God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He replied, “Here I am!”

Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father?” “What is it, my son?” he replied. “Here is the fire and the wood,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

Then he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” “I am,” Jacob replied.

The man asked him, “What is your name?” He answered, “Jacob.”

But the Lord’s angel called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am!” he answered.

When food was served, he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I want to say.” “Tell us,” Laban said.

He went to his father and said, “My father!” Isaac replied, “Here I am. Which are you, my son?”

His father Isaac asked, “Who are you?” “I am your firstborn son,” he replied, “Esau!”

Then the man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” “I will not let you go,” Jacob replied, “unless you bless me.”

God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light!

He said, “No, my brothers! Don’t act so wickedly!

But Lot said to them, “No, please, Lord!

Abraham said, “I swear to do this.”

“I am the servant of Abraham,” he began.

But Isaac replied, “Your brother came in here deceitfully and took away your blessing.”

He added, “Just name your wages – I’ll pay whatever you want.”

“Agreed!” said Laban, “It will be as you say.”

Then Esau said, “Let’s be on our way! I will go in front of you.”

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” And he replied, “I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guardian?”

The Lord took him outside and said, “Gaze into the sky and count the stars – if you are able to count them!” Then he said to him, “So will your descendants be.”