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Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away
The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast.
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The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.
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Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
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Jacob made love to Rachel also, and his love for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.
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Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.
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The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when may I do something for my own household?”
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In great fear and distress Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups, and the flocks and herds and camels as well.
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Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife.”
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The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac
Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.
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And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”
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Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.
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No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”
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Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,
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You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.”
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But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
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“I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
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Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.
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the Angel who has delivered me from all harm —may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly on the earth.”
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But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.”
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Your father’s blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.
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but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.
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they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again.
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“In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble.
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Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.”
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Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
