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Isaac meeteth her.

CHAP. XXV

Abraham dieta. take my master's brother's daughter up bis eyes, and saw, and, behold, the unto his son. camels were coming.

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64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes; and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

49 And now, if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me and if not, teil me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. 65 For she had said unto the servant, 50 T Then Laban and Bethuel an-[What man is this that walketh in the swered and said, The thing proceed-field to meet us? And the servant had eth from the LORD; we cannot speak said, It is my master: therefore she unto thee bad or good. took a veil, and covered herself.

51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, Lake her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD bath spoken.

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 Rebe52 And it came to pass, that, when kah, and she became bis wife; and be Abraham's servant heard their words, loved her: and Isaac was comforted he worshipped the LORD,bowing him-after his mother's death. self to the earth.

jewels of silver, and jorough of gold,
53 And the servant brought forth
jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment, and gave them to Re-
ockali: he gave also to her brother and
to her mother precious things.
54 And they did eat and drink, be
and the inen that were with him, and
arried all night: and they rose up in
the morning; and he said, Send me
away unto my master.

CHAP. XXV.

THEN again Abraham took a wife, and her namne roas Keturah. 2 And she bare him Ziram, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and 1shibak, and Shuah.

3 And Jokshan begat Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were As. shurim, and Letushim,aud Leuminim. 4 And the sons of Midian; Ephab, and Epber, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the chil

55 And her brother and her mother
said, Let the dainsel abide with us ajdren of Keturah.
few days, at the least, ten; after that
she shall go.

66 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away, that I may go to my master.

5 T And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son (while he yet lived) eastward, unto the east country.

57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. 7 ¶ And these are the days of the 68 And they called Rebekah,and said years of Abraham's life which be lived, unto her, Wilt thou go with this man?ļa hundred threescore and fifteen years. And she said, I will go. 8 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.

59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and bis men.

60 And they blessed Rebekah, and 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael said unto her, Thou art our sister; be buried him in the cave of Machpelah, thou the mother of thousands of mil-in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar lions, and let thy seed possess the gate the Hittite, which is before Mamre; of those which hate them.. 10 The field which Aoraham pur 61 T And Rebekah arose, and her chased of the sons of Heth: there was damsels, and they rode upon the cam-Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. els, and followed the man; and the 11 T And it came to pass, after the servant took Rebekah, and went his death of Abraham, that God blessed way. bis sen Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by tho well Lahai-roi,

62 T And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi: for he dwelt in the south country.

63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the even tide; and he lifted

12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, base unto Abraham.

Jacob and Esau's birth.

GENESIS. Esau seileth his birth-right.

13 And these are the names of the did eat of his venison; out Rebekah sons of Ishmael, by their names, ac-loved Jacob. cording to their generations: The first 29 T And Jacob sod pottage: and horn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Ke- Esau came from the field, and he was dar, and Abdeel, and Mibsam, faint. 14 And Mishina, and Dumah, and Massa,

15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve prices according to their nations. 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people.

18 Aud they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

19 And these are the generations of

Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham begal Isaac.

20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife,the daughter of Bethuel the Syriau of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, 1 pray thee, with that same red pot tage; for 1' am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 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.

CHAP. XXVI.

AND there was a fanine in the land,

besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Alimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

2. And the Loan appeared unto him. and said, Go not down into Egypt: dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.

21 And Isaac entreated the Lono for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him,] 3 Sojourn in this land; and I will be and Rebekah his wife conceived. with thee, and will bless thee: for 22 And the children struggled to-junto thee, and unto thy seed, I will gether within her; and she said, If it give ail these countries; and I will per be so, why am I thus? And she went form the oath which I sware unto to inquire of the Lond. Abraham thy father:

23 And the Lono said unto her, Two 4 And I will make thy seed to multinationsare in thy womb,and two man-ply as the stars of heaven, and will ner of people shall be separated from|give unto thy seed all these countries: thy bowels: and the one people shall and in thy seed shall all the nations of be stronger than the other people; and the earth be blessed; the elder shall serve the younger. 24 ¶ And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there tecre twins in her womb.

25 And the first came out red, all over like a bairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

6 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 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 26 And after that came his brother my wife; lest, said he, the men of the out, and his hand took hold on Esau's place should kill me for Rebekah; be heel; and his name was called Jacob:jcause she was fair to look upon. and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

27 T And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a mau of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he

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, of a surety she is thy

Isaac groeth rich.

CHAP XXVII. Exnic's roives, wife; and how saidst thou, She is my 24 And the LORD appeared unto him sister? And Isaac said unto him, Be-the same night, and said, I am the God cause I said, Lest I die for her. of Abraham thy father; fear not, for 10 And Abimelech said, What is this I am with thee, and will bless thee, thou hast done unto us? one of the and multiply thy seed, for my servant people might lightly have lien with Abrahain's sake. thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's cervants digged a well.

il And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this inas, or his wife, shall surely be put to 26 T Then Abimelech went to him death. from Gerar, and Ahuzzahı one of his 12 ¶ Then Isaac sowed in that land,¦friende, and Phichol the chief captain and received in the same year a hun-jof his army, dred fold; and the Lord blessed him: 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew, until he be came very great:

27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me,seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? 28 And they said, We saw certainly 14 For he had possession of flocks, that the LORD was with thee: and we and possession of herds,andgreat storesaid, Let there be now an oath be of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father,the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them

with earth.

