and Isaacwas fortyyearsoldwhen he tookRebekah,the daughterof Bethuelthe Arameanof Paddan-aram,the sisterof Labanthe Aramean,to be his wife.
Bethuelbecamethe fatherof Rebekah;theseeightMilcahboreto Nahor,Abraham'sbrother.
Beforehe had finishedspeaking,behold,Rebekahwhowas bornto Bethuelthe sonof Milcah,the wifeof Abraham'sbrotherNahor,cameout with her jaron her shoulder.
Now Rebekahhad a brotherwhose namewas Laban;and Labanranoutsideto the manat the spring.
Then Isaacbroughther into his motherSarah'stent,and he tookRebekah,and she becamehis wife,and he lovedher; thus Isaacwas comfortedafterhis mother'sdeath.
Afterwardhis brothercameforthwith his handholdingon to Esau'sheel,so his namewas calledJacob;and Isaacwas sixtyyearsoldwhen she gavebirthto them.
"Nowtherefore, my son,obeymy voice,and arise,fleeto Haran,to my brotherLaban!
"Arise,goto Paddan-aram,to the houseof Bethuelyour mother'sfather;and from theretaketo yourself a wifefrom the daughtersof Labanyour mother'sbrother.
and that Jacobhad obeyedhis fatherand his motherand had goneto Paddan-aram.
and he droveawayallhis livestockand allhis propertywhichhe had gathered,his acquiredlivestockwhichhe had gatheredin Paddan-aram,to goto the landof Canaanto his fatherIsaac.
And JacobdeceivedLabanthe Arameanby not tellinghim that he was fleeing.
Godcameto Labanthe Arameanin a dreamof the nightand saidto him, "Be carefulthat you do not speakto Jacobeithergoodorbad."
Now Jacobcamesafelyto the cityof Shechem,whichis in the landof Canaan,when he camefrom Paddan-aram,and campedbeforethe city.
and the sonsof Zilpah,Leah'smaid:Gadand Asher.Theseare the sonsof Jacobwhowere bornto him in Paddan-aram.
Then Godappearedto Jacobagainwhen he camefrom Paddan-aram,and He blessedhim.
Theseare the sonsof Leah,whomshe boreto Jacobin Paddan-aram,with his daughterDinah;allhis sonsand his daughters[numbered] thirty-three.
"And there were manylepersin Israelin the timeof Elishathe prophet;and noneof them was cleansed,but onlyNaamanthe Syrian."
"You shall answerand saybeforethe LORDyour God,My fatherwas a wanderingAramean,and he wentdownto Egyptand sojournedthere,fewin number;but therehe becamea great,mightyand populousnation.
