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he yet lived, eastward, unto the east 1 country. And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fif8 teen years. "And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and 9) was gathered to his people. And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; 10 the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 11) And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelt by 'Beer1lahai-roi.

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12 Now these are the generations of

Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare 13 unto Abraham: and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations the firstborn of Ishmael, 'Nebaioth'; and Kedar, and Adbeel, 14 and Mibsam, and Mishma, and Du15 mah, and Massa; °1Hadad', and Tema, 16 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: these

are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages', and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations. 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 (18 people. And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward' Assyria: he abode in the presence of all his

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brethren.

And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham be20) gat Isaac: and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of 'Paddan1aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, 21 to be his wife. And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife 22 conceived. And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, wherefore do I

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24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins 25 in her womb. And the first came

'forth red, all over like 'an' hairy garment; and they called his name 26 Esau. And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. 27 And the boys grew and Esau was

a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a 'plain man, dwelling 28 in tents. Now Isaac loved Esau,

because he did eat of his venison : 29 and Rebekah loved Jacob. ° And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came in 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 31 called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell 32 me 10this day thy birthright. And

Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die and what profit shall the 33 birthright do to me? And Jacob

said, Swear to me 10this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his 34 birthright unto Jacob. And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: 'so' Esau despised his birthright.

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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 2 Philistines unto Gerar. And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 3 sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will Testablish the oath which I sware

That is, One that takes by the heel
or supplants.

Or, quiet Or, harmless! Heb.
perfect.

8 Heb. the red pottage, this red pot

tage.

9 That is, Red.

10 Or, first of all\

VERSION OF 1611.-8 Then; 10 sons; 11 the well; 13 Nebajoth; 15 Hadar; 16 towns. . castles; 18 towards.. (and) . . died; 20 Padan.. to; 22 why am.. thus; 23 manner of people; 25 out..a; 26 out.. took; 28 And.. but; 32 this; 33 to; 34 Then.. thus. XXVI. 1 besides. . Philistims;

3 countries.. perform.

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(4) unto Abraham thy father; and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these 'lands'; 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. 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, My wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah: because 8 she was fair to look upon. 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 11 guiltiness upon us. And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife 12 shall surely be put to death. And

Isaac sowed in that land, and 'found' in the same year an hundredfold: and 13 the LORD blessed him. And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great: 14 and he had 'possessions' of flocks,

and possessions of herds, and 'a' great household' and the Philis15 tines envied him. Now 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 17 than we. And Isaac departed thence,

and 'encamped' in the valley of Gerar, 18 and dwelt there. 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 19 had called them. "And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found

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there a well of springing water. 20 And the herdmen of Gerar Istrovel with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they 'con21 tended' with him. And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of 22 it 4Sitnah. 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 23 in the land. And he went up from 24 thence to Beer-sheba. ° 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 Abra25 ham's sake. 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 Then Abimelech went to him from

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Gerar, and Ahuzzath his 'friend', and 27) Phicol the captain of his 'host'. And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore 'are' ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? 28) And they said, We saw 'plainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us 29 make a covenant with thee; 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 30 the blessed of the LORD. And he

made them a feast, and they did eat 31 and drink. 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 digged, and said unto him, We 33 have found water. And he called it Shibah therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. 34) And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the 35 daughter of Elon the Hittite land they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

That is, Broad places, or, Room. 7 Heb. bitterness of spirit. 6 See ch. xxi. 31.

VERSION OF 1611.—4 (make) .. (to) .. countries; 7 (She is); 8 Philistims; 11 his; 12 Then.. received; 13 and went forward; 14 for.. possession..possession..store of servants.. Philistims; 15 For Philistims; 17 pitched his tent; 18 Philistims; 20 did strive..strove; 26 one of.. friends.. (chief) army; 27 to; 28 certainly; 33 Shebah; 34 Bashemath; 35 which. = [38]

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 elder son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, 2 Here am I. And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of (3 my death. "Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, 4 and take me venison; 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 °Ánd Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, 6 and to bring it. And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy 7 brother, saying, Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the 8 LORD before my death. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according 9 to that which I command thee. 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 father,

that he may eat, 'so' that he may bless 11 thee before his death. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and 12 I am a smooth man. 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 13 a blessing. And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son only obey my voice, and go fetch 14 me them. And he went, and fetched,

and brought them to his mother and his mother made savoury meat, such *15) as his father loved. And Rebekah took the goodly raiment of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob 16 her younger son: and she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his 17 neck 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 19 am I; who art thou, my son?

