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Genesis - Chapters 20-30
20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence
toward the south country, and
dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and
sojourned in Gerar.
20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She
is my sister: and
Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took
Sarah.
20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by
night, and said to him,
Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the
woman which thou hast taken;
for she is a man's wife.
20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her:
and he said, LORD, wilt thou
slay also a righteous nation? 20:5 Said he
not unto me, She is my
sister? and she, even she herself said, He
is my brother: in the
integrity of my heart and innocency of my
hands have I done this.
20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea,
I know that thou didst
this in the integrity of thy heart; for I
also withheld thee from
sinning against me: therefore suffered I
thee not to touch her.
20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife;
for he is a prophet, and
he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live:
and if thou restore her
not, know thou that thou shalt surely die,
thou, and all that are
thine.
20:8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the
morning, and called all his
servants, and told all these things in their
ears: and the men were
sore afraid.
20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said
unto him, What hast thou
done unto us? and what have I offended thee,
that thou hast brought on
me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast
done deeds unto me that
ought not to be done.
20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What
sawest thou, that thou
hast done this thing? 20:11 And Abraham
said, Because I thought,
Surely the fear of God is not in this place;
and they will slay me for
my wife's sake.
20:12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she
is the daughter of my
father, but not the daughter of my mother;
and she became my wife.
20:13 And it came to pass, when God caused
me to wander from my
father's house, that I said unto her, This
is thy kindness which thou
shalt shew unto me; at every place whither
we shall come, say of me,
He is my brother.
20:14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen,
and menservants, and
womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham,
and restored him Sarah his
wife.
20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is
before thee: dwell where
it pleaseth thee.
20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have
given thy brother a
thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to
thee a covering of the
eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with
all other: thus she was
reproved.
20:17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God
healed Abimelech, and his
wife, and his maidservants; and they bare
children.
20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all
the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had
said, and the LORD did unto
Sarah as he had spoken.
21:2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a
son in his old age, at
the set time of which God had spoken to him.
21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son
that was born unto him,
whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac
being eight days old, as
God had commanded him.
21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old,
when his son Isaac was born
unto him.
21:6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to
laugh, so that all that hear
will laugh with me.
21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto
Abraham, that Sarah should
have given children suck? for I have born
him a son in his old age.
21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and
Abraham made a great
feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the
Egyptian, which she had born
unto Abraham, mocking.
21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast
out this bondwoman and her
son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not
be heir with my son, even
with Isaac.
21:11 And the thing was very grievous in
Abraham's sight because of
his son.
21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not
be grievous in thy sight
because of the lad, and because of thy
bondwoman; in all that Sarah
hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice;
for in Isaac shall thy
seed be called.
21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman
will I make a nation,
because he is thy seed.
21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the
morning, and took bread, and a
bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar,
putting it on her shoulder,
and the child, and sent her away: and she
departed, and wandered in
the wilderness of Beersheba.
21:15 And the water was spent in the bottle,
and she cast the child
under one of the shrubs.
21:16 And she went, and sat her down over
against him a good way off,
as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me
not see the death of the
child. And she sat over against him, and
lift up her voice, and wept.
21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad;
and the angel of God called
to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her,
What aileth thee, Hagar?
fear not; for God hath heard the voice of
the lad where he is.
21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him
in thine hand; for I will
make him a great nation.
21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a
well of water; and she
went, and filled the bottle with water, and
gave the lad drink.
21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew,
and dwelt in the
wilderness, and became an archer.
21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of
Paran: and his mother took him
a wife out of the land of Egypt.
21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that
Abimelech and Phichol the
chief captain of his host spake unto
Abraham, saying, God is with thee
in all that thou doest: 21:23 Now therefore
swear unto me here by God
that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor
with my son, nor with my
son's son: but according to the kindness
that I have done unto thee,
thou shalt do unto me, and to the land
wherein thou hast sojourned.
21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because
of a well of water, which
Abimelech's servants had violently taken
away.
