27:5-30:12 Commas by names with descriptors (e.g., "his son, Esau") deleted for consistency

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@@ -1528,8 +1528,8 @@ and said to him, "My son?" He replied, "Here I am!"
 \v 4 Kill one and prepare the kind of tasty meat that I like. Then bring it to me so that, after I eat it, I can give you a blessing before I die."
 
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-\v 5 Rebekah was listening as Isaac said that to his son, Esau. So when Esau left the tent to go hunting,
-\v 6 Rebekah said to her son, Jacob, "Listen to me. I heard your father talking to your brother, Esau, saying,
+\v 5 Rebekah was listening as Isaac said that to his son Esau. So when Esau left the tent to go hunting,
+\v 6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "Listen to me. I heard your father talking to your brother Esau, saying,
 \v 7 'Go and kill some wild animal and bring it here, and prepare the meat in a tasty way, so that I may eat it. Then before I die I will give you my blessing while Yahweh is listening.'
 
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@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ and said to him, "My son?" He replied, "Here I am!"
 \v 25 Isaac said, "My son, bring me some of the meat that you have cooked, so that I may eat it and then give you my blessing." So Jacob brought him some, and he ate it. Jacob also brought him some wine, and he drank it.
 
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-\v 26 Then his father, Isaac, said to him, "My son, come here and kiss me."
+\v 26 Then his father Isaac said to him, "My son, come here and kiss me."
 \v 27 So Jacob went to him, and his father kissed him on the cheek. Isaac smelled the smell of the clothes Jacob was wearing. They smelled like Esau's clothes. So he said,
 "Truly, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that Yahweh has blessed.
 
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-\v 30 After Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just left the room where his father was, his older brother, Esau, returned from hunting.
+\v 30 After Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just left the room where his father was, his older brother Esau returned from hunting.
 \v 31 Esau cooked some tasty meat and brought it to his father. He said to his father, "My father, please sit up and eat some of the meat that I have cooked, so that you can then give me your blessing!"
 
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 \v 41 Because of the blessing that his father had given to Jacob, Esau hated his brother. Esau said to himself, "After my father dies and we finish mourning for him, I will kill Jacob!"
-\v 42 But Rebekah found out what her older son, Esau, was thinking. So she summoned her younger son, Jacob, and said to him, "Listen to me. Your older brother, Esau, is comforting himself by planning to kill you, to get revenge for you tricking your father.
+\v 42 But Rebekah found out what her older son Esau was thinking. So she summoned her younger son Jacob and said to him, "Listen to me. Your older brother Esau is comforting himself by planning to kill you, to get revenge for you tricking your father.
 
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 \v 43 So now, my son, listen carefully to what I am telling you. Escape quickly and go and stay with my brother Laban, in Haran.
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 \v 15 Then Laban said to him "You should not work for me for nothing just because you are a relative of mine! Tell me how much you want me to pay you."
 \v 16 Now Laban had two daughters. The older one was named Leah, and the younger one was named Rachel.
 \v 17 Leah had pretty eyes, but Rachel had a very attractive figure and was beautiful.
-\v 18 Jacob was in love with Rachel, and he said, "I will work for you for seven years. That will be my payment for you giving me permission to marry your younger daughter, Rachel."
+\v 18 Jacob was in love with Rachel, and he said, "I will work for you for seven years. That will be my payment for you giving me permission to marry your younger daughter Rachel."
 
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 \v 19 Laban replied, "It is better for me to let you marry her than for her to marry some other man! You should stay here with us."
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 \v 22 So Laban gathered together all the people who lived in that area and made a feast.
 
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-\v 23 But that evening, instead of taking Rachel to Jacob, Laban took his older daughter, Leah, to him. But because it was already dark, he could not see that it was Leah and not Rachel, and he slept with her.
+\v 23 But that evening, instead of taking Rachel to Jacob, Laban took his older daughter Leah to him. But because it was already dark, he could not see that it was Leah and not Rachel, and he slept with her.
 \v 24 (Laban had already given his slave girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her maid.)
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 \v 25 The next morning, Jacob was shocked to see that it was Leah who was with him! So he went to Laban and told him very angrily, "What you have done to me is disgusting! I worked for you to get Rachel, did I not? So why did you deceive me?"
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-\v 28 So that is what Jacob did. After the week of celebration was ended, Laban gave him his daughter, Rachel, to be his wife.
-\v 29 Laban gave his slave girl, Bilhah, to Rachel to be her servant.
+\v 28 So that is what Jacob did. After the week of celebration was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.
+\v 29 Laban gave his slave girl Bilhah to Rachel to be her servant.
 \v 30 Jacob married Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than he loved Leah. He worked for Laban for another seven years.
 
 
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-\v 1 Rachel realized that she was not becoming pregnant at all. So she became jealous of her older sister, Leah, because Leah had given birth to four sons. She said to Jacob, "Make me pregnant so I can have children. If you do not do that, I will die!"
+\v 1 Rachel realized that she was not becoming pregnant at all. So she became jealous of her older sister Leah, because Leah had given birth to four sons. She said to Jacob, "Make me pregnant so I can have children. If you do not do that, I will die!"
 \v 2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, "I am not God! He is the one who has prevented you from becoming pregnant!"
 
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-\v 3 Then she said, "Look, here is my slave, Bilhah. Sleep with her so that she will have children in my place. In that way I will have legal children."
-\v 4 So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob slept with her.
+\v 3 Then she said, "Look, here is my slave Bilhah. Sleep with her so that she will have children in my place. In that way I will have legal children."
+\v 4 So she gave him her slave Bilhah to be another wife for him, and Jacob slept with her.
 
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 \v 5 She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
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-\v 9 When Leah realized that she was not having any more children, she took her slave, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob to be another wife for him.
+\v 9 When Leah realized that she was not having any more children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob to be another wife for him.
 \v 10 Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
 \v 11 Leah said, "I am truly fortunate!" So she named him Gad, which means "fortunate."
 
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-\v 12 Later Leah's slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
+\v 12 Later Leah's slave Zilpah gave birth to another son for Jacob.
 \v 13 Leah said, "Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy." So she named him Asher, which means "happy."
 
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