Did Abraham not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!”

The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

When Isaac planted in that land, he reaped in the same year a hundred times what he had sown, because the Lord blessed him.

So the gifts were sent on ahead of him while he spent that night in the camp.

So that same day Esau made his way back to Seir.

What follows is the account of Esau (also known as Edom).

Gad will be raided by marauding bands, but he will attack them at their heels.

Look, this town over here is close enough to escape to, and it’s just a little one. Let me go there. It’s just a little place, isn’t it? Then I’ll survive.”

The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-Ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.

When Jacob explained to Rachel that he was a relative of her father and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.

then you must say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau. In fact Jacob himself is behind us.’”

Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.

Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

(The gold of that land is pure; pearls and lapis lazuli are also there).

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

So Esau (also known as Edom) lived in the hill country of Seir.

These were the sons of Esau (also known as Edom), and these were their chiefs.

Asher’s food will be rich, and he will provide delicacies to royalty.

The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.