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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. ; AB church Lausanne

15 : Basic English : Genesis 28,29; Gospel of Matthew 16 1. Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan; 2. But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. 3. And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples. 4. And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage. 5. So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. ; AB church Lausanne

14 : Basic English : Genesis 27; Gospel of Matthew 15 1. Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I. 2. And he said, See now, I am old, and my death may take place at any time: 3. So take your arrows and your bow and go out to the field and get meat for me; 4. And make me food, good to the taste, such as is pleasing to me, and put it before me, so that I may have a meal and give you my blessing before death comes to me. 5. Now Isaac's words to his son were said in Rebekah's hearing. Then Esau went out to get the meat. ; AB church Lausanne

13 : Basic English : Genesis 25,26; Gospel of Matthew 14 1. And Abraham took another wife named Keturah. 2. She became the mother of Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah. 3. And Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And from Dedan came the Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim. 4. And from Midian came Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the offspring of Keturah. 5. Now Abraham gave all his property to Isaac; ; AB church Lausanne

12 : Basic English : Genesis 24; Gospel of Matthew 13 1. Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure. 2. And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg: 3. And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living; 4. But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac. 5. And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came? ; AB church Lausanne