21:26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath
done this thing; neither
didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of
it, but to day.
21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and
gave them unto Abimelech;
and both of them made a covenant.
21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the
flock by themselves.
21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What
mean these seven ewe lambs
which thou hast set by themselves? 21:30 And
he said, For these seven
ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that
they may be a witness unto
me, that I have digged this well.
21:31 Wherefore he called that place
Beersheba; because there they
sware both of them.
21:32 Thus they made a covenant at
Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up,
and Phichol the chief captain of his host,
and they returned into the
land of the Philistines.
21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in
Beersheba, and called there on
the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the
Philistines' land many days.
22:1 And it came to pass after these things,
that God did tempt
Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he
said, Behold, here I am.
22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine
only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah;
and offer him there for
a burnt offering upon one of the mountains
which I will tell thee of.
22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the
morning, and saddled his ass,
and took two of his young men with him, and
Isaac his son, and clave
the wood for the burnt offering, and rose
up, and went unto the place
of which God had told him.
22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up
his eyes, and saw the
place afar off.
22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men,
Abide ye here with the ass;
and I and the lad will go yonder and
worship, and come again to you.
22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt
offering, and laid it upon
Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his
hand, and a knife; and they
went both of them together.
22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his
father, and said, My father: and
he said, Here am I, my son. And he said,
Behold the fire and the wood:
but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
22:8 And Abraham said, My
son, God will provide himself a lamb for a
burnt offering: so they
went both of them together.
22:9 And they came to the place which God
had told him of; and Abraham
built an altar there, and laid the wood in
order, and bound Isaac his
son, and laid him on the altar upon the
wood.
22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand,
and took the knife to slay
his son.
22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto
him out of heaven, and
said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am
I.
22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon
the lad, neither do thou
any thing unto him: for now I know that thou
fearest God, seeing thou
hast not withheld thy son, thine only son
from me.
22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and
looked, and behold behind
him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns:
and Abraham went and took
the ram, and offered him up for a burnt
offering in the stead of his
son.
22:14 And Abraham called the name of that
place Jehovahjireh: as it is
said to this day, In the mount of the LORD
it shall be seen.
22:15 And the angel of the LORD called unto
Abraham out of heaven the
second time, 22:16 And said, By myself have
I sworn, saith the LORD,
for because thou hast done this thing, and
hast not withheld thy son,
thine only son: 22:17 That in blessing I
will bless thee, and in
multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the
stars of the heaven, and
as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and
thy seed shall possess
the gate of his enemies; 22:18 And in thy
seed shall all the nations
of the earth be blessed; because thou hast
obeyed my voice.
22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young
men, and they rose up and
went together to Beersheba; and Abraham
dwelt at Beersheba.
22:20 And it came to pass after these
things, that it was told
Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath
also born children unto thy
brother Nahor; 22:21 Huz his firstborn, and
Buz his brother, and
Kemuel the father of Aram, 22:22 And Chesed,
and Hazo, and Pildash,
and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
22:23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight
Milcah did bear to Nahor,
Abraham's brother.
22:24 And his concubine, whose name was
Reumah, she bare also Tebah,
and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and
twenty years old: these
were the years of the life of Sarah.
23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same
is Hebron in the land of
Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah,
and to weep for her.
23:3 And Abraham stood up from before his
dead, and spake unto the
sons of Heth, saying, 23:4 I am a stranger
and a sojourner with you:
give me a possession of a buryingplace with
you, that I may bury my
dead out of my sight.
23:5 And the children of Heth answered
Abraham, saying unto him, 23:6
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince
among us: in the choice of
our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us
shall withhold from thee his
sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy
dead.
23:7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself
to the people of the
land, even to the children of Heth.
23:8 And he communed with them, saying, If
it be your mind that I
should bury my dead out of my sight; hear
me, and intreat for me to
Ephron the son of Zohar, 23:9 That he may
give me the cave of
Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the
end of his field; for as
much money as it is worth he shall give it
me for a possession of a
buryingplace amongst you.
