Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

‘Bring me some wild game and prepare for me some tasty food. Then I will eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before I die.’

So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

if he will sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly for the full price, so that I may own it as a burial site.”

Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then I will eat it so that I may bless you before I die.”

But Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

In this way God has snatched away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

The man said, “The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it.”

So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you.”

Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”

Abram added, “Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!”

The Lord said to him, “Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”

So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, “After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?”

“I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead.”

“Look,” said Esau, “I’m about to die! What use is the birthright to me?”

But Jacob said, “Swear an oath to me now.” So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

Therefore, take your weapons – your quiver and your bow – and go out into the open fields and hunt down some wild game for me.

So his mother told him, “Any curse against you will fall on me, my son! Just obey me! Go and get them for me!”

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here and kiss me, my son.”

and I return safely to my father’s home, then the Lord will become my God.