When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed.

but your father has humiliated me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.

He left with all he owned. He quickly crossed the Euphrates River and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

“I left secretly because I was afraid!” Jacob replied to Laban. “I thought you might take your daughters away from me by force.

Now Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet the young women of the land.

Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.

God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him.

Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

At that time Judah left his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite man named Hirah.

After these things happened, the cupbearer to the king of Egypt and the royal baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,

The bad-looking, thin cows ate the seven fine-looking, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good.

The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning.

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.

They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival at noon, for they had heard that they were to have a meal there.

He wept loudly; the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.

You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that I really am the one who speaks to you.

Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!