23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of
Heth: and Ephron the
Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of
the children of Heth, even
of all that went in at the gate of his city,
saying, 23:11 Nay, my
lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and
the cave that is therein, I
give it thee; in the presence of the sons of
my people give I it thee:
bury thy dead.
23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before
the people of the land.
23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the
audience of the people of the
land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I
pray thee, hear me: I will
give thee money for the field; take it of
me, and I will bury my dead
there.
23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying
unto him, 23:15 My lord,
hearken unto me: the land is worth four
hundred shekels of silver;
what is that betwixt me and thee? bury
therefore thy dead.
23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and
Abraham weighed to Ephron
the silver, which he had named in the
audience of the sons of Heth,
four hundred shekels of silver, current
money with the merchant.
23:17 And the field of Ephron which was in
Machpelah, which was before
Mamre, the field, and the cave which was
therein, and all the trees
that were in the field, that were in all the
borders round about, were
made sure 23:18 Unto Abraham for a
possession in the presence of the
children of Heth, before all that went in at
the gate of his city.
23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah
his wife in the cave of the
field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is
Hebron in the land of
Canaan.
23:20 And the field, and the cave that is
therein, were made sure unto
Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace
by the sons of Heth.
24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken
in age: and the LORD had
blessed Abraham in all things.
24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest
servant of his house, that ruled
over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy
hand under my thigh: 24:3
And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the
God of heaven, and the God
of the earth, that thou shalt not take a
wife unto my son of the
daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I
dwell: 24:4 But thou shalt
go unto my country, and to my kindred, and
take a wife unto my son
Isaac.
24:5 And the servant said unto him,
Peradventure the woman will not be
willing to follow me unto this land: must I
needs bring thy son again
unto the land from whence thou camest? 24:6
And Abraham said unto
him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son
thither again.
24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me
from my father's house, and
from the land of my kindred, and which spake
unto me, and that sware
unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give
this land; he shall send
his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a
wife unto my son from
thence.
24:8 And if the woman will not be willing to
follow thee, then thou
shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring
not my son thither again.
24:9 And the servant put his hand under the
thigh of Abraham his
master, and sware to him concerning that
matter.
24:10 And the servant took ten camels of the
camels of his master, and
departed; for all the goods of his master
were in his hand: and he
arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the
city of Nahor.
24:11 And he made his camels to kneel down
without the city by a well
of water at the time of the evening, even
the time that women go out
to draw water.
24:12 And he said O LORD God of my master
Abraham, I pray thee, send
me good speed this day, and shew kindness
unto my master Abraham.
24:13 Behold, I stand here by the well of
water; and the daughters of
the men of the city come out to draw water:
24:14 And let it come to
pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say,
Let down thy pitcher, I
pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall
say, Drink, and I will give
thy camels drink also: let the same be she
that thou hast appointed
for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I
know that thou hast shewed
kindness unto my master.
24:15 And it came to pass, before he had
done speaking, that, behold,
Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel,
son of Milcah, the wife of
Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher
upon her shoulder.
24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look
upon, a virgin, neither had
any man known her: and she went down to the
well, and filled her
pitcher, and came up.
24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and
said, Let me, I pray thee,
drink a little water of thy pitcher.
24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she
hasted, and let down her
pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
24:19 And when she had done giving him
drink, she said, I will draw
water for thy camels also, until they have
done drinking.
24:20 And she hasted, and emptied her
pitcher into the trough, and ran
again unto the well to draw water, and drew
for all his camels.
24:21 And the man wondering at her held his
peace, to wit whether the
LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had
done drinking, that the
man took a golden earring of half a shekel
weight, and two bracelets
for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
24:23 And said, Whose
daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is
there room in thy father's
house for us to lodge in? 24:24 And she said
unto him, I am the
daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which
she bare unto Nahor.
24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have
both straw and provender
enough, and room to lodge in.
24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and
worshipped the LORD.
