Discovery Box| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | Gen 28:6 |
| Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. 1 As he blessed him, 2 Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.” 3 |
| (0.29) | Gen 28:11 |
| He reached a certain place 1 where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. 2 He took one of the stones 3 and placed it near his head. 4 Then he fell asleep 5 in that place |
| (0.29) | Gen 28:15 |
| I am with you! 1 I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!” |
| (0.29) | Gen 28:18 |
| Early 1 in the morning Jacob 2 took the stone he had placed near his head 3 and set it up as a sacred stone. 4 Then he poured oil on top of it. |
| (0.29) | Gen 28:22 |
| Then this stone 1 that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely 2 give you back a tenth of everything you give me.” 3 |
| (0.29) | Gen 29:3 |
| When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds 1 would roll the stone off the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the well’s mouth. |
| (0.29) | 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.” |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | Gen 29:34 |
| She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Now this time my husband will show me affection, 1 because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi. 2 |
| (0.29) | Gen 29:35 |
| She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” That is why she named him Judah. 1 Then she stopped having children. |
| (0.29) | Gen 30:26 |
| Let me take my wives and my children whom I have acquired by working for you. 1 Then I’ll depart, 2 because you know how hard I’ve worked for you.” 3 |
| (0.29) | 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: |
| (0.29) | Gen 30:37 |
| But Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees. He made white streaks by peeling them, making the white inner wood in the branches visible. |
| (0.29) | Gen 30:38 |
| Then he set up the peeled branches in all the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. He set up the branches in front of the flocks when they were in heat and came to drink. 1 |
| (0.29) | Gen 31:18 |
| He took 1 away all the livestock he had acquired in Paddan Aram and all his moveable property that he had accumulated. Then he set out toward the land of Canaan to return to his father Isaac. 2 |
| (0.29) | Gen 31:32 |
| Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! 1 In the presence of our relatives 2 identify whatever is yours and take it.” 3 (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.) 4 |
| (0.29) | Gen 31:36 |
| Jacob became angry 1 and argued with Laban. “What did I do wrong?” he demanded of Laban. 2 “What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit? 3 |
| (0.29) | Gen 31:41 |
| This was my lot 1 for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave 2 for you – fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times! |
| (0.29) | Gen 31:53 |
| May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, 1 the gods of their father, judge between us.” Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared. 2 |
