When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

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

So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created – when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.

But Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately, “The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!”

Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went.”

This is the record of the family line of Adam. When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God.

He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.”

for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know good and evil.”

Then the man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” “I will not let you go,” Jacob replied, “unless you bless me.”

Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. He died an old man who had lived a full life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Joseph said to the people, “Since I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Cultivate the land.

At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How long have you lived?”

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

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

Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years of Jacob’s life were 147 in all.