31 When the Lord saw [he acts in defense of the weak and oppressed] that Leah was hated [worse than being not loved as much as Rachel],...

21 Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife [demanding her, suggesting that Laban may have been slow to respond to Jacob’s completed...

13 As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to...

1 Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east. [They were noted for their large flocks, herds, and...

10 Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran [where Abraham was first called by God]. 11 And he came to a certain place and stayed there...

1 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women. [Reminiscent of when...

41 Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning...

30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother...

14 So he went and took them and brought them to his mother, and his mother prepared delicious food, such as his father loved. 15 Then...

1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see [mentioned here to explain why Jacob could trick his father], he...