Jacob: Esau Seeks to Kill, Escapes to Padan-Aram

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” …

So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded. …

Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.