Abraham's servant sent to

1857.

Before CHRIST 1857.

o ver. 2. Or, and.

p ch. 27. 43.

† Heb. that

400 new

which draw water go forth.

9 Ex. 2. 16. 1 Sam.9.11. Tver. 27.

ch. 26. 24. & 28. 13.

& 32. 9.

Ex. 3, 6, 15.

sware to him concerning that matter.
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
2 Mesopotamia, unto P the city of Nahor.
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.
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.

13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: 14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down Neh. 1. 1. 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.

Ps. 37. 5.

t ver. 43.

a ch. 29. 9. Ex. 2. 16. See Judg. 6. 17, S7. 1 Sam. 6. 7. & 14. 10.

20. 7.

ch. 11. 29. & 22. 23.

y ch. 26. 7.

of counte

nance.

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.

16 And the damsel was very fair to + Beb. good look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up, 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

1 Pet. 3. 8. & 4.9.

18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. 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.

21 And the man wondering at her held a ver. 12, 56. his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. 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;

b Ex. 32, 2, 3.

21.

8.3. 19, 20, Ezek. 16. 11,

12.

1 Pet. 3. 3.

| Or. jewel for the jorchead.

e ch. 22. 23.

d ver. 59.
Ex. 4. 31.

• Ex. 18. 10.
Rath 4. 14.
1 Sam. 25.
32, 39.

2 Sam. 18. 28 Luke 1. 68. fch. 32. 10. Ps. 98. 3.

3 ver. 48.

A ch. 29. 5.

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 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. 26 And the man and worshipped the 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: 3I being in the way, the LORD fled me to the house of my master's brethren.

bowed down his head, LORD.

28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.

29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was A Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

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

VAR. REND-Chap. 24. 1 V. 10. good things.-2 Heb. Aram-Naharaim, i.e. Aram of the two rivers.- 3 V. 27. for me (too) the LORD hath led me straight.

39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. 40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel teh. 17. 1. with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: 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.

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:

434 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;

u ver. 8.

ver. 12.

u ver. 13.

z ver. 15, &c.

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. 45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth, 1 Sam. i. with her pitcher on her shoulder; and 13. she went down unto the well, and drew water and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

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.

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 Ezek. 16. earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

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 7 brother's daughter unto his son.

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.

11, 12.

a ver. 26.

eh. 22. 23. ech. 47. 29.

Josh. 2. 14.

VAR. REND.- V. 43. (Understand,) let this be the sign. let it. See on Isa. 7. 14.-7 V. 48. i.e. kinsman's.

He asketh for Rebekah.

Abraham's death and burial.

Matt.21.42. Mark 12.11. • ch. 31. 24. / ch. 20. 15.

gver. 26,

+ Heb.
Descia.

A Ex. 3. 22.
& 11. 2.
& 12. 35.

12 Car 21, 3. Eara 1. 6.

k ver. 56, &59.

1 Or. a full

year, to caths, Judg. 14.8.

ich 35. 8.

meh. 17. 16. n ch. 22. 17.

⚫ ch. 16. 14. & 25. 11. 1 Or, to pray.

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. 52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he 9 worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

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.

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.

55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with usa few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

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.

57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto 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 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.

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. 627 And Isaac came from the way of thewell Labai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.

63 And Isaac went out Pto 8 meditate in the field at the eventide: and he liftJosk 1.8. ed up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, "the camels were coming.

Ps. 1. 2.

& 77. 12. & 119. 15. & 143. 5.

Jos. 15. 18.

r ch. 38. 12.

cir. 1853.

a 1 Chr.1.32.

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

65 10 For she had said 10 unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant 11 had said 11, It is my master: therefore she took 12a vail 12, 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 conforted after his mo ther's death.

CHAPTER 25.

17

1 The sons of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The division of his goods. 7 His age, and death, 9 His burial. 12 The generations of Ishmael. His age, and death." 19 18 ac prayeth for Rebekah, being barren. 22 The children strive in her womb. 24 The birth of Esau and Jucob. 27 Their difference, 29 Esau selleth his birthright.

THEN again Abraham took a wife, and

her name was Keturah.

20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter ch. 29. 23. of Bethuel the 7Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the 7 Syrian.

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.

22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, 8 why am I thus 8? And she went to enquire of the LORD.

3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and

VAR. REND. 7 V. 62. Now Isaac had come. 8 V. 63. Or, lament, E. Kn. "Omit. 10 p. 65. And she said. 11 said. 12 her mantle.

his name Esau.

3

a ch. 27. 29. Mal. 1. 3. Rom. 9.12.

b ch. 27. 11, 16, 23.

VAR. REND. Chap. 25. 1. 8. fellow-tribesmen ; and so in v. 17.2. 16. villages. encampments. 4 V. 18. i.e. east of. settled.- • Lit. before the face; comp. ch. 16. 12.- 7 V. 20. Aramæan. V. 22. why then do I live?

