The servant sheweth his message. ver. 4. rver. 5. •ver. 7. ich. 17. 1. " ver. 8. ver. 12. "ver. 13. ver, 15, &c. i Sam.1. 13. z Ez. 16. 11, 12. ver. 26. ch. 22. 23. ch. 47. 29. Josh. 2. 14. Ps. 118. 23. Matt. 21. 42. GENESIS. Isaac meeteth Rebekah. 38 But thou shalt go unto my father's 52 And it came to pass, that, when Abrahouse, and to my kindred, and take a wife ham's servant heard their words, he worunto my son. shipped the LORD, bowing himself to the ver. 26. vessels. & 11. 2. & 39 And I said unto my master, Perad-earth. u 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: W 43 Behold, I stand by the well of wa- 55 And her brother and her mother said, 57 And they said, We will call the dam- 59 And they sent away Rebekah their m 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. 62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the southch. 16. 14. country. 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. & 25. 11. or to pray. Josh. 1.8. Ps. 1. 2. & 77. 12. & 119. 15. & 143. 5. 48 And I bowed down my head, and 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and 49 And 50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, "The thing proceedeth from the Mark 12. 11. LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. ⚫ ch. 31. 24. 66 And the servant told Isaac all things 67 And Isaac brought her into his moth- с Abraham's age and death. a 1 Chr. 1. 32. b ch. 24. 36. c ch. 21. 14. 4 Judg. 6. 3. • ch. 15. 15. & 49. 29. 1 ch. 35. 29. & 49. 33. ch. 35. 29. & 50. 13. h ch. 23. 16. 1 ch. 49. 31. ch. 16. 14. & 24. 62. 'ch. 16. 15. m 1 Chr. 1. 29. Or. Hadad, 1 Chr. 1. 30. " ch. 17. 20. CHAPTER XXV. GENESIS. The birth of Esau and Jacob. 。 ver. 8. years and he gave up the ghost and 1 The sons of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The division of died, and was gathered unto his people. his goods. 7 His age, and death. 9 His burial. 12 18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the +Heb. fell, presence of all his brethren. 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. 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 ; 10 The field which Abraham purchased 11 ¶ And it came to pass after the death of m 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, 14 And Mishma, 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 princes according to their nations. 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven Isaac denieth his wife. ch. 12. 10. b ch. 20. 2. • ch. 12. 1. d ch. 20. 1. Ps. 39. 12. Heb. 11. 9. • ch. 28. 15. ch. 12. 2. ch. 13. 15. & 15. 18. h ch. 22. 16. Ps. 105. 9. GENESIS. ND there was a famine in the land, The wells which Isaac digged. 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of Il servants: and the Philistines "envied or, him. W 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 husbandry. " ch. 37. 11. Ecc. 4. 4. *ch. 21. 30. Abesides the first famine that was in from us; for thou art much mightier Ex. 1.3. ΑΝ b the days of Abraham. And Isaac went 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; 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto ch. 12. 3. & thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed : i ch. 15. 5. & 22. 17. 22. 18. 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 lain with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guilti ness upon us. 11 And Abimelech charged all his peo- 13 And the man waxed great, and went Prov. 10.22 forward, and grew until he became very great: + Heb. went going. than we. X 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 names after they ch. 21. 31. names by which his father had called them. 19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of tspring-+Heb. ing water. living. 20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive ch. 21. 25. with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. That is 21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. Contention. 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 Beer-sheba. с Room. a ch. 17. 6. & 28. 3. & 41. 52. Ex. 1. 7. 24. 12. & 28. 13. Ex. 3. 6. Acts 7. 32. c ch. 15. 1. d ver. 3, 4. 24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of ch. 17. 7. & 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 'called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. e 13. 18. ch. 12. 7. & Ps. 116. 17. ch. 21. 22. Judg. 11. 7. i ver. 16. ing we saw. +Heb. See- + Heb. If 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have &c. Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. I ch. 24. 31. Ps. 115, 15. I ch. 19. 3. ach. 21. 31. That is, An oath. ⚫ ch. 21. 31. That is, done unto thee nothing but good, and er, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy m 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 digged, and said unto him, We have found water. 33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto The well of this day. the oath. P ch. 36. 2. 4 ch. 27. 46. & 28. 1, 8. + Heb. bitterness of spirit. "ch. 48. 10. 1 Sam. 3. 2. James 4. 14. ⚫ch. 25. 27, 28. b 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: man, and I am a smooth man: i 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. 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 t" 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 35 Which were a grief of mind unto the bread, which she had prepared, into Isaac and to Rebekah. CHAPTER XXVII. 1 Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. 6 Rebekah instructeth Jacob to obtain the blessing. 15 Jacob under the person of Esau obtaineth it. 30 Esau bringeth venison. 33 Isaac trembleth. 34 Esau complaineth, and by importunity obtaineth a blessing. 41 He threateneth Jacob. 42 Rebekah disappointeth it. 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, AND it came to pass, that when Isaac sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul ver. 4. C 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 Prov. 27.1. know not the day of my death: 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go +Heb. hunt. 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 inay 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 savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death. 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and 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, and that he may bless thee before his death. 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his moth 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, 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 his hands were hairy, as his brother 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 ver. 4. 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 Hos. 14. 6. of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: Jacob obtaineth the blessing. ch. 45. 18. * Deut. 33. 28. Y ch. 9. 25. & 25. 23. ch. 49. 8. a ch. 12. 3. Num. 24. 9. ver. 4. + Heb. trembled with a great ly. + Heb. W GENESIS. of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, X a 29 Let people serve thee, and nations 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, 33 And Isaac trembled very exceeding in treatly, 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. hunted. ⚫ch. 28. 3, 4. Rom. 11. 29. 34 And when Esau heard the words of Heb. 12. 17. his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his fa ⚫ch. 25. 26. That is, A supplanter. 'ch. 25. 33. Jacob is sent to Padan-aram. days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau her elder Obad. 10. 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, pur-«Ps. 64. 5. posing to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; ch. 11. 31. 44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; 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? 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 ch. 24. 3. daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? CHAPTER XXVIII. 1 Isaac blesseth Jacob, and sendeth him to Padan-aram. a ther, Bless me, even une also, O my father. A him, and charged him, and said unto ch. 26. 35. & 28. 8. a ch. 27. 33. ch. 24. 3. Hos. 12. 12. ch.25.2 fch. 24. 29. 35 And he said, Thy brother came with him, "Thou shalt not take a wife of the subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. daughters of Canaan. 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named 2 Arise, go to "Padan-aram, to the house Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take two times: he took away my birthright; thee a wife from thence of the daughters and, behold, now he hath taken away my of Laban thy mother's brother. blessing. And he said, Hast thou not 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and ch. 17. 1, 6. reserved a blessing for me? make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that 37 And Isaac answered and said unto thou mayest be a multitude of people; Fulfilled Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, 4 And give thee the blessing of Abra-people. and all his brethren have I given to him ham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; for servants; and with corn and wine that thou mayest inherit the land where- +Heb. of the have I sustained him: and what shall in thou art a stranger, which God gavegs I do now unto thee, my son? 39 And Isaac his father answered and 6 When Esau saw that Isaac had bless- 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and 'shalt serve thy brother: and it shall d. 18, 19, come to pass when thou shalt have the 3 Kings 8. dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. 20. ed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan- + Heb. an assembly of ch. 12. 2. sojourn i ch. 17. 8. ch. 24. 3. & 26. 35. 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and she is called Bashemath. |