He said, ‘Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt-offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you.’

And he said, ‘O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham.

Let the girl to whom I shall say, “Please offer your jar that I may drink”, and who shall say, “Drink, and I will water your camels”—let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.’

and said, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness towards my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the way to the house of my master’s kin.’

Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent. He took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Isaac loved Esau, because he was fond of game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

So he went and got them and brought them to his mother; and his mother prepared savoury food, such as his father loved.

Leah’s eyes were lovely, and Rachel was graceful and beautiful.

Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, ‘I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.’

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.

So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. He served Laban for another seven years.

Leah conceived and bore a son, and she named him Reuben; for she said, ‘Because the Lord has looked on my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.’

I am not worthy of the least of all the steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

And his soul was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the girl, and spoke tenderly to her.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he had made him a long robe with sleeves.

But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love; he gave him favour in the sight of the chief jailer.

And we said to my lord, “We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age. His brother is dead; he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.”

‘Naphtali is a doe let loose that bears lovely fawns.