brother and her mother said: 'Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.' 56And he said unto them: 'Delay me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.' 57And they said: We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.' 58And they called Rebekah, and said unto her: 'Wilt thou go with this man?' And she said: 'I will go.' 59And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her: 'Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.' 61And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 62And Isaac came from the way of Beerlahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South. 63And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming. 64And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel. 65And she said unto the servant: 'What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?' And the servant said: 'It is my master.' And she took her veil, and covered herself. 66And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved And Isaac was comforted for ed for my master's son. 45And before Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and תולדת Ishbak, and Shuah. And Jokshan years; and he expired and died; and begot Sheba, and Dedan. And the was gathered unto his people. 18 And sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, Letushim, and Leummim. And the that is before Egypt, as thou goest sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, toward Asshur: over against all his and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. brethren he did settle. All these were the children of Keturah. "And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. "But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. "And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years. And Abraham expired, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and 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; 10the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth; there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. "And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelt by Beerlahai-roi.. 19And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begot Isaac. 20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean, of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 21And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD let Himself be entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22And the children struggled together within her; and she said: 'If it be so, wherefore do I live?' And she went to inquire of the LORD. 23 And the LORD said unto her: Two nations are in thy womb, And the one people shall be stronger And the elder shall serve the young er. 12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar 24And when her days to be delivered the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, were fulfilled, behold, there were twins bore unto Abraham. 13And these are in her womb. 25And the first came the names of the sons of Ishmael, by forth ruddy, all over like a hairy their names, according to their gen- mantle; and they called his name erations: the first-born of Ishmael, Esau. 26And after that came forth Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, his brother, and his hand had hold on and Mibsam, 14and Mishma, and Du- Esau's heel; and his name was called mah, and Massa; 15Hadad, and Tema, Jacob. And Isaac was threescore Jetur, Naphish, and Kedem; 16these years old when she bore them. 27And are the sons of Ishmael, and these are the boys grew; and Esau was a cuntheir names, by their villages, and ning hunter, a man of the field; and by their encampments; twelve princes Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in according to their nations. 17 And tents. 28Now Isaac loved Esau, bethese are the years of the life of Ish- cause he did eat of his venison; and mael, a hundred and thirty and seven Rebekah loved Jacob. 29And Jacob a That is, One that takes by the heel, or, supplants. sod pottage; and Esau came in from tines looked out at a window, and the field, and he was faint. 30And saw, and, behold, Isaac was sportEsau said to Jacob: 'Let me swallow, ing with Rebekah his wife. 9And I pray thee, some of this red, red Abimelech called Isaac, and said: pottage; for I am faint.' Therefore 'Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; was his name called aEdom. 31And and how saidst thou: She is my Jacob said: 'Sell me first thy birthright.' 32And Esau said: 'Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?' 33 And Jacob said: 'Swear to me first'; and he swore unto him; and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 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. 26 And there was a famine in the sister?' And Isaac said unto him: 'Because I said: Lest I die because of her.' 10And Abimelech said: 'What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.' "And Abimelech charged all the people, saying: 'He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.' 12And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year land, beside the first famine that a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed was in the days of Abraham. And him. 13And the man waxed great, and Isaac went unto Abimelech king of grew more and more until he became the Philistines unto Gerar. And the very great. 14And he had possessions LORD appeared unto him, and said: of flocks, and possessions of herds, 'Go not down into Egypt; dwell in and a great household; and the the land which I shall tell thee of. Philistines envied him. 15Now all the Sojourn in this land, and I will be wells which his father's servants had with thee, and will bless thee; for unto digged in the days of Abraham his thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all | father, the Philistines had stopped these lands, and I will establish the them, and filled them with earth. oath which I swore unto Abraham 16And Abimelech said unto Isaac: thy father; and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and by thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves; "because that Abraham hearkened to My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.' "And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. '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 the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she is fair to look upon.' And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philis 'Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.' 17And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18And 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. 19And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of living water. 20And the herdmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdmen, saying: "The water is ours.' And he called the name of the well bEsek; because they cona That is, Red. b That is, Contention. 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 daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35And they were a bitterness of spirit unto Isaac and to Rebekah. 27 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: 'Here am I.' 2And he said: 'Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death. Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison; and make me savoury food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.' And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring tended with him. 21And they digged another well, and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it aSitnah. 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.' 23And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 24And 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.' 25And 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. 26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host. 27 And Isaac said unto them: 'Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away it. "And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob 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 make a covenant with thee; 29that 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. 30And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32And 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 a That is, Enmity. her son, saying: 'Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying: "Bring me venison, and make me savoury food, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death. Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice according 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 food for thy father, such as he loveth; 10and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.' "And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother: 'Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. 12My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a mocker; and I shall bring a curse b That is, Room. upon me, and not a blessing.' And his mother said unto him: 'Upon me be thy curse, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go fetch me them.' 14And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savoury food, such as his father loved. 15And Rebekah took the choicest garments of Esau her elder son, 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 food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 18And he came unto his father, and said: 'My father'; and he said: 'Here am I; who art thou, my son?' 19And 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.' 20And 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 sent me good speed.' 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.' 22And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said: "The voice is the voice of Jacob, 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. 24And 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. 26And his father Isaac said unto him: 'Come near now, and kiss me, my son.' 27And 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. 28So God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fat places of the earth, And plenty of corn and wine. 29Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee. And let thy mother's sons bow down Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee. 30And 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. And he also made savoury food, 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 son, thy first-born, Esau.' 33And 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 blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.' 34When 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 also, O my father.' 35And he said: 'Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.' 36And he said: 'Is not he rightly named |