to her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. 59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them. 61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country. 63 And Isaac went out 9 to meditate in the field at evening: and he lifted up Before CHRIST, 1857. fc. 16. 14. & 10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac: and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. 12 ¶ Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham. 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The first-born of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, his eyes, and saw, and behold, the camels 9 or, to pray. and Kedemah: were coming. 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel. 65 For she had said to the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail and covered herself. 66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. CHAP. XXV. 2 The sons of Abraham by Keturah: 5 The Tand her name was Keturah. a1 Chr. 1.32. bc. 23. 16. 2 And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and c. 16. 14. & Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were As shurim, and Letushim and Leummim. 24. 62. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael; a hundred and thirty and seven years: and he expired and died, and was gathered to his people. 18 And they dwelt from Havilah to Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest towards Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren. 1 19 ¶ And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac: 20 And 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. 21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled together within her: and she said, If it is so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD. 23 And the LORD said to her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels: and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder 4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah,1 Chr. 1.29. shall serve the younger. and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 And the first was born red, all over like a hairy garment: and they called' his name Esau. 26 And after that his brother was born, gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his Rom. 9. 12 and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; son (while he yet lived) eastward, to the east country. 7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred and seventy five years. and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. 27 And the boys grew and Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; and 8 Then Abraham expired, and died Hos. 12. 3. Jacob was a plain man dwelling in tents. in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. 9 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; 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because 2 he ate of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 And Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, 3 with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell to me this day thy birth-right. And Esau said, Behold, I am 4 at the point to die: and what profit shall this birth-right bring to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him: and he sold his birth-right to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he ate and drank, and rose and went his way: thus Esau Heb. going despised his birth-right. CHAP. XXVI. to die. I received in the same year a hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him: 13 And the man became great, and 2 went forward, and grew until he became very great: 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and very many 3 servants: And the Philistines envied him. ther's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 15 For all the wells which his fa 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us for thou art much mightier than we. 17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, 1 Isaac, because of famine, goeth to Gerar. 2 34 ND there was a famine in the land, Aesthet was a famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar. 2 And the LORD appeared to 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 to thee, and to thy seed a I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father; 18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the c. 13. 15. & Philistines had stopped them after the 15. 18. death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. bc. 12. 3. & 15. 18. & 22. 18. 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give 1 Heb. to thy seed all these countries: and in thy found. seed shall all the nations of the earth be ¿ blessed: 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my com- 2 Heb. went mandments, my statutes, and my laws. going. 6 ¶ And Ísaac dwelt in Gerar: And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my síster: for he feared to say, She is my wife; 3 or, huslest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pass when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. 9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, surely she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I should die on her account. bundry. Heb. liv. That is, contention. 6 That is, ing. 5 7 hatred. That is, room. 19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of 4 springing water. 20 And the herdmen of Gerar contended with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well 5 Esek; because they strove with him. 21 And they digged another well, and contended for that also: and he called the name of it 6 Sitnah. 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they did not contend: and he called the name of it 7 Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath male room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 24 And the LORD appeared to 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 thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 25 And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. 26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said to them, Why come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? 28 And they said, 8 We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; 299 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. 30 And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31 And they rose betimes in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 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 to him, We have found water. 33 And he called it 10 Shebah: therefore the name of the city is n Beer-sheba to this day. 34 Before CHRIST, 1796. 10 That is, an oath. 11 That is, 14 And he went, and took, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory meat, such as his father loved. 15 And Rebekah took 2 goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which was with her in the house, and put it upon Jacob her younger son: 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth part of his neck: 17 And she gave the savory meat, and the bread which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 18 And he came to his father, and And Esau was forty years old the well of said, My father: And he said, Here am when he took for a wife Judith the daugh ter of Seeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 35 Who were 12a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah. CHAP. XXVII. 1 Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. 6 Rebekah instructeth Jacob to obtain the blessing: 15 Jacob under the person of Esau obtaineth it. 30 Esau bringeth venison. 33 Isaac trembleth. 34 Esau complaineth, and by importunity obtaineth a blessing. 41 He threateneth Jacob. 42 Rebekah disappoint eth it. Ald, and his eyes were dim, 30 ND it came to pass, that when Isaac the oath. c. 27. 46. 