When Isaac planted in that land, he reaped in the same year a hundred times what he had sown, because the Lord blessed him.

God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He replied, “Here I am!”

The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’

Is anything impossible for the Lord? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.”

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and warned him, “Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.”

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.

Worthy of praise is the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

They answered him, “Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.”

And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord.

When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.

No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-Ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.

But Rebekah’s brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.”

Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great.

Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son.” That is why she named him Dan.

Then he said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” So they brought stones and put them in a pile. They ate there by the pile of stones.