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So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
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A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.
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And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
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The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
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Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
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When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
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“Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.
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(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
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Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.”
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Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there.
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but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.”
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My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.
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but go to my father’s family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.’
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“He replied, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked faithfully, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father’s family.
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Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
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When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
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Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.
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Then Laban said to him, “You are my own flesh and blood.”
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month,
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Jacob’s Flocks Increase
After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can go back to my own homeland.
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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 this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
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Jacob Flees From Laban
Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.”
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So he fled with all he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
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He instructed the one in the lead: “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to, and where are you going, and who owns all these animals in front of you?’
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“Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.