24:27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God
of my master Abraham, who
hath not left destitute my master of his
mercy and his truth: I being
in the way, the LORD led me to the house of
my master's brethren.
24:28 And the damsel ran, and told them of
her mother's house these
things.
24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his
name was Laban: and Laban ran
out unto the man, unto the well.
24:30 And it came to pass, when he saw the
earring and bracelets upon
his sister's hands, and when he heard the
words of Rebekah his sister,
saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he
came unto the man; and,
behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of
the LORD; wherefore
standest thou without? for I have prepared
the house, and room for the
camels.
24:32 And the man came into the house: and
he ungirded his camels, and
gave straw and provender for the camels, and
water to wash his feet,
and the men's feet that were with him.
24:33 And there was set meat before him to
eat: but he said, I will
not eat, until I have told mine errand. And
he said, Speak on.
24:34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master
greatly; and he is become
great: and he hath given him flocks, and
herds, and silver, and gold,
and menservants, and maidservants, and
camels, and asses.
24:36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son
to my master when she was
old: and unto him hath he given all that he
hath.
24:37 And my master made me swear, saying,
Thou shalt not take a wife
to my son of the daughters of the
Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
24:38 But thou shalt go unto my father's
house, and to my kindred, and
take a wife unto my son.
24:39 And I said unto my master,
Peradventure the woman will not
follow me.
24:40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before
whom I walk, will send his
angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and
thou shalt take a wife for
my son of my kindred, and of my father's
house: 24:41 Then shalt thou
be clear from this my oath, when thou comest
to my kindred; and if
they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear
from my oath.
24:42 And I came this day unto the well, and
said, O LORD God of my
master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my
way which I go: 24:43
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it
shall come to pass, that
when the virgin cometh forth to draw water,
and I say to her, Give me,
I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher
to drink; 24:44 And she say
to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw
for thy camels: let the
same be the woman whom the LORD hath
appointed out for my master's
son.
24:45 And before I had done speaking in mine
heart, behold, Rebekah
came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder;
and she went down unto
the well, and drew water: and I said unto
her, Let me drink, I pray
thee.
24:46 And she made haste, and let down her
pitcher from her shoulder,
and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels
drink also: so I drank,
and she made the camels drink also.
24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose
daughter art thou? And she
said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son,
whom Milcah bare unto him:
and I put the earring upon her face, and the
bracelets upon her hands.
24:48 And I bowed down my head, and
worshipped the LORD, and blessed
the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had
led me in the right way
to take my master's brother's daughter unto
his son.
24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and
truly with my master, tell
me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to
the right hand, or to the
left.
24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and
said, The thing proceedeth
from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad
or good.
24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take
her, and go, and let her be
thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath
spoken.
24:52 And it came to pass, that, when
Abraham's servant heard their
words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing
himself to the earth.
24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels
of silver, and jewels of
gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah:
he gave also to her
brother and to her mother precious things.
24:54 And they did eat and drink, he and the
men that were with him,
and tarried all night; and they rose up in
the morning, and he said,
Send me away unto my master.
24:55 And her brother and her mother said,
Let the damsel abide with
us a few days, at the least ten; after that
she shall go.
24:56 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.
24:57 And they said, We will call the
damsel, and enquire at her
mouth.
24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto
her, Wilt thou go with
this man? And she said, I will go.
24:59 And they sent away Rebekah their
sister, and her nurse, and
Abraham's servant, and his men.
24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said
unto her, Thou art our
sister, be thou the mother of thousands of
millions, and let thy seed
possess the gate of those which hate them.
24:61 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.
24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the
well Lahairoi; for he dwelt
in the south country.
24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the
field at the eventide: and
he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold,
the camels were coming.
24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and
when she saw Isaac, she
lighted off the camel.
24:65 For she had said unto 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.
24:66 And the servant told Isaac all things
that he had done.
24:67 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.
25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her
name was Keturah.
25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan,
and Medan, and Midian, and
Ishbak, and Shuah.
