Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, while his father Terah was still alive.

You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac.”

The Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”

Any children that you father after them will be yours; they will be listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance.

Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.

Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O Lord, you said to me, ‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’

“The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath, ‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the sacred stone and made a vow to me. Now leave this land immediately and return to your native land.’”

They replied, “The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”