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

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

Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”

Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”

So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site from the sons of Heth.

She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom Milcah bore to Nahor.

After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. When they got up in the morning, he said, “Let me leave now so I can return to my master.”

This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

All this will come to pass because Abraham obeyed me and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

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

Live with him for a little while until your brother’s rage subsides.

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

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

Then Leah said, “God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife.” So she named him Issachar.

While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.

It was also called Mizpah because he said, “May the Lord watch between us when we are out of sight of one another.

“Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you,” Laban said to Jacob.

He took them and sent them across the stream along with all his possessions.