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“Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me with such passion? Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us. These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food. Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves,…”— Jacob, Genesis 31:36-42
“And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.”— Jacob, Genesis 31:46
“And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.”— Jacob, Genesis 32:2
“And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban: And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.”— Jacob, Genesis 32:4-5
“And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely. Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you: I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies. Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child. And you said, Truly,…”— Jacob, Genesis 32:8-12
“These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and let there be a space between one herd and another. And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds? Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us. And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and to all those who were with the herds, saying, This is what you are to say to Esau when you see…”— Jacob, Genesis 32:16-20
“And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.”— Jacob, Genesis 32:26
“Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.”— Jacob, Genesis 32:27
“Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.”— Jacob, Genesis 32:29
“And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.”— Jacob, Genesis 32:30
“Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant.”— Jacob, Genesis 33:5
“And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.”— Jacob, Genesis 33:8
“And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me. Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.”— Jacob, Genesis 33:10-11
“But Jacob said, My lord may see that the children are only small, and there are young ones in my flocks and herds: one day's over-driving will be the destruction of all the flock. Do you, my lord, go on before your servant; I will come on slowly, at the rate at which the cattle and the children are able to go, till I come to my lord at Seir. And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?”— Jacob, Genesis 33:13-15
“And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.”— Jacob, Genesis 34:30
“Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing: And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.”— Jacob, Genesis 35:2-3
“And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?”— Jacob, Genesis 37:10
“And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.”— Jacob, Genesis 37:13
“And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.”— Jacob, Genesis 37:14
“And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.”— Jacob, Genesis 37:33
“And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.”— Jacob, Genesis 37:35
“Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another? And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.”— Jacob, Genesis 42:1-2
“And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.”— Jacob, Genesis 42:36
“And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.”— Jacob, Genesis 42:38
“And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.”— Jacob, Genesis 43:2
“And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?”— Jacob, Genesis 43:6
“Then their father Israel said to them, If it has to be so, then do this: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels to give the man, perfumes and honey and spices and nuts: And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error; And take your brother and go back to the man: And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.”— Jacob, Genesis 43:11-14
“And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is still living; I will go and see him before my death.”— Jacob, Genesis 45:28
“And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.”— Jacob, Genesis 46:2
“And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.”— Jacob, Genesis 46:30
“And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.”— Jacob, Genesis 47:9
“And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt; But when I go to my fathers, you are to take me out of Egypt and put me to rest in their last resting-place. And he said, I will do so.”— Jacob, Genesis 47:29-30
“And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.”— Jacob, Genesis 47:31
“And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing, And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever. And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, in the same way as Reuben and Simeon are. And any other offspring which you have after them, will be yours, and will be named after their brothers in…”— Jacob, Genesis 48:3-7
“Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?”— Jacob, Genesis 48:8
“And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.”— Jacob, Genesis 48:9
“And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.”— Jacob, Genesis 48:11
“And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day, The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.”— Jacob, Genesis 48:15-16
“But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.”— Jacob, Genesis 48:19
“And he gave orders to them, saying, Put me to rest with my people and with my fathers, in the hollow of the rock in the field of Ephron the Hittite, In the rock in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham got from Ephron the Hittite, to be his resting-place. There Abraham and Sarah his wife were put to rest, and there they put Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I put Leah to rest. In the rock in the field which was got for a price from the people of Heth.”— Jacob, Genesis 49:29-32
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