25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And
the sons of Dedan were
Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
25:4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and
Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah,
and Eldaah. All these were the children of
Keturah.
25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto
Isaac.
25:6 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.
25:7 And these are the days of the years of
Abraham's life which he
lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen
years.
25:8 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.
25:9 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; 25:10 The field which
Abraham purchased of the sons
of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah
his wife.
25:11 And it came to pass after the death of
Abraham, that God blessed
his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well
Lahairoi.
25:12 Now these are the generations of
Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom
Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare
unto Abraham: 25:13 And
these are the names of the sons of Ishmael,
by their names, according
to their generations: the firstborn of
Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar,
and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 25:14 And Mishma,
and Dumah, and Massa, 25:15
Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and
Kedemah: 25:16 These are the sons
of Ishmael, and these are their names, by
their towns, and by their
castles; twelve princes according to their
nations.
25:17 And these are the years of the life of
Ishmael, an hundred and
thirty and seven years: and he gave up the
ghost and died; and was
gathered unto his people.
25:18 And 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.
25:19 And these are the generations of
Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham
begat Isaac: 25:20 And Isaac was forty years
old when he took Rebekah
to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian
of Padanaram, the sister
to Laban the Syrian.
25:21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his
wife, because she was
barren: and the LORD was intreated of him,
and Rebekah his wife
conceived.
25:22 And the children struggled together
within her; and she said, If
it be so, why am I thus? And she went to
enquire of the LORD.
25:23 And the LORD said unto 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 shall
serve the younger.
25:24 And when her days to be delivered were
fulfilled, behold, there
were twins in her womb.
25:25 And the first came out red, all over
like an hairy garment; and
they called his name Esau.
25:26 And after that came his brother out,
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.
25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a
cunning hunter, a man of the
field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling
in tents.
25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did
eat of his venison: but
Rebekah loved Jacob.
25:29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came
from the field, and he was
faint: 25:30 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.
25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy
birthright.
25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the
point to die: and what profit
shall this birthright do to me? 25:33 And
Jacob said, Swear to me
this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold
his birthright unto
Jacob.
25:34 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.
26:1 And there was a famine in the land,
beside the first famine that
was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went
unto Abimelech king of the
Philistines unto Gerar.
26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and
said, Go not down into Egypt;
dwell in the land which I shall tell thee
of: 26:3 Sojourn in this
land, and I will be with thee, and will
bless thee; for unto thee, and
unto thy seed, I will give all these
countries, and I will perform the
oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
26:4 And I will make thy
seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and
will give unto thy seed
all these countries; and in thy seed shall
all the nations of the
earth be blessed; 26:5 Because that Abraham
obeyed my voice, and kept
my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and
my laws.
26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 26:7 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; lest, said he, the men of the
place should kill me for
Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
26:8 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.
26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said,
Behold, of a surety she is
thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my
sister? And Isaac said unto
him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou
hast done unto us? one of
the people might lightly have lien with thy
wife, and thou shouldest
have brought guiltiness upon us.
26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people,
saying, He that toucheth
this man or his wife shall surely be put to
death.
26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and
received in the same year an
hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
26:13 And the man waxed great, and went
forward, and grew until he
became very great: 26:14 For he had
possession of flocks, and
possession of herds, and great store of
servants: and the Philistines
envied him.
26:15 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.
26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from
us; for thou art much
mightier than we.
26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched
his tent in the valley of
Gerar, and dwelt there.
26:18 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.
26:19 And Isaac's servants digged in the
valley, and found there a
well of springing water.
26:20 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;
because they strove with him.
26:21 And they digged another well, and
strove for that also: and he
called the name of it Sitnah.
26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged
another well; and for
that they strove not: and he called the name
of it Rehoboth; and he
said, For now the LORD hath made room for
us, and we shall be fruitful
in the land.
26:23 And he went up from thence to
Beersheba.
26:24 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 thy seed for my
servant Abraham's sake.