VAR. READ. - Chap. 25. V. 15. 8 The best editions read Hadad (rather Khadad); comp. 1 Chr. 1. 30.V. 18. ẞ Interpolation from 1 Sam. 15. 7. (Hu.)

e Hos. 12. 3.

d ch. 27. 36. 1837.

e ch. 27. 3,5, f Job 1. 1, 8. & 2.3. Ps. 37. 37. g Heb. 11.9. † Heb. veni

Son was in his mouth.

A ch. 27. 19, 25, 31.

í ch. 27. 6. Heb with that red, with that

red pottage. I That is, Red.

cir. 1805.

28 And Isaac loved Esau, because the did eat of his venison : but Rebekah loved Jacob.

29 And Jacob sod pottage and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

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.

31 And Jacob said, Sell me 10 this day 10 thy birthright.

32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the + Heb. going point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

to die.

cir. 1804.

a ch. 12. 10.

b ch. 20. 2.

e ch. 12. 1.

d ch. 20. 1. Ps. 39. 12. Heb, 11. 9. e ch. 28. 15. f ch. 12. 2. g ch. 13. 15. & 15. 18.

A ch. 22. 16. Ps. 105. 9.

i ch. 15. 5. & 22. 17.

k ch. 12. 3. & 22. 18.

I ch. 22. 16, 18.

& 20. 2, 13.

CHAPTER 26.

Abimelech maketh a covenant with him.

or

11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man his wife shall surely be put to death. 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and † received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

Before CHRIST cir. 1804.

9 Ps. 105. 15. † Heb. found. Matt. 13.8.

Mark 4. 8.
ver. 3

ch. 24. 1,35. Job 42. 14.

14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of ch. 24. 35. servants: and the Philistines" envied

him.

Ps. 112. 3. Prov. 10.22.

15 For all the wells which his father's Heb. went going. servants had digged in the days of A[ Or, husbraham his father, the Philistines had bandry. stopped them, and filled them with earth.

* ch. 37. 11. Eccles. 4.4.

16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Goch. 21. 30. from us; for thou art much mightier | Ex. 1. 9. than we.

17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

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 y ch. 21.31. 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

ΑΝ

ND 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.

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

3d 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;

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";

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 And the men of the place asked him ch. 12. 13. 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.

a Pro. 29. 25.

o ch, 24, 16.

p ch. 20. 9.

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 wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

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 guilti ness upon us.

VAR. REND.-9 V. 27. perfect, i.e. blameless. 10 v. 31. at once, Ge. Kn. De. And so in v. 33. Chap. 26. 1 V. 4. Or, through; or, by.-bless them

yes.

+ Heb.

living.
ch. 21. 25.

20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is our's: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove That is, with him.

21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

Contention.

1 That is, Hatred.

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 That is, LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

Room.

a ch. 17. 6. & 28.3. & 41. 52. Ex. 1. 7.

24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the b ch. 17. 7. 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 builded an altar there, and f called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

& 24. 19. & 28. 13. Ex. 3. 6. Acts 7. 32. e ch. 15. 1.

d ver. 3, 4. ch. 12. 7.

& 13. 18. f Ps. 116. 17.

26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath 3 one of his friends 3, and Phichol the chief captain of his 9 ch. 21. 22. army.

27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, & Judg.11.7. and have sent me away from you?

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;

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: thouch 24, 31. 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 "sware 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

Ps. 115. 15. ch. 19. 3.

n ch. 21. 31.

VAR. REND. V. 26. his friend, i.e. counsellor.

@ver. 4.

A cb. 25. 23.

ver, 22.

k ch. 9. 25. Deut 27.18.

I eh. 43. 9.
Sam. 25.

24

2 Sam. 14.9. Mat. 27. 25.

ver. 4, 9.

33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

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:

35 Which were ta grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

CHAPTER 27.

1 Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. 6 Rebekah instructeth Jacob to obtain the blessing. 15 Jacob under the person of Esnu obtaineth it. 30 Esuu bringeth venison. 33 Isaac trembleth. 34 Estu complaineth, and by importunity oblaineth a blessing. 41 He threateneth Jacob. 42 Rebekah disappointeth it.

ANI

ND 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.

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 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 spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

7 Bring me venison, and make me sa voury 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.

e

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:

10 And thou shalt bring it to thy fa ther, 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 peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a 1 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 † 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.

VAR. REND.-Chap. 27. 1 V. 12. Lit. jester.

Jacob obtaineth 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.

Before CHRIST cir. 1760.

† Heb. before me.

21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, P ver. 12. my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

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 not, because

9 his hands were hairy, as his brother 9 ver. 16. 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 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 a field which the LORD hath blessed:

r ver. 4.

Hos. 14. 6.

Deut. 33. 13, 28.

2 Sam. 1.21. wch. 45. 18.

28 Therefore God give thee of the Heb. 11.20, 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 thatch. 49. 8. 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 arise, and beat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

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, 3 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.

r Deu. 33. 28. y ch. 9. 25. & 25. 23.

a ch. 12. 3. Num. 24. 9.

b ver. 4.

f Heb. trembled with a great trembling greatly.

↑ Heb. hunted.

c ch. 28 3, 4, Rom. 11.29.

34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and a Heb. 12.17. 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: f 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, k thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;