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and during the next 300 years he had more children. Enoch truly loved God,
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When God made us leave my father's home and start wandering, I told her, “If you really love me, then tell everyone that I am your brother.”
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The Lord said, “Go get Isaac, your only son, the one you dearly love! Take him to the land of Moriah, and I will show you a mountain where you must sacrifice him to me on the fires of an altar.”
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Isaac took Rebekah into the tent where his mother had lived before she died, and Rebekah became his wife. He loved her and was comforted over the loss of his mother.
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Esau would take the meat of wild animals to his father Isaac, so Isaac loved him more, but Jacob was his mother's favorite son.
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Cook some of that tasty food that I love so much and bring it to me. I want to eat it once more and give you my blessing before I die.”
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Go and kill two of your best young goats and bring them to me. I'll cook the tasty food that your father loves so much.
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Since Jacob was in love with Rachel, he answered, “If you will let me marry Rachel, I'll work seven years for you.”
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Jacob worked seven years for Laban, but the time seemed like only a few days, because he loved Rachel so much.
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At the end of the week of celebration, Laban let Jacob marry Rachel, and he gave her his servant woman Bilhah. Jacob loved Rachel more than he did Leah, but he had to work another seven years for Laban.
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The Lord knew that Jacob loved Rachel more than he did Leah, and so he gave children to Leah, but not to Rachel.
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Leah gave birth to a son and named him Reuben. Then she said, “The Lord has taken away my sorrow. Now my husband will love me more than he does Rachel.”
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She had a second son and named him Simeon, because she said, “The Lord has heard that my husband doesn't love me.”
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Love Flowers
During the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben found some love flowers and took them to his mother Leah. Rachel asked Leah for some of them,
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but Leah said, “It's bad enough that you stole my husband! Now you want my son's love flowers too.” “All right,” Rachel answered. “Let me have the flowers, and you can sleep with Jacob tonight.”
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That evening when Jacob came in from the fields, Leah told him, “You're sleeping with me tonight. I hired you with my son's love flowers.” They slept together that night,
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But Shechem was attracted to Dinah, so he told her how much he loved her.
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Hamor said to Jacob and his sons: My son Shechem really loves Dinah. Please let him marry her.
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Shechem was the most respected person in his family, and he was so in love with Dinah that he hurried off to get everything done.
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Jacob loved Joseph more than he did any of his other sons, because Joseph was born when Jacob was very old. Jacob had even given Joseph a fancy coat
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and Potiphar's wife soon noticed him. She asked him to make love to her,
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Potiphar's wife grabbed hold of his coat and said, “Make love to me!” Joseph ran out of the house, leaving his coat there in her hands.
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Then, because of his love for Benjamin, he rushed off to his room and cried.
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So we told you, “Our father is a very old man. In fact, he was already old when Benjamin was born. Benjamin's brother is dead. Now Benjamin is the only one of the two brothers who is still alive, and our father loves him very much.”
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That's why Benjamin must be with us when I go back to my father. He loves him so much
