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But Esau, seeing that his father had blessed Jacob and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to take a wife from there, and that, after the blessing, he had instructed him, saying: ‘You shall not accept a wife from the daughters of Canaan,’ (Genesis 28, 6)
and that Jacob, obeying his parents, had gone into Syria, (Genesis 28, 7)
Meanwhile Jacob, having departed from Beersheba, continued on to Haran. (Genesis 28, 10)
And when Jacob had awakened from sleep, he said, “Truly, the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” (Genesis 28, 16)
Therefore, Jacob, arising in the morning, took the stone which he had placed under his head, and he set it up as monument, pouring oil over it. (Genesis 28, 18)
And so Jacob, setting out, arrived in the eastern land. (Genesis 29, 1)
And Jacob said, “There is still much daylight remaining, and it is not time to return the flocks to the sheepfold. Give the sheep to drink first, and then lead them back to pasture.” (Genesis 29, 7)
When Jacob had seen her, and he realized that she was his maternal first cousin, and that these were the sheep of his uncle Laban, he removed the stone which closed the well. (Genesis 29, 10)
And when he had heard that Jacob, his sister’s son, had arrived, he ran to meet him. And embracing him, and kissing him heartily, he brought him into his house. But when he had heard the reasons for his journey, (Genesis 29, 13)
And Jacob, loving her, said, “I will serve you for seven years, for your younger daughter Rachel.” (Genesis 29, 18)
Therefore, Jacob served for seven years for Rachel. And these seemed like only a few days, because of the greatness of love. (Genesis 29, 20)
giving his daughter a handmaid named Zilpah. After Jacob had gone in to her, according to custom, when morning had arrived, he saw Leah. (Genesis 29, 24)