16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerah

aud dwelt there.

187 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.

19. And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

20 And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdsmen, 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

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twixt us,even betwixt us and thee,and
let us make a covenant with thee;
29 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.
30 And he made them a feast, and
they did eat and drink.

31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and aware one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

32 And it came to pass the same day, thatIsaac's servants came and told him concerning the well which they bad digged, and said unto lum, We have found water.

33 And he called it Sheba; there fore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

34 ¶ And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daugh tcr of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite; 35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

CHAP. XXVIL

strove for that also: and he called the AND it came to pass, that when

name of it Sitnab.

Isaac was old, and his eyes were

22 And he removed from thence, and dim, so that he could not see, he called digged another well; and for that they | Esau his eldest son, and said unto bin, strove not; and he called the name of My son: and he said unto him,Behold, it Rehoboth; and he said, For nowhere am 1. the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 23 T. And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.

2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, 1 know not the day of my death. 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow,

Jacob obtaineth

GENESIS. and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that 1 may cat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

the blessing. 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, Como near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son

5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went; Esau or not. to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

G¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

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. 23 And he discerned him aot, because his hands were hairy, as his brothet Esau's hands: so be blessed him. 24 And he said, it thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. 25 And he said, Bringat and I will eat of my son's venison,that my soul may bless thee. And be y Go now to the flock, and fetch me brought it near to him, and be did from thence two goodkids of the goats; eat; and he brought hun wine, and he and I will make them savoury meat|drank. for thy father, such as he loveth.

7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LonD,before my death. 8 Now therefore, iny sou, obey my voice, according to that which I command thee.

near to me,

26 And his fatherIsaac said unto him 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy Come near now, and kiss me, my son father, that he may eat, and that he] 27 And he came near, and kissed may bless thee before his death.

him; and he smelled the smell of his 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his raiment, and blessed him, and said, mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a See, the smell of my son is as the smell hairy man, and I am a smooth man: of a field which the Lond hath blessed: 12 My father peradventure will feel 28 Therefore God give thee of the me, and 1 shall seem to him as a de-dew of heaven, and the fatness of the ceiver; and 1shall bring a curse upon earth, and plenty of corn and wine ; me, and not a blessing. 29 Let people serve thee, and nations

13 And his mother said unto him, jbow down to thee: be lord over the Upon me be thy curse, my son: only brethren, and let thy mother's sous obey my voice, and go fetch me them.bow down to thee: cursed be every 14 And he went, and fetched, and jone that curseth thee, and blessed be he brought them to his mother; and his that blesseth thee. mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her youngest son:

16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

30 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac bad 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 froni his hunting.

31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father 17 And she gave the savoury meat arise, and eat of his son's venison,that and the bread, which she had pre-thy soul may bless me. pared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, 18 ↑ And he came unto his father,| Who art thou? And he said, I am thy and said, My father. And he said, son, thy first-born, Esau.

Here am1; who ɑrt thou, my son? 33 And Isaac trembled very exceed. 19 And Jacob said unto his father, Iingly, and said, Who? where is he am Esau thy first-born; I have done that hath taken venison, and brought according as thou badest me: arise, lit me, and I have eaten of all before pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, thou camest, and bave blessed him? that thy so al may bless me. ¡yea, and he shall be blessed.

Esau hateth Jacob.

CHAP. XXVIII.

Jacob's vision. 31 And when Esau heard the words weary of my life because of the daugh ters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? CHAP. XXVIIL

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

ND Isaac called Jacob,and blessed

with subtlety, and bath taken away Ahim, and charged lum, and said

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?

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:

37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy ford, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him; and what 4 And give thee the blessing of Abrashal! I do now unto thee, my son? ham, to thee, and to thy seed with 38 And Esau said unto his father, thee; that thou mayest inherit the land Hast thoubut one blessing, my father? wherein thou art a stranger, which bless me, even me also, O my father! God gave unto Abraham. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

39 And Isaac his father answered, and Faid unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth,and of the dew of heaven from above;

40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother. and it shall come to pass, when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

41 ¶ And Esau hated Jacob, because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will 1 slay my brother Jacob.

42 And these words of Esau ber elder Fou were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing 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 inger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send and fetch thec from thence. Why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am

5 Aud Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah,Jacob,and Esau's mother.

6 ↑ When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that, as he blessed himhe gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;

8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

10 ̊ And Jacob went out from Beer. sheba, and went toward Haran.

11 And he lighted upon a certain. place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set: and he took of the etones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

12 And he dreamed, and, behold, & ladder set up on the earth,and the top ofit reached to heaven; and, behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

13 And behold, the LORD stood above

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