Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished.

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

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them.

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

The sun rose over him as he crossed over Penuel, but he was limping because of his hip.

But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

Jacob set up a marker over her grave; it is the Marker of Rachel’s Grave to this day.

His master observed that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he was doing successful.

On the vine there were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning.

This is just what I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

But Joseph told them, “It is just as I said to you: You are spies!

So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

Don’t worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt will be yours.’”

Zebulun will live by the haven of the sea and become a haven for ships; his border will extend to Sidon.

Joseph lived in Egypt, along with his father’s family. Joseph lived 110 years.

When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied, “She is my sister.” He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” for he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me to get Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”

So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.”

While they were bringing her out, she sent word to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these belong.” Then she said, “Identify the one to whom the seal, cord, and staff belong.”

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”