But Jacob said, &#8220;Swear an oath to me now.&#8221;<n id="1" /> So Esau<n id="2" /> swore an oath to him and sold his birthright<n id="3" /> to Jacob.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When Jacob heard<n id="1" /> there was grain in Egypt, he<n id="2" /> said to his sons, &#8220;Why are you looking at each other?&#8221;<n id="3" />

God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night<n id="1" /> and said, &#8220;Jacob, Jacob!&#8221; He replied, &#8220;Here I am!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt &#8211; Jacob and his sons:p> <p class="poetry">Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him<n id="1" /> before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed<n id="2" /> Pharaoh.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.

Bilhah became pregnant<n id="1" /> and gave Jacob a son.<n id="2" />

Soon Leah&#8217;s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.

<p class="poetry">The sons of Rachel the wife of Jacob:p> <p class="poetry">Joseph and Benjamin.p>

So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, &#8220;The voice is Jacob&#8217;s, but the hands are Esau&#8217;s.&#8221;

So Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.p>

Then he separated them from Jacob by a three-day journey,<n id="1" /> while<n id="2" /> Jacob was taking care of the rest of Laban&#8217;s flocks.p>

<p class="bodytext">Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Jacob became angry<n id="1" /> and argued with Laban. &#8220;What did I do wrong?&#8221; he demanded of Laban.<n id="2" /> &#8220;What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?<n id="3" />

When<n id="1" /> Jacob heard that Shechem<n id="2" /> had violated his daughter Dinah, his sons were with the livestock in the field. So Jacob remained silent<n id="3" /> until they came in.p>

<p class="bodytext">All the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt with him were sixty-six in number. (This number does not include the wives of Jacob&#8217;s sons.)<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years<n id="1" /> of Jacob&#8217;s life were 147 in all.

<p class="bodytext">But Jacob replied, &#8220;First<n id="1" /> sell me your birthright.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">So Jacob moved on<n id="1" /> and came to the land of the eastern people.<n id="2" />