Then Isaac said to his son, "{How} did you find [it] so quickly, my son?" And he said, "Because Yahweh your God {caused me to find it}."

Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Please, come near and let me feel you, my son. {Are you really} my son Esau or not?"

Then he said, "Bring [it] near to me that I may eat from the game of my son, so that I may bless you." And he brought [it] to him, and he ate. And he brought wine to him, and he drank.

Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come near and kiss me, my son."

Then Isaac {trembled violently}. Then he said, "Who then [was] he that hunted wild game and brought [it] to me, and I ate [it] all before you came, and I blessed him? Moreover, he will be blessed!"

Then he said, "{Isn't that why he is named Jacob}? He has deceived me these two times. He took my birthright and, look, now he has taken my blessing!" Then he said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?"

Then Isaac answered and said to Esau, "Behold, I have made him lord over you and I have given him all his brothers as servants, and [with] grain and wine I have sustained him. Now what can I do for you, my son?"

Then Isaac his father answered and said to him, "Your home shall be from the fatness of the land, and from the dew of heaven above.

Then Esau held a grudge against Jacob on account of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are coming, then I will kill Jacob my brother."

Now then, my son, listen to my voice; arise and flee to Haran to Laban my brother.

until the anger of your brother turns from you and he has forgotten what you have done to him. Then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I lose the two of you in one day?"

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from Hittite women like these, from the {native women}, {what am I living for}?"

Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him. And he instructed him and said to him, "You must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

Then Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Then Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan [were] evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,

then Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, son of Abraham, sister of Nebaioth, as a wife, in addition to the wives he had.

Then Jacob went out from Beersheba and went to Haran.

Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely Yahweh {is indeed} in this place and I did not know!"

Then he was afraid and said, "How awesome [is] this place! {This is nothing else than the house of God}, and this is the gate of heaven!"

and [if] I return in peace to the house of my father, then Yahweh will become my God.

And they said, "We are not able, until all the flocks are gathered. Then the stone is rolled away from the mouth of the well, and we water the sheep."

Then Laban said to Jacob, "[Just] because you [are] my brother should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wage [should be]."

Then Laban said, "Better [that] I give her to you than I give her to another man. Stay with me."

Then Laban said, "{It is not the custom} in our country to give the younger before the firstborn.

Complete the week of this one, then I will also give you the other, {on the condition that you will work for me} another seven years."

And Jacob did so. So he completed the week of this [one], then he gave Rachel his daughter to him as a wife.

Then he also went in to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet another seven years.

Then Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because Yahweh has noticed my misery, that I [am] unloved. Now my husband will love me."

And she conceived again and gave birth to a son. Then she said, "Now this time my husband will be joined to me, for I have borne him three sons." Therefore, she called his name Levi.

Then she said, "Here [is] my servant girl Bilhah; go in to her that she may bear children {as my surrogate}. Then I will even {have children} by her."

Then she gave him Bilhah, her female servant, as a wife, and Jacob went in to her

Then Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore she called his name Dan.

Then Leah said, "Good fortune!" And she called his name Gad.

Then Leah said, "How happy [am] I! For women have called me happy." So she called his name Asher.

And she said to her, "[Is] your taking my husband [such] a small [thing] that you will also take the mandrakes of my son?" Then Rachel said, "Then he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes."

Then Leah said, "God has given [me] my wage since I gave my servant girl to my husband." And she called his name Issachar.

Then God remembered Rachel and listened to her, and God opened her womb.

Then he said to him, "You yourself know how I have served you and how your livestock have been with me.

For you had little before me, and it has increased abundantly. And Yahweh has blessed you {wherever I turned}. So then, when shall I provide for my own family also?"

Then Laban said, "Look! Very well. It shall be according to your word."

Then Jacob took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees and peeled white strips on them, exposing the white which [was] on the branches.

Then Jacob saw the face of Laban and, behold, {it was not like it had been in the past}.

If thus he said, 'Speckled shall be your wage,' then all the flock bore speckled. And [if] he said, 'Streaked shall be your wage,' then all the flock bore streaked.

Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I [am].'

Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, "[Is there] yet a portion for us, and an inheritance in the house of our father?

Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on the camels.

Then he fled with all that he had, and arose and crossed the Euphrates and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

Then he took his kinsmen with him and pursued after him, a seven-day journey, and he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

Then Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done that you {tricked me} and have carried off my daughters like captives of the sword?

