When Isaac was old and nearly blind, Rebekah and Jacob trick him into giving Jacob the blessing that belonged to his brother Esau.

But it was all according to God's plan because, as the Bible says, God hates Esau. (Malachi 1:3, Romans 9:13)

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Isaac repeats his father's "She's my sister" lie to the same king that his father lied to long ago. And he enriches himself in the same way.

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When Abraham was at least 140 years old, he found another wife named Keturah, and had another six sons (and God knows how many daughters). He died when he was 175, giving pretty much everything to Isaac.

Isaac's wife, Rebekah, was barren, but God fixed that after Isaac prayed about it. She had twins, Esau and Jacob. Esau was the first to come out, so he was the firstborn son. But Rebekah and Jacob tricked Esau into trading his inheritance to Jacob for a bowl of lentil soup.

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Abraham makes his servant swear (by putting his hand under Abraham's thigh) that he won't let his son Isaac marry a Canaanite. So the servant returns to Abraham's hometown in Mesopotamia and finds a good-looking virgin (Rebekah) for Isaac to marry.

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In the last episode, Abraham abandoned his first son, Ishmael, and his mother, Hagar. Now God tells Abraham to sacrifice his second son, Isaac, as a burnt offering.

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When Abraham was 100 and Sarah was 90 years old, God visited Sarah, made her pregnant, and Isaac was born. Sometime later, Sarah saw Ishmael mocking Isaac and told Abraham to abandon Ishmael and his mother Hagar. God told Abraham to do as he was told, and he did.

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Abraham and Sarah repeat the same "she's my sister" lie they told in episode 3. God threatens to kill King Abimelech and his people for believing the lie, but decided to close all the wombs in the king's household instead. He opened them up again, though, after Abraham asked him to. And once again, Abraham enriches himself by telling the lie.

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In this episode, two angels come to Sodom and stay at Lot's house. All the men of the city demand to have sex with the angels. Lot refuses to give them the angels, offering his two virgin daughters instead. Lot and his family leave the city, while God destroys it by raining fire and brimstone upon it. God turns Lot's wife into a pillar of salt for looking back, and Lot and his daughters camp out in a cave. The daughters get their father drunk and have sex with him, which resulted in two baby boys.

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In this episode, God reveals his everlasting covenant to Abraham: Circumcision. Every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old. Whoever isn't circumcised will be cut off.

Sometime later, God and two men (or angels?) visit and eat a non-kosher meal with Abraham. When the visitors leave, Abraham goes with them and tries to talk God out of killing everyone in Sodom.

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Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, and Ishmael - just one big happy family.

Plus Abraham circumcises himself when he's 99 years old, and he tries to talk God out of killing everyone in Sodom.

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