Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham.

When Israel left Egypt, when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind,

Tremble, O earth, before the Lord – before the God of Jacob,

until I find a place for the Lord, a fine dwelling place for the powerful ruler of Jacob.”

Indeed, the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.

How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.

The sovereign master decreed judgment on Jacob, and it fell on Israel.

A remnant will come back, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

“But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel.

So I defiled your holy princes, and handed Jacob over to destruction, and subjected Israel to humiliating abuse.”

“Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!”

“A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,” says the Lord.

“Proclaim this message among the descendants of Jacob. Make it known throughout Judah.

“Because you violently slaughtered your relatives, the people of Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed forever.

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

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

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

Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram.

Then Jacob woke up and thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!”