And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the  ¹gospel of the kingdom and healing  ²every disease and every sickness.

And seeing the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were  ¹harassed and cast away like  ²sheep not having a shepherd.

Then He said to His disciples, The  ¹harvest is great, but the workers few;

Therefore  ¹beseech the  ²Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers  ³into His harvest.

And He called His  ¹twelve disciples to Him and gave them  ²authority over unclean spirits, so that they would cast them out and heal every disease and every sickness.

And the names of the twelve  ¹apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and  ¹Matthew the  ²tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and  ³Thaddaeus;

Simon the  ¹Cananaean, and Judas  ²Iscariot, who also  ³betrayed Him.

These twelve Jesus sent forth, charging them,

saying, Do not go into the way of the  ¹Gentiles, and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans.

But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

And as you go, proclaim, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has  ¹drawn near.

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

Do  ¹not acquire for yourselves gold nor silver nor copper for your belts;

No bag for the journey nor two tunics nor sandals nor a staff; for the worker is worthy of his food.

And into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and there remain until you depart.

And as you enter into the house, greet it.

And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

And whoever does not receive you nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.

Truly I say to you, It will be  ¹more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

So he came near and kissed him;

and when  ¹Isaac smelled the smell of his garments, he  ²blessed him and said,
See, the smell of my son —
Like the smell of a field,
Which Jehovah has blessed.

And may God give you
Of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth,
And an abundance of grain and new wine.

Let peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers,
And let your mother's sons bow down to you.
Cursed be those who curse you,
And blessed be those who bless you.

And as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

And he also had prepared a tasty meal and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, Let my father rise up, and eat some of his son's game, that  ¹you may bless me.

And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.

And Isaac trembled very greatly and said, Who was it then who hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of it all before you came and blessed him? And blessed will he be.

When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a very great and bitter cry and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

And he said, Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.

And  ¹Esau said, Is he not rightly named Jacob, for he has supplanted me these two times? He took away my birthright, and behold now he has taken away my blessing. Then he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?

And Isaac answered and said to Esau, I have already made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. And what then shall I do for you, my son?

And Esau said to his father, Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

And Isaac his father answered and said to him,
Behold,  ¹of the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be,
And  ¹of the dew of heaven from above.

Yet by your sword shall you live,
And you shall serve your brother.
And when you  ¹become restless,
You shall break his yoke from off your neck.

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will slay my brother Jacob.

And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah, so she sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, Now your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

Therefore, my son, obey my voice now, and rise up; flee to Laban my brother at Haran,

And stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away,

Until your brother's anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send word and bring you back from there. Why should I be bereaved of both of you in one day?

And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the  ¹daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth like these, from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?

And Isaac called Jacob and blessed him; and he charged him and said to him, You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

Rise up, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and take from there a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.

And may the  ¹All-sufficient God bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.

And may He give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed with you, that you may possess this land of your sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.

And Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him away to Paddan-aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him, he charged him, saying, You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,

And that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.

So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased Isaac his father.

Then Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, and the sister of Nebaioth to be his wife, in addition to the wives that he had.

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba and went toward Haran.

And he came to a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of the place and  ¹put it under his head, and he lay down in that place.

And he  ¹dreamed that there was a  ²ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the  ³angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

And there was Jehovah, standing above it; and He said, I am Jehovah, the  ¹God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The  ²land on which you lie, I will give to you and to your  ²seed.

And your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.

And, behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will cause you to return to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.

And Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I did not know it.

And he was afraid and said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the  ¹gate of heaven.

And Jacob rose up early in the morning and took the stone that he had put under his head, and he set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.

And he called the name of that place  ¹Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz previously.

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go and will give me bread to eat and garments to put on,

So that I return to my father's house in peace, then Jehovah will be my God,

And this stone, which I have set up as a pillar, will be God's house; and of all that You give me I will surely give one tenth to You.

Then Jacob  ¹went on his journey and came to the land of the children of the east.

And he looked, and there in the field was a well, and there three flocks of sheep were lying beside it; for from that well they watered the flocks. And the stone on the mouth of the well was large.

And when all the flocks would gather there, they would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep; then they would put the stone back on the mouth of the well in its place.

And Jacob said to them, My brothers, where are you from? And they said, We are from Haran.

And he said to them, Do you know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We do know him.

And he said to them, Is it well with him? And they said, It is well, and here is his daughter Rachel, coming with the sheep.

And he said, Look, it is still full day; and it is not time for the livestock to be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go feed them.

And they said, We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep.

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with the sheep which belonged to her father, for she was a shepherdess.

Now when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, Jacob drew near and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and lifted up his voice and wept.

And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's  ¹relative and that he was Rebekah's son. And she ran and told her father.

And when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him. And he embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Then  ¹Jacob related to Laban all these things.

And Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And he stayed with him a month.

And Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?

Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

And Leah's eyes were  ¹dull, but Rachel was beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance.

And Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man; stay with me.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, but they seemed to him only a few days because of the love he had for her.

Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed.

And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast.

But in the evening he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in to her.

And Laban gave Zilpah his female servant to his daughter Leah to be her female servant.

And in the morning there she was,  ¹Leah! And he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?

And Laban said, It is not done in this way in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.

Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for another seven years.

And Jacob did so and completed her week, and he gave him Rachel his daughter as a wife.

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his female servant to be her female servant.

And he went in also to Rachel, and he also loved Rachel, more than Leah. And he served with  ¹Laban for another seven years.