Then Jacob answered and said to Laban, "Because I [was] afraid, for I thought, 'Lest you take your daughters from me by force.'

Then Laban went into Jacob's tent and Leah's tent and the tent of the two female servants and did not find [his gods]. And he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's tent.

Then Jacob became angry and quarreled with Laban. Jacob answered and said to Laban, "What [is] my offense? What [is] my sin that you pursued after me?

Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, "The daughters [are] my daughters and the grandsons [are] my grandsons, and the flocks [are] my flocks, and all that you see, it [is] mine. Now, what can I do for these my daughters today, or for their children whom they have borne?

Then Laban said, "This pile of stones [is] a witness between me and you today." Therefore its name is called Galeed,

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

And Laban arose early in the morning and kissed his grandsons and his daughters, and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his homeland.

Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the territory of Edom.

Then Jacob was very frightened and distressed. So he divided the people, flocks, cattle, and camels that [were] with him into two companies.

Then Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your land and to your family, and I will deal well with you.'

And he lodged there that night. Then he took {from what he had with him} a gift for Esau his brother:

Then you must say, 'To your servant, to Jacob. It [is] a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. Now behold, he [is] also [coming] after us.'"

And he took them and sent them across the stream. Then he sent across all his possessions.

Then he said, "Let me go, for dawn is breaking." But he answered, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."

Then he said to him, "What [is] your name?" And he said, "Jacob."

Then Jacob asked and said, "Please tell me your name." And he said, "Why do you ask this--for my name?" And he blessed him there.

Then Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [which means] "I have seen God face to face and my life was spared."

Then the sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.

And he put the female slaves and their children first, then Leah and her children next, then Rachel with Joseph last.

Then Esau lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children and said, "Who [are] these with you?" And he said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."

Then the female servants drew near, they and their children, and they bowed down.

Then Leah and her children drew near and bowed down, and afterward Joseph and Rachel drew near and they bowed down.

And he said, "{What do you mean by} all this company that I have met?" Then he said, "To find favor in the eyes of my lord."

Then Esau said, "{I have enough} my brother; {keep what you have}."

And Jacob said, "No, please, if I have found favor in your eyes, you must take my gift from my hand, for then I have seen your face [which is] like seeing the face of God, and you have received me.

Then he said, "Let us journey and go [on], and I will go ahead of you."

Then Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will do.

Then the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor speaking deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take for ourselves your daughters, and we will live with you and become one family.

But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughters and we will go."

Then Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city, and they spoke to the men of their city, saying,

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me, making me stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites! I [am] few in number! If they gather against me and attack me, I will be destroyed--I and my household!"

Then Jacob said to his household and to all who [were] with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that [are] in your midst and purify yourselves and change your garments.

Then let us make ready and let us go up to Bethel, so that I can make an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my trouble, and who has been with me on the way that I have gone."

Then they set out on their journey, and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were] all around them, so that they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

And God said to him, "Your name [is] Jacob. Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." Then his name was called Israel.

Then they journeyed from Bethel. And {when they were still some distance} from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor. And she had hard labor.

The sons of Leah: The firstborn of Jacob [was] Reuben. Then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, for he [was] a son of his old age. And he made a robe with long sleeves for him.

When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and were not able to speak peaceably to him.

Now behold, we were binding sheaves in the midst of the field and, behold, my sheaf stood up and it remained standing. Then behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf."

Then his brothers said to him, "Will you really rule over us?" And {they hated him even more} on account of his dream and because of his words.

Then he dreamed yet another dream and told it to his brothers. And he said, "Behold, I dreamed a dream again, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

Then he said to him, "Go now, see {if it goes well for your brothers and for the flock}, then return word to me." And he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he arrived at Shechem.

And the man said, "They have moved on from here, for I heard [them] saying, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" Then Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

Now then, come, let us kill him and throw him in one of the pits. Then we will say a wild animal devoured him. Then we will see what his dreams become."

Then they sat down to eat [some] food. And they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead. And their camels were carrying aromatic gum and balm and spices {on the way} to Egypt.

Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit [is there] if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and brought [him] up from the pit, and they sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty [pieces of] silver. And they brought Joseph to Egypt.

Then Reuben returned to the pit and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit. And he tore his clothes.

Then they took the robe of Joseph and slaughtered a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood.