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

Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!

So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)

So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day.

Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. (That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”)

That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. (It is located between Kadesh and Bered.)

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

Now then, my son, do what I say. Run away immediately to my brother Laban in Haran.

“So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us – his very life is bound up in his son’s life.

“So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.

“So now Pharaoh should look for a wise and discerning man and give him authority over all the land of Egypt.

So Esau said to Jacob, “Feed me some of the red stuff – yes, this red stuff – because I’m starving!” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you work for me for nothing because you are my relative? Tell me what your wages should be.”

She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son.” That is why she named him Dan.

But Jacob traveled to Succoth where he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was called Succoth.

That is why its name was called Babel – because there the Lord confused the language of the entire world, and from there the Lord scattered them across the face of the entire earth.