I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.”

He had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai.

Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do this thing?”

She went on to say, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!”

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

Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

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

You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac.”

Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

The man became wealthy. His influence continued to grow until he became very prominent.

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us and go elsewhere, for you have become much more powerful than we are.”

He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob.

Then Esau realized that the Canaanite women were displeasing to his father Isaac.

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

Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. I want to have marital relations with her.”

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

Leah said, “How happy I am, for women will call me happy!” So she named him Asher.

Hasn’t he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us!

Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?”