Lexicon :: Strong's H1931 - hû'

The younger also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi.[fn] He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “You are about to die because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”[fn]

“Didn’t he himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with a clear conscience[fn] and clean[fn] hands.”

“Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.”

“Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife.

“So when God had me wander from my father’s house, I said to her: Show your loyalty to me wherever we go and say about me, ‘He’s my brother.’ ”

And he said to Sarah, “Look, I am giving your brother one thousand pieces of silver. It is a verification of your honor[fn] to all who are with you. You are fully vindicated.”

God heard the boy crying, and the[fn] angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What’s wrong, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy crying from the place where he is.

At that time Abimelech, accompanied by Phicol the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba[fn] because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

Now after these things Abraham was told, “Milcah also has borne sons to your brother Nahor:

His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

“My lord, listen to me. Land worth four hundred shekels of silver ​— ​what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah ​— ​daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor ​— ​coming with a jug on her shoulder.

“and who responds to me, ‘Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels also’ ​— ​let her be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.

Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night.

When they got up in the morning, he said, “Send me to my master.”

Now Isaac was returning from Beer-lahai-roi,[fn] for he was living in the Negev region.

and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us? ”

The servant answered, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself.

Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field exhausted.

Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’? ”

Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”

Isaac sowed seed in that land, and in that year he reaped[fn] a hundred times what was sown. The LORD blessed him,

and the LORD appeared to him that night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your offspring because of my servant Abraham.”

On that same day Isaac’s servants came to tell him about the well they had dug, saying to him, “We have found water! ”

Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably. “Who was it then,” he said, “who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it all before you came in, and I blessed him. Indeed, he will be blessed! ”

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father! ” And Esau wept loudly.[fn]

and named the place Bethel,[fn] though previously the city was named Luz.

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

He told Rachel that he was her father’s relative, Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.

When morning came, there was Leah! So he said to Laban, “What have you done to me? Wasn’t it for Rachel that I worked for you? Why have you deceived me? ”

“In the future when you come to check on my wages, my honesty will testify for me. If I have any female goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not black, they will be considered stolen.”

That day Laban removed the streaked and spotted male goats and all the speckled and spotted female goats ​— ​every one that had any white on it ​— ​and every dark-colored one among the lambs, and he placed his sons in charge of them.

And Jacob deceived[fn] Laban the Aramean, not telling him that he was fleeing.

He fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for[fn] the hill country of Gilead.

Then Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters; the children, my children; and the flocks, my flocks! Everything you see is mine! But what can I do today for these daughters of mine or for the children they have borne?

He spent the night there and took part of what he had brought with him as a gift for his brother Esau: