The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian – the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham – mocking.

But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”

When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved the child under one of the shrubs.

God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.

Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),

(Now Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) These were the eight sons Milcah bore to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in everything.

“Be careful never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him.

When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.

So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, accompanied by her female attendant, with Abraham’s servant and his men.

Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.

This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac.

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

So Abimelech commanded all the people, “Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

Then she handed the tasty food and the bread she had made to her son Jacob.

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

So he said to them, “Do you know Laban, the grandson of Nahor?” “We know him,” they said.

Since Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel, he said, “I’ll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel.”