26:25 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.
26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar,
and Ahuzzath one of his
friends, and Phichol the chief captain of
his army.
26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore
come ye to me, seeing ye
hate me, and have sent me away from you?
26:28 And they said, 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; 26:29 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.
26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did
eat and drink.
26:31 And they rose up betimes in the
morning, and sware one to
another: and Isaac sent them away, and they
departed from him in
peace.
26:32 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 unto
him, We have found water.
26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the
name of the city is
Beersheba unto this day.
26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he
took to wife Judith the
daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath
the daughter of Elon the
Hittite: 26:35 Which were a grief of mind
unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
27:1 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.
27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I
know not the day of my
death: 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee,
thy weapons, thy quiver
and thy bow, and go out to the field, and
take me some venison; 27:4
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.
27:5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to
Esau his son. And Esau went
to the field to hunt for venison, and to
bring it.
27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son,
saying, Behold, I heard thy
father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
27:7 Bring me venison, and
make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and
bless thee before the LORD
before my death.
27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice
according to that which I
command thee.
27:9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from
thence two good kids of
the goats; and I will make them savoury meat
for thy father, such as
he loveth: 27:10 And thou shalt bring it to
thy father, that he may
eat, and that he may bless thee before his
death.
27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother,
Behold, Esau my brother is
a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: 27:12 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.
27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me
be thy curse, my son: only
obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought
them to his mother: and
his mother made savoury meat, such as his
father loved.
27:15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her
eldest son Esau, which
were with her in the house, and put them
upon Jacob her younger son:
27:16 And she put the skins of the kids of
the goats upon his hands,
and upon the smooth of his neck: 27:17 And
she gave the savoury meat
and the bread, which she had prepared, into
the hand of her son Jacob.
27:18 And he came unto his father, and said,
My father: and he said,
Here am I; who art thou, my son? 27:19 And
Jacob said unto 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.
27:20 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.
27:21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near,
I pray thee, that I may
feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very
son Esau or not.
27:22 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.
27:23 And he discerned him not, because his
hands were hairy, as his
brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
27:24 And he said, Art thou my very son
Esau? And he said, I am.
27:25 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.
27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him,
Come near now, and kiss me,
my son.
27:27 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 a field which the LORD hath
blessed: 27:28 Therefore God
give thee of the dew of heaven, and the
fatness of the earth, and
plenty of corn and wine: 27:29 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.
27:30 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.
27:31 And he also had made savoury meat, and
brought it unto his
father, and said unto his father, Let my
father arise, and eat of his
son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him,
Who art thou? And he said, I
am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
27:33 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?
yea, and he shall be
blessed.
27:34 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.
27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with
subtilty, and hath taken away
thy blessing.
27:36 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? 27:37 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? 27:38 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.
27:39 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; 27:40 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.
27:41 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 I slay
my brother Jacob.
27:42 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, as touching thee, doth
comfort himself, purposing to
kill thee.
27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice;
arise, flee thou to Laban
my brother to Haran; 27:44 And tarry with
him a few days, until thy
brother's fury turn away; 27:45 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? 27:46 And Rebekah said to
Isaac, I am weary of my
life because of the daughters 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? 28:1
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.
28:2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of
Bethuel thy mother's
father; and take thee a wife from thence of
the daughers of Laban thy
mother's brother.
28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make
thee fruitful, and multiply
thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of
people; 28:4 And give thee
the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy
seed with thee; that thou
mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a
stranger, which God gave
unto Abraham.
28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went
to Padanaram unto Laban,
son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of
Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's
mother.
28:6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed
Jacob, and sent him away to
Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence;
and that as he blessed him
he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not
take a wife of the
daughers of Canaan; 28:7 And that Jacob
obeyed his father and his
mother, and was gone to Padanaram; 28:8 And
Esau seeing that the
daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his
father; 28:9 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.
28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and
went toward Haran.
