The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute.

<p class="bodytext">And sons were also born<n id="1" /> to Shem (the older brother of Japheth),<n id="2" /> the father of all the sons of Eber.p>

Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans,<n id="1" /> while his father Terah was still alive.<n id="2" />

The older daughter<n id="1" /> gave birth to a son and named him Moab.<n id="2" /> He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.

Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),<n id="1" />

but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find<n id="1" /> a wife for my son.&#8217;

My father may touch me! Then he&#8217;ll think I&#8217;m mocking him<n id="1" /> and I&#8217;ll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">So he went and got the goats<n id="1" /> and brought them to his mother. She<n id="2" /> prepared some tasty food, just the way his father loved it.

Then his father Isaac said to him, &#8220;Come here and kiss me, my son.&#8221;

His father Isaac asked,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Who are you?&#8221; &#8220;I am your firstborn son,&#8221;<n id="2" /> he replied, &#8220;Esau!&#8221;

Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram.

Then Esau realized<n id="1" /> that the Canaanite women<n id="2" /> were displeasing to<n id="3" /> his father Isaac.

and I return safely to my father&#8217;s home,<n id="1" /> then the <sc>Lordsc> will become my God.

<p class="bodytext">While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father&#8217;s sheep, for she was tending them.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to Jacob, &#8220;Return to the land of your fathers<n id="1" /> and to your relatives. I will be with you.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Rachel and Leah replied to him, &#8220;Do we still have any portion or inheritance<n id="1" /> in our father&#8217;s house?

<p class="bodytext">While Laban had gone to shear his sheep,<n id="1" /> Rachel stole the household idols<n id="2" /> that belonged to her father.

Now I understand that<n id="1" /> you have gone away<n id="2" /> because you longed desperately<n id="3" /> for your father&#8217;s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

Shechem said to his father Hamor, &#8220;Acquire this young girl as my wife.&#8221;<n id="1" />

He asked them how they were doing.<n id="1" /> Then he said, &#8220;Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?&#8221;