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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 20 soul may bless me. 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 21 'sent me good speed'. And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau 22 or not. 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 his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. 24 And he said, Art thou my very son 25 Esau? And he said, I am. "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 27 son. 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

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Is as the smell of a field which the
LORD hath blessed :

And God give thee of the dew of
heaven,

And of the fatness of the earth,

And plenty of corn and wine:

Let 'peoples' 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 levery one that blesseth thee.

30 °And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from (31 his hunting. And he also made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto 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 unto him,

Who art thou? And he said, I am thy 33 son, thy firstborn, Esau. And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have

1 Or, Imocker\

VERSION OF 1611.-XXVII. 1 eldest .. (Behold); 3 (some); 10 and; 15 eldest; 20 brought it to; 28 Therefore; 29 people..he; 31 (had); 33 where. = [13]

blessed him? yea, and he shall be (34) blessed. When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with 'an' exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me 35 also, O my father. And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath 36 taken away thy blessing. And he

said, Is not he rightly named 1Jacob? 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 37 not reserved a blessing for me? °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 'then' 38 shall I do 'for thee, my son? And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau 39) lifted up his voice, and wept. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him,

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Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling,

And of the dew of heaven from above;

And by thy sword shalt thou live,

and thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou shalt 'break loosel,

That thou shalt 'shake 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 I slay 42 my brother Jacob. And 'the 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, 43 purposing to kill thee. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother 44 to Haran; and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn 15 away; 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 'bereaved of you both in one day?

1 See ch. xxv. 26.

Or, laway from\

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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, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do 281 me? And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Paddan-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 3 brother. And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a 'com4 pany' of 'peoples'; and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings', 5 which God gave unto Abraham. And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 6 Now! Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to 'Paddani-aram, 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 7 daughters of Canaan; and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and 8 was gone to 'Paddan1-aram: and Esau Isaw that the daughters of Canaan 9) pleased not Isaac his father; and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of 'Nebaioth', to be his wife.

10 And Jacob went out from Beer11 sheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put lit under! his 'head', and lay down in that place 12 to sleep. 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 13 and descending on it. And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will

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VERSION OF 1611.-34 (And)..a; 35 subtilty; 37 now unto; 38 lift; 40 have the dominion.. break; 42 these; 45 deprived also; 46 (which are).. XXVIII. 2 Padan; 3 multitude.. people; 4 wherein thou art a stranger; 5 Padan; 6 When.. Padan; 7 Padan; 8 seeing; 9 then.. Nebajoth; 11 that.. them for.. pillows. [34]

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14 I give it, and to thy seed; 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 15 earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which 16 I have spoken to thee of. And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and 17 I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, 18 and this is the gate of heaven. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his 'head', and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of (19 it. And he called the name of that

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place 2Beth-el: but the name of 'thel 20 city was Luz at the first. 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 21 eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then shall the LORD be my 22 God, and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. 291

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children! (2) of the east. And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying 'there' by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks and the stone upon the well's 3 mouth was great. 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 4 lits place. And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? 5 And they said, Of Haran are we. And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We 6 know him. And he said unto them, Is it well with him? And they said, It is well: and, behold, Rachel his 7 daughter cometh with the sheep. And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep,

1 Heb. break forth.

2 That is, The house of God.

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(8 and go and feed them. And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then (9 we water the sheep. While he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them. 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 11 brother. And Jacob kissed Rachel,

and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told 13 her father. 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

14 things. And Laban said to him,

Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of 15 a month. And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages 16 be? And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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And Leah's eyes were tender; but Rachel was beautiful and well fa18 voured. And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daugh19 ter. And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: 20 abide with me. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for 21 the love he had to her. And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go 22 in unto her. And Laban gathered

together all the men of the place, and 23 made a feast. And it came to pass

in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; 24) and he went in unto her. And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for an handmaid. 25) And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah: and he said

3 Or, and the LORD will be my
God, then this stone &c.

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Heb. lifted up his feet.

VERSION OF 1611. 15 in all places whither; 18 for. pillows; 19 that (called). XXIX. 1 into.. people; 2 (there were).. a; 3 his; 6 he.. He; 8 (till); 9 (And); 17 Leah was.. eyed; 24 maid. . a. = [23]

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