When Laban heard this news about Jacob, his sister&#8217;s son, he rushed out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob<n id="1" /> told Laban how he was related to him.<n id="2" />

This was my lot<n id="1" /> for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave<n id="2" /> for you &#8211; fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!

<p class="bodytext">Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, &#8220;You have brought ruin<n id="1" /> on me by making me a foul odor<n id="2" /> among the inhabitants of the land &#8211; among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I<n id="3" /> am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the people in his household, his livestock, his animals, and all his possessions which he had acquired in the land of Canaan and went to a land some distance away from<n id="1" /> Jacob his brother

There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do<n id="1" /> such a great evil and sin against God?&#8221;

she called for her household servants and said to them, &#8220;See, my husband brought<n id="1" /> in a Hebrew man<n id="2" /> to us to humiliate us.<n id="3" /> He tried to have sex with me,<n id="4" /> but I screamed loudly.<n id="5" />

Both of them, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream<n id="1" /> the same night.<n id="2" /> Each man&#8217;s dream had its own meaning.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, &#8216;This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain<n id="1" /> for your hungry households and go.

<p class="bodytext">But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph&#8217;s house. They said, &#8220;We are being brought in because of<n id="1" /> the money that was returned in our sacks last time.<n id="2" /> He wants to capture us,<n id="3" /> make us slaves, and take<n id="4" /> our donkeys!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">He instructed the servant who was over his household, &#8220;Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man&#8217;s money in the mouth of his sack.

They had not gone very far from the city<n id="1" /> when Joseph said<n id="2" /> to the servant who was over his household, &#8220;Pursue the men at once!<n id="3" /> When you overtake<n id="4" /> them, say to them, &#8216;Why have you repaid good with evil?

Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment<n id="1" /> for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh&#8217;s palace.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">When the days of mourning<n id="1" /> had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh&#8217;s royal court,<n id="2" /> &#8220;If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,<n id="3" />