28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place,
and tarried there all
night, because the sun was set; and he took
of the stones of that
place, and put them for his pillows, and lay
down in that place to
sleep.
28:12 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.
28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it,
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
seed; 28:14 And thy seed
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 seed shall all the families of
the earth be blessed.
28:15 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.
28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and
he said, Surely the LORD
is in this place; and I knew it not.
28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How
dreadful is this place! this is
none other but the house of God, and this is
the gate of heaven.
28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the
morning, and took the stone that
he had put for his pillows, and set it up
for a pillar, and poured oil
upon the top of it.
28:19 And he called the name of that place
Bethel: but the name of
that city was called Luz at the first.
28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God
will be with me, and will
keep me in this way that I go, and will give
me bread to eat, and
raiment to put on, 28:21 So that I come
again to my father's house in
peace; then shall the LORD be my God: 28:22
And this stone, which I
have set for a pillar, shall be God's house:
and of all that thou
shalt give me I will surely give the tenth
unto thee.
29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and
came into the land of the
people of the east.
29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the
field, and, lo, there
were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for
out of that well they
watered the flocks: and a great stone was
upon the well's mouth.
29:3 And thither were all the flocks
gathered: and they rolled the
stone from the well's mouth, and watered the
sheep, and put the stone
again upon the well's mouth in his place.
29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren,
whence be ye? And they
said, Of Haran are we.
29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban
the son of Nahor? And they
said, We know him.
29:6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And
they said, He is well:
and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with
the sheep.
29:7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day,
neither is it time that the
cattle should be gathered together: water ye
the sheep, and go and
feed them.
29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the
flocks be gathered
together, and till they roll the stone from
the well's mouth; then we
water the sheep.
29:9 And while he yet spake with them,
Rachel came with her father's
sheep; for she kept them.
29:10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw
Rachel the daughter of Laban
his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban
his mother's brother,
that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone
from the well's mouth, and
watered the flock of Laban his mother's
brother.
29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up
his voice, and wept.
29:12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her
father's brother, and that
he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told
her father.
29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard
the tidings of Jacob his
sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and
embraced him, and kissed
him, and brought him to his house. And he
told Laban all these things.
29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art
my bone and my flesh. And
he abode with him the space of a month.
29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because
thou art my brother,
shouldest thou therefore serve me for
nought? tell me, what shall thy
wages be? 29:16 And Laban had two daughters:
the name of the elder
was Leah, and the name of the younger was
Rachel.
29:17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was
beautiful and well
favoured.
29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I
will serve thee seven years
for Rachel thy younger daughter.
29:19 And Laban said, It is better that I
give her to thee, than that
I should give her to another man: abide with
me.
29:20 And Jacob served seven years for
Rachel; and they seemed unto
him but a few days, for the love he had to
her.
29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my
wife, for my days are
fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
29:22 And Laban gathered together all the
men of the place, and made a
feast.
29:23 And it came to pass in the evening,
that he took Leah his
daughter, and brought her to him; and he
went in unto her.
29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah
Zilpah his maid for an
handmaid.
29:25 And it came to pass, that in the
morning, behold, it was Leah:
and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast
done unto me? did not I
serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then
hast thou beguiled me?
29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done
in our country, to give
the younger before the firstborn.
29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee
this also for the service
which thou shalt serve with me yet seven
other years.
29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her
week: and he gave him Rachel
his daughter to wife also.
29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter
Bilhah his handmaid to be
her maid.
29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and
he loved also Rachel more
than Leah, and served with him yet seven
other years.
29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was
hated, he opened her womb:
but Rachel was barren.
29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son,
and she called his name
Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath
looked upon my affliction;
now therefore my husband will love me.
29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a
son; and said, Because the
LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath
therefore given me this son also:
and she called his name Simeon.
29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a
son; and said, Now this time
will my husband be joined unto me, because I
have born him three sons:
therefore was his name called Levi.
29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a
son: and she said, Now will
I praise the LORD: therefore she called his
name Judah; and left
bearing.
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