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As Isaac nears death, he prepares to give Esau a blessing, but Rebekah\\xa0conspires with Jacob to take this blessing by dressing him in Esau\'s\\xa0clothes. Jacob gives Isaac food and wine, and Isaac blesses him. When\\xa0he learns of the deception, he will not take back his blessing, as it\\xa0has already been spoken, and he tells Esau that he will serve his\\xa0brother, but that eventually he will break free.

Jacob flees from Esau up to Haran and Esau takes Mahalath, Ishmael\'s\\xa0daughter, as a wife. While Jacob is traveling, he has a vision of\\xa0angels going up and down a ladder from Heaven to earth. In this place,\\xa0Jacob promises to give God a tenth of everything if God will watch\\xa0over him.

Jacob travels to Laban, and serves him, and when Laban offers him\\xa0payment, he asks for Laban\'s daughter, Rachel in marriage, but Laban\\xa0gives him his other daughter, Leah, and Jacob is convinced to work\\xa0longer for Laban for Rachel. Seeing that Jacob preferred Rachel, God\\xa0opened Leah\'s womb and she gave Jacob many children, but Jacob still\\xa0preferred Rachel, and both wives try to give Jacob more children.