But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, &#8220;I raise my hand<n id="1" /> to the <sc>Lordsc>, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow<n id="2" />

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;

When he saw the bracelets on his sister&#8217;s wrists and the nose ring<n id="1" /> and heard his sister Rebekah say,<n id="2" /> &#8220;This is what the man said to me,&#8221; he went out to meet the man. There he was, standing<n id="3" /> by the camels near the spring.

I have<n id="1" /> the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night, &#8216;Be careful<n id="2" /> that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.&#8217;<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Reuben said to his father, &#8220;You may<n id="1" /> put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care<n id="2" /> and I will bring him back to you.&#8221;