67 And Isaac brought her into his was a cunning hunter, a man of the mother Sarah's tent, and took Re- field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. bekah, and she beame his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. CHAPTER XXV. THESE are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years. 2 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. 3 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre ; 4 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 5 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. 6 Now these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. 7 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 8 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife bore him twins. 9 And the first one was red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. 10 And after that came his brother, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. 12 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. 13 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came home from the field, and he was faint: 14 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 15 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 16 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? 17 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 18 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. CHAPTER XXVI. AND there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy children, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father; 4 And I will make thy offspring to multiply as the stars of heaven, and 11 And the boys grew up: and Esau will give unto thy children all these countries; and in thy children shall all the nations of the earth be blessed 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold and the LORD blessed him. 8 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very rich : 9 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. 10 And all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them, and filled them with earth. 11 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. 12 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 13 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 14 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. 15 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek (Strife); because they strove with him. 16 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah (Quarrel). 17 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth (Enlargement); and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 18 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 19 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thee for my servant Abraham's sake. 20 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there and there Isaac's servants digged a well. 21 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 22 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? : 23 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; 24 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. 25 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 26 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore peace one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 27 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, from thence two good kids of the We have found water. goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth: 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. 28 And he called it Shebah (Swearing): therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. 29 And Esau took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bassemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite : 30 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.. CHAPTER XXVII. AND it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. I am 2 And he said, Behold now, old, I know not the day of my death: 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; 4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. 5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 6 And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death. 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: 12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. 13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. 15 And Rebekah took the goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: 17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou my son? 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my son arise, and eat of his son's venison, Esau or not. that thy soul may bless me. 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau. 33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? 23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. 24 And he said, Art thou my very yea, and he shall be blessed. son Esau? And he said, I am. 25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. : 27 And he came near, and kissed him and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of the field which the LORD hath blessed : 28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine : 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father 34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. 35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? 38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. 39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; 40 And by the sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother: and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt Abraham, to thee, and to thy children break his yoke from off thy neck. with the; that thou mayest inherit 41 And Esau hated Jacob because the land wherein thou art a stranger, of the blessing wherewith his father which God gave unto Abraham. blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau doth intend to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; 44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; 45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? CHAPTER XXVIII. AND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 4 And give thee the blessing of 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 6 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. 7 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun had set, and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 8 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 9 And, behold, the LORD stood above him, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy children; 10 And thy children shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy children shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 11 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. 12 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. 13 And he was afraid, and said, How sublime is this place! this is |