Rachel's maid gives birth to sons for Jacob. Finally Rachel has a son as well and Laban permits Jacob to stay.
Jacob is told by God to return home and leaves in secret. Rachel takes Laban's idols with her. Laban chases after Jacob but they make a peace treaty.
Jacob is told that his brother Esau was coming to see him. He sends him gifts out of fear and that same night he wrestles with an angel who gives him the name Israel.
As Esau arrives with his men, Jacob bows down before him. But Esau runs to embrace him instead. Jacob then settles near Shechem and builds an altar to God.
Jacob's daughter Dinah is abducted and raped by Shechem. He then asks to marry her. Jacob's sons tell Shechem to circumcise his men and then Simeon and Levi kill them.
Jacob travels to Bethel and is renamed Israel by God. His wife Rachel dies after giving birth to his twelfth son Benjamin. Isaak later dies in Hebron.
The sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam and Korah. Esau takes his family and moves away to Seir and they become the Edomites.
Israel's favorite son is Joseph and he gives him a coat of many colors. Joseph tells his brothers about his dreams. They become jealous, throw him down a well and sell him into slavery. He is bough
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