Genesis 23:8
The Scripture
(8) And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Jacob deceives his brother Esau and marries Rachel, his beloved, while his brother’s wife Leah is left without a husband. The chapter ends with Jacob returning home, where his father Isaac blesses his son Esau, highlighting the tension between divine providence and human deceit.
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