Genesis 25 - 38  The Story 
          of Jacob 
        
           
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               25 Birth of Jacob and Esau; birthright sold 
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            26 Famine; covenant renewed; Rebekah 
              as sister in Gerar; wells | 
           
           
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            26:34-35 thru 27 Esau's 
              marriages; stolen blessing | 
           
           
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            28 Jacob 
              to Laban; Esau's 3rd wife; Jacob at Bethel; 
              29,30 Jacob meets Rachel; wedding betrayal; sons of Jacob | 
           
           
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            30:25-43 Jacob 
              bargains with Laban; deceit by Laban in wages | 
           
           
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               31.1-16 Jacob plans return home; 
                31:17-50 Jacob's flight; Laban overtakes;  
                Laban's idols; covenant made (set up pillars) 
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            31:51-55 Laban 
              returns with men | 
           
           
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            32.1-21 The 
              preparation  | 
           
           
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            32:22-32 Wrestling 
              at Jabbok; Jacob to Israel | 
           
           
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            33.1-11 Present 
              given | 
           
           
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            33:12-17 Esau 
              returns with men | 
           
           
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            33:18-20 Jacob 
              in Canaan; builds altar | 
           
           
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            34 Dinah; 
              deceit by the sons of Jacob | 
           
           
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            35 Jacob 
              returns to Bethel; Rachel's death; 
              sin of Reuben; sons of Jacob; death of Isaac; sons of 
              Isaac | 
           
           
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            36 Generations of Esau | 
           
           
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            37 Joseph's dreams; 
              conspiracy; Joseph in a pit; slavery in Egypt; 
              Reuben's distress and Jacob's grief  | 
           
           
            | 38 Judah's pledge to Tamar; birth 
              of Perez and Zerah | 
           
         
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