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20 : Basic English : Genesis 36; Gospel of Matthew 21 1. Now these are the generations of Esau, that is to say, Edom.
2. Esau's wives were women of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
3. And Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.
4. Adah had a son Eliphaz; and Basemath was the mother of Reuel;
5. Oholibamah was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the sons of Esau, whose birth took place in the land of Canaan.
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19 : Basic English : Genesis 34,35; Gospel of Matthew 20 1. Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.
2. And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.
3. Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.
4. And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.
5. Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with the cattle, and Jacob said nothing till they came.
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18 : Basic English : Genesis 32,33; Gospel of Matthew 19 1. And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God.
2. And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.
3. Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;
4. And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:
5. And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.
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17 : Basic English : Genesis 31; Gospel of Matthew 18 1. Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.
2. And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.
3. Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.
4. And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.
5. And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me
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16 : Basic English : Genesis 30; Gospel of Matthew 17 1. Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.
2. But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?
3. Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.
4. So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
5. And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.
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