Quotes About Choice

“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your motherís father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your motherís brother.

And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,

Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abrahamís son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”

But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.

When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasnít it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”

But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

If he said, ëThe speckled will be your wages,í then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ëThe streaked will be your wages,í then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.

Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.

So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

she removed her widowís garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

and after some time his masterís wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.

When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraimís head, he was displeased and took his fatherís hand to move it from Ephraimís head to Manassehís.

“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”

Then his sister said to Pharaohís daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”

But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,

Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.

Did we not say to you in Egypt, ëLeave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptiansí? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

But if the servant declares, ëI love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,í

If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.