12 Heb. bit. terness of spirit. I; who art thou, my son? 19 And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau thy first-born; 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 to his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it 3 to me. 21 And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou art my very son Esau, or not. 22 And Jacob went near to Isaac his that he could not see, he called Esau his 1 Heb. hunt. father; and he felt him, and said, The eldest son, and said to him, My son: and he said to him, Behold, here am I. 2 And he said, Behold now, I am 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 1 take me some venison; 4 And make me savory 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 spoke to Esau his son; and Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 6 And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 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 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 ate and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 And his father Isaac said to 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 son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father 2 Heb. desir. of my son is as the smell of a field which speak to Esau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring me venison, and make me savory 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 bring me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory meat for thy father, such as he loveth: able. fore me. 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy fa-3 Heb. bether, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. 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 perhaps 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 to him, upon me be thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go, bring them to me. Heb. 11. 20. the LORD hath blessed : α 28 Therefore a 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 had yet scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esan his brother came in from his hunting. 31 And he also had made savory meat, and brought it to his father; and said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy Ison, thy first-born Esau. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, 3 with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell to me this day thy birth-right. And Esau said, Behold, I am 4 at the point to die: and what profit shall this birth-right bring to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this received in the same year a hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him: 13 And the man became great, and 2 went forward, and grew until he became very great: 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and very many 3 servants: And the Philistines envied him. 15 For all the wells which his fa day; and he swore to him: and he sold red pottage. ther's servants had digged in the days his birth-right to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he ate and drank, and rose and went his way: thus Esau Heb. going despised his birth-right. CHAP. XXVI. 4 to die. of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us: for thou art much mightier than we. 17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, 1 Isaac, because of famine, goeth to Gerar. 2 A ND there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar. 2 And the LORD appeared to 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 to thee, and to thy seed a I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father; 18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the c. 13. 15. & Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 15. 18. c. 12. 3. & 15. 18. & 22. 18. 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give 1 Heb. to thy seed all these countries: and in thy found. seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed: 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my com-2 Heb. went mandments, my statutes, and my laws. going. 6 ¶ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; 3 or, huslest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pass when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. 9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, surely she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I should die on her account. 10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done to us? one of the people might lightly have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldst have brought guiltiness upon us. 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to 9 death. 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and] bandry. Heb. liv. ing. 5 That is, contention. 6 That is, hatred." That is, 7 19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of 4 springing water. 20 And the herdmen of Gerar contended with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well & Esek; because they strove with him. 21 And they digged another well, and contended for that also: and he called the name of it 6 Sitnah. 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they did not contend: and he called the name of it 7 Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath male room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 24 And the LORD appeared to 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 thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 25 And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. 26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said to them, Why come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? 28 And they said, 8 We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; 299 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. 30 And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31 And they rose betimes in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 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 to him, We have found water. 33 And he called it 10 Shebah: therefore the name of the city is n Beer-sheba to this day. Before CHRIST, 1796. 10 That is, an oath. 11 That is, 14 And he went, and took, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory meat, such as his father loved. 15 And Rebekah took 2 goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which was with her in the house, and put it upon Jacob her younger son: 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth part of his neck: 17 And she gave the savory meat, and the bread which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 18 And he came to his father, and 34 ¶ And Esau was forty years old the well of said, My father: And he said, Here am when he took for a wife Judith the daugh ter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: ND it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so the oath. c. 27. 46. I; who art thou, my son? 19 And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau thy first-born; 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 to his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy 12 Heb. bit-God brought it 3 to me. terness of spirit. 21 And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou art my very son Esau, or not. 22 And Jacob went near to Isaac his that he could not see, he called Esau his 1 Heb. hunt. father; and he felt him, and said, The eldest son, and said to him, My son: and he said to him, Behold, here am I. 2 And he said, Behold now, I am 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 1 take me some venison; 4 And make me savory 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 spoke to Esau his son; and Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 6¶ And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 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 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 ate and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 And his father Isaac said to 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 son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father 2 Heb. desir. of my son is as the smell of a field which speak to Esau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring me venison, and make me savory 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 bring me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory 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. 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 perhaps 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 to him, upon me be thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go, bring them to me. able. 3 Heb. before me. Heb. 11. 20. the LORD hath blessed : 28 Therefore a 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 had yet scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esan his brother came in from his hunting. 31 And he also had made savory meat, and brought it to his father; and said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy Ison, thy first-born Esau. |