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«And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Bilhah, handmaid, Jacob
«And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.»
«And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: / My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.»
«And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: / And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: / And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.»
«And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Canaanites, Jacob, Levi, Simeon, stink
«And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? / Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.»
«And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Jacob, Rachel, wept
«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.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Dinah, Jacob
«And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? / And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.»
«And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: bereave, bereaved, bereft, bereft of, Jacob, Joseph

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