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And Ya’aqov went forth continuing his road to Charan, and he came as far as mount Moriah, and he tarried there all night near the city of Luz; and Yahuah appeared there to Ya’aqov on that night, and he said to him, I am Yahuah Elohim of Avraham and the Elohim of Yitschaq your father; the land upon which you lie I will give to you and your seed.
2
And behold I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and I will multiply your seed as the stars of Heaven, and I will cause all your enemies to fall before you; and when they shall make war with you they shall not prevail over you, and I will bring you again to this land with joy, with children, and with great riches.
3
And Ya’aqov awoke from his sleep and he rejoiced greatly at the vision which he had seen; and he called the name of that place Beit-El.
4
And Ya’aqov rose up from that place quite rejoiced, and when he walked his feet felt light to him for joy, and he went from there to the land of the children of the East, and he returned to Charan and he set by the shepherd's well.
5
And he there found some men; going from Charan to feed their flocks, and Ya’aqov made inquiries of them, and they said, We are from Charan.
6
And he said to them, Do you know Lavan, the son of Nachor? and they said, We know him, and behold his daughter Rachel is coming along to feed her father's flock.
7
Whilst he was yet speaking with them, Rachel the daughter of Lavan came to feed her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
8
And when Ya’aqov saw Rachel, the daughter of Lavan, his mother's brother, he ran and kissed her, and lifted up his voice and wept.
9
And Ya’aqov told Rachel that he was the son of Rivqah, her father's sister, and Rachel ran and told her father, and Ya’aqov continued to cry because he had nothing with him to bring to the house of Lavan.
10
And when Lavan heard that his sister's son Ya’aqov had come, he ran and kissed him and embraced him and brought him into the house and gave him bread, and he ate.
11
And Ya’aqov related to Lavan what his brother Esav had done to him, and what his son Eliphaz had done to him in the road.
12
And Ya’aqov resided in Lavan's house for one month, and Ya’aqov ate and drank in the house of Lavan, and afterward Lavan said to Ya’aqov, Tell me what shall be your wages, for how can you serve me for nought?
13
And Lavan had no sons but only daughters, and his other wives and handmaids were still barren in those days; and these are the names of Lavan's daughters which his wife Adinah had borne to him; the name of the elder was Le’ah and the name of the younger was Rachel; and Le’ah was tender-eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored, and Ya’aqov loved her.
14
And Ya’aqov said to Lavan, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter; and Lavan consented to this and Ya’aqov served Lavan seven years for his daughter Rachel.
15
And in the second year of Ya’aqov's dwelling in Charan, that is in the seventy ninth year of the life of Ya’aqov, in that year died Eber the son of Shem, he was four hundred and sixty-four years old at his death.
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And when Ya’aqov heard that Eber was dead he grieved exceedingly, and he lamented and mourned over him many days.
17
And in the third year of Ya’aqov's dwelling in Charan, Bosmath, the daughter of Yishma’el, the wife of Esav, bore to him a son, and Esav called his name Reuel.
18
And in the fourth year of Ya’aqov's residence in the house of Lavan, Yahuah visited Lavan and remembered him on account of Ya’aqov, and sons were born to him, and his first born was Beor, his second was Alib, and the third was Chorash.
19
And Yahuah gave Lavan riches and honor, sons and daughters, and the man increased greatly on account of Ya’aqov.
20
And Ya’aqov in those days served Lavan in all manner of work, in the house and in the field, and the blessing of Yahuah was in all that belonged to Lavan in the house and in the field.
21
And in the fifth year died Yehudiyt, the daughter of Beeri, the wife of Esav, in the land of Kena’an, and she had no sons but daughters only.
22
And these are the names of her daughters which she bore to Esav, the name of the elder was Marzith, and the name of the younger was Puith.
23
And when Yehudiyt died, Esav rose up and went to Seir to hunt in the field, as usual, and Esav lived in the land of Seir for a long time.
24
And in the sixth year Esav took for a wife, in addition to his other wives, Ahlibamah, the daughter of Zebeon the Chivvi, and Esav brought her to the land of Kena’an.
25
And Ahlibamah conceived and bore to Esav three sons, Yeush, Yaalan, and Qorach.
26
And in those days, in the land of Kena’an, there was a quarrel between the herdsmen of Esav and the herdsmen of the inhabitants of the land of Kena’an, for Esav's cattle and goods were too abundant for him to remain in the land of Kena’an, in his father's house, and the land of Kena’an could not bear him on account of his cattle.
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And when Esav saw that his quarreling increased with the inhabitants of the land of Kena’an, he rose up and took his wives and his sons and his daughters, and all belonging to him, and the cattle which he possessed, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Kena’an, and he went away from the inhabitants of the land to the land of Seir, and Esav and all belonging to him lived in the land of Seir.
28
But from time to time Esav would go and see his father and mother in the land of Kena’an, and Esav intermarried with the Horites, and he gave his daughters to the sons of Seir, the Horite.
29
And he gave his elder daughter Marzith to Anah, the son of Zebeon, his wife's brother, and Puith he gave to Azar, the son of Bilhan the Horite; and Esav lived in the mountain, he and his children, and they were fruitful and multiplied.