Genesis 27:1 — Genesis 27:22

1 Now when Isaac was old, and his eyes had become so dim that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, My son. And he said to him, Here I am.

2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, and I do not know the day of my death.

3 Now then, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt game for me,

4 And prepare for me a tasty meal, such as I love, and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.

5 Now Rebekah had been listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring it home,

6 Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, I just heard your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying,

7 Bring me game, and prepare for me a tasty meal so that I may eat it and bless you before Jehovah before my death.

8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice, according to that which I command you.

9 Go now to the flock, and take two choice kids for me from there, and I will prepare them as a tasty meal for your father, such as he loves.

10 Then you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you 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 Perhaps my father will feel me, and I will be as a deceiver in his sight, and I will bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing.

13 And his mother said to him, Your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.

14 And he went and got them and brought them to his mother; and his mother prepared a tasty meal, such as his father loved.

15 And Rebekah took the best clothes of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

16 And she put the skins of the kids on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

17 And she put the tasty meal and the bread that she had prepared into the hand of Jacob her son.

18 And he came to his father and said, My father. And he said, Here I am. Who are you, my son?

19 And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me. Now rise up; sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.

20 And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah your God put it in my way.

21 And Isaac said to Jacob, Please come near that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.

22 And Jacob came near to Isaac his father. And he felt him and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are Esau’s hands.

Genesis 26:12 — Genesis 26:35

12 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. And Jehovah blessed him,

13 And the man became rich and continued to grow richer until he became very rich.

14 And he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.

15 Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father the Philistines had stopped up and filled with earth.

16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.

17 So Isaac went away from there and camped in the valley of Gerar and dwelt there.

18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, and which the Philistines had stopped up after the death of Abraham; and he called them by the same names which his father had given them.

19 And Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing water.

20 And the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac’s shepherds, saying, The water is ours. So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

21 And they dug another well; and they strove over that also, so he called the name of it Sitnah.

22 And he moved away from there and dug another well, but they did not strive over it, so he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, Now Jehovah has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.

23 And he went up from there to Beer-sheba.

24 And Jehovah appeared to him the same night and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not be afraid, for I am with you, and I will bless you and multiply your seed for My servant Abraham’s sake.

25 And he built an altar there and called upon the name of Jehovah and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

26 And Abimelech came to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the captain of his army.

27 And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?

28 And they said, We see plainly that Jehovah is with you; so we say, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,

29 That you will not do us any harm, just as we have not touched you, and just as we have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of Jehovah.

30 And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

31 And they rose up early in the morning and swore to one another. And Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

32 And the same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well which they had dug and said to him, We have found water.

33 And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

34 Now when Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35 And they caused bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

Genesis 25:22 — Genesis 26:11

22 And the children struggled with each other within her. And she said, If it is so, why am I like this? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.

23 And Jehovah said to her, Two nations are in your womb, And two peoples shall be separated from your bowels. And the one people shall be stronger than the other people. And the older shall serve the younger.

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

25 And the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

26 And after that his brother came forth, and his hand was holding on to Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

27 And when the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.

28 Now Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

29 And Jacob cooked a stew. And Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.

30 And Esau said to Jacob, Let me swallow down some of the red stew, that red stew there, for I am faint. Therefore his name was called Edom.

31 And Jacob said, First sell me your birthright.

32 And Esau said, I am now about to die, so of what use is this birthright to me?

33 And Jacob said, First swear to me. And he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

CHAPTER 26

1 And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines at Gerar.

2 And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I will tell you.

3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you; for to you and to your seed I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

4 And I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven and will give to your seed all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed,

5 Because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.

6 So Isaac dwelt in Gerar.

7 And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister, for he was afraid to say, My wife, thinking, The men of this place might slay me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful in appearance.

8 And when he had been there a long time, Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked out through his window and saw, and there was Isaac playfully caressing Rebekah his wife.

9 And Abimelech called Isaac and said, So she is indeed your wife. How then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I thought I might die on account of her.

10 And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.

11 And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

Genesis 25:1 — Genesis 25:21

1 And Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.

2 And she bore him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.

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

4 And the sons of Midian: Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

5 And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.

6 But to the sons of the concubines that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. And he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he was still living, eastward to the east country.

7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, one hundred seventy-five years.

8 And Abraham expired and died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and he was gathered to his people.

9 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 faces Mamre,

10 The field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife.

11 And after the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi.

12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s female servant, bore to Abraham.

13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam

14 And Mishma and Dumah and Massa;

15 Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their peoples.

17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred thirty-seven years. And he expired and died and was gathered to his people.

18 And they dwelt from Havilah to Shur, which faces Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He settled down opposite all his brothers.

19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham begot Isaac.

20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.

21 And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife because she was barren. And Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Genesis 24:43 — Genesis 24:67

43 I am standing here by the spring of water, so let the maiden who comes out to draw water, to whom I will say, Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,

44 And she will say to me, Drink, and I will also draw water for your camels – let her be the woman whom Jehovah has appointed for my master’s son.

45 Before I had finished speaking in my heart, there came Rebekah, and her pitcher was on her shoulder. And she went down to the spring and drew water. And I said to her, Please let me drink.

46 And she hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder and said, Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink. So I drank, and she also gave the camels a drink.

47 And I asked her and said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him. And I put the nose-ring upon her nose and the bracelets upon her hands.

48 And I bowed and worshipped Jehovah and blessed Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son.

49 And now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me so; but if not, tell me so, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.

50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The matter comes from Jehovah; we cannot speak to you bad or good.

51 Here is Rebekah before you: Take her, and go; and let her be the wife of your master’s son, as Jehovah has spoken.

52 And when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the earth to Jehovah.

53 And the servant brought forth silver jewelry and gold jewelry and clothing and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.

54 And they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and spent the night. And they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away to my master.

55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the girl stay with us a few days, ten or so; after that she may go.

56 And he said to them, Do not delay me, since Jehovah has made my journey prosperous. Send me away that I may go to my master.

57 And they said, Let us call the girl and ask her.

58 And they called Rebekah and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go.

59 So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.

60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, May you, our sister, become Thousands of ten thousands, And may your seed possess The gate of those who hate them.

61 And Rebekah arose with her maids, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah and went away.

62 Now Isaac had come from going to Beer-lahai-roi, for he was dwelling in the region of the Negev.

63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening. And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, camels were coming.

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

65 And she said to the servant, Who is this man who is walking in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master. And she took her veil and covered herself.

66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

67 And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother. And he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after the death of his mother.