PeopleIndividuals Saving Others

And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersEmpty ThingsDry Places

Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.

Verse ConceptsCommerceSame Bone And Flesh

And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.

Verse ConceptsMerchantsSilverTradeCommercePrice Set On IndividualsTrade With Metals

And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.

Verse ConceptsPeople Torn To PiecesFine ClothesAnimals Eating PeopleWild Animals Devouring

And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfGrave, TheLove, And The WorldSheolWeepingComfort, Of FriendsParental LoveAfflicted To DeathNo Comfort

And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsExecutionersCommerce

And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.

And again she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Onan.

Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsGod KillingGod Killing Individuals

And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Killing IndividualsSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.

Verse ConceptsSinglenessGrowing UpDaughters In LawPossibility Of DeathActual WidowsWaiting Till Marriage

And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessSheep ShearingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsMourning The Death Of Others

And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.

Verse ConceptsSealsStaffConceptionCords

Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankTradeAnger Of Man, UnrighteousGod's Mercy, Example Of

And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had.

Verse ConceptsCareResponsibility, Examples OfWorthinessAuthority Delegated To PeopleFavor

And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.

Verse ConceptsPromotionInside And OutAuthority Delegated To PeopleBlessing Through God's People

And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.

Verse ConceptsFidelityServants, GoodTrustworthinessBusiness EthicsBeauty, In MenSeeking FoodAuthority Delegated To PeopleHandsome Men

And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.

Verse ConceptsInvitationsLooking At People For EvilOther WivesSexual Union IntendedsexResisting Temptationmistress

Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me;

And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsEmployers, Bad ExamplesPrisonsjail

But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend.

Verse ConceptsKindnessPrisonersDivine FavourGod With Specific PeopleGod Showed His LovingkindnessFavor

And the keeper of the prison gave no attention to anything which was under his care, because the Lord was with him; and the Lord made everything he did go well.

Verse ConceptsFindingSuccessGod With Specific PeopleSuccess Through God

And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsOther Sad People

Then they said to him, We have had a dream, and no one is able to give us the sense. And Joseph said, Does not the sense of dreams come from God? what was your dream?

Verse ConceptsDreamsNo One AvailableTelling Dreams

After three days Pharaoh will give you honour, and put you back into your place, and you will give him his cup as you did before, when you were his wine-servant.

Verse ConceptsReinstatementRestorationLifting HeadsReinstating People

And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

Verse ConceptsDivination, Practiced ByMorningRestlessnessWisdom, Human NatureMagiciansWise MenKings SummoningNo One AvailableTelling Dreams

And there was with us a young Hebrew, the captain's servant, and when we put our dreams before him, he gave us the sense of them.

Verse ConceptsTelling Dreams

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cut and his dress changed, he came before Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsDungeonsPrisonersShavingPrisonsAccommodationsChanging ClothesIndividuals RunningClean ClothesKings SummoningPeople Set Free By PeopleEtiquette

As I said to Pharaoh before, God has made clear to him what he is about to do.

Verse ConceptsPredicting The Future

And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsDiscretionAuthority Delegated To People

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him put overseers over the land of Egypt to put in store a fifth part of the produce of the land in the good years.

Verse ConceptsTaxationFractions, One FifthPlenty In EgyptAuthority Delegated To People

Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck;

Verse ConceptsFingersNecksequipping, physicalClothingChainsGoldLinenOrnamentsRingsRobesSeals

And he made him take his seat in the second of his carriages; and they went before him crying, Make way! So he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsChariotsSalutationsBowing Before JosephAuthority Delegated To People

And Pharaoh gave Joseph the name of Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, the priest of On, to be his wife. So Joseph went through all the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningChanged NamesPeople Renaming PeopleAuthority Delegated To People

But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.

Verse ConceptsPartialityFear Of Other Things

Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

Verse ConceptsBowingGovernorsBowing Before Joseph

And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

Verse ConceptsPretenceAwarenessBuying FoodRecognising PeopledisguisesWhere From?

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