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 that same day Esau made his way back to Seir.

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

That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.

Jacob stayed there that night. Then he sent as a gift to his brother Esau

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

From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people – he has failed to carry out my requirement.”

So they made their father drunk that night as well, and the younger one came and had sexual relations with him. But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up.

At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

And Abraham called the name of that place “The Lord provides.” It is said to this day, “In the mountain of the Lord provision will be made.”

That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We’ve found water,” they reported.

He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place

When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.

At that time Judah left his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite man named Hirah.

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

So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you will Israel bless, saying, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

That day the Lord made a covenant with Abram: “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River –

The Lord appeared to him that night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”