Discovery Box| (0.48) | Gen 26:9 |
| So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, “She is really 1 your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.” 2 |
| (0.48) | Gen 26:20 |
| the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled 1 with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water belongs to us!” So Isaac 2 named the well 3 Esek 4 because they argued with him about it. 5 |
| (0.48) | Gen 26:22 |
| Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac 1 named it 2 Rehoboth, 3 saying, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land.” |
| (0.48) | Gen 26:28 |
| They replied, “We could plainly see 1 that the Lord is with you. So we decided there should be 2 a pact between us 3 – between us 4 and you. Allow us to make 5 a treaty with you |
| (0.48) | Gen 26:29 |
| so that 1 you will not do us any harm, just as we have not harmed 2 you, but have always treated you well 3 before sending you away 4 in peace. Now you are blessed by the Lord.” 5 |
| (0.48) | Gen 27:1 |
| When 1 Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, 2 he called his older 3 son Esau and said to him, “My son!” “Here I am!” Esau 4 replied. |
| (0.48) | Gen 27:4 |
| Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then 1 I will eat it so that I may bless you 2 before I die.” |
| (0.48) | Gen 27:19 |
| Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I’ve done as you told me. Now sit up 1 and eat some of my wild game so that you can bless me.” 2 |
| (0.48) | Gen 27:25 |
| Isaac 1 said, “Bring some of the wild game for me to eat, my son. 2 Then I will bless you.” 3 So Jacob 4 brought it to him, and he ate it. He also brought him wine, and Isaac 5 drank. |
| (0.48) | Gen 27:27 |
| So Jacob 1 went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent 2 of his clothing, he blessed him, saying, “Yes, 3 my son smells like the scent of an open field which the Lord has blessed. |
| (0.48) | Gen 27:41 |
| So Esau hated 1 Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. 2 Esau said privately, 3 “The time 4 of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill 5 my brother Jacob!” |
| (0.48) | Gen 28:4 |
| May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham 1 so that you may possess the land 2 God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.” 3 |
| (0.48) | Gen 28:5 |
| 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. |
| (0.48) | Gen 29:25 |
| In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! 1 So Jacob 2 said to Laban, “What in the world have you done to me! 3 Didn’t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked 4 me?” |
| (0.48) | Gen 29:32 |
| So Leah became pregnant 1 and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, 2 for she said, “The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. 3 Surely my husband will love me now.” |
| (0.48) | Gen 29:33 |
| She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Because the Lord heard that I was unloved, 1 he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon. 2 |
| (0.48) | Gen 30:31 |
| So Laban asked, 1 “What should I give you?” “You don’t need to give me a thing,” 2 Jacob replied, 3 “but if you agree to this one condition, 4 I will continue to care for 5 your flocks and protect them: |
| (0.48) | Gen 31:27 |
| Why did you run away secretly 1 and deceive me? 2 Why didn’t you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps? 3 |
| (0.48) | Gen 31:33 |
| So Laban entered Jacob’s tent, and Leah’s tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. 1 Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s. 2 |
| (0.48) | Gen 31:35 |
| Rachel 1 said to her father, “Don’t be angry, 2 my lord. I cannot stand up 3 in your presence because I am having my period.” 4 So he searched thoroughly, 5 but did not find the idols. |
