Isaac's story is found in Genesis:
21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD
did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
21:2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time
of which God had spoken to him.
21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah
bare to him, Isaac.
21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had
commanded him.
21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
21:6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will
laugh with me.
21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have
given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old age.
21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the
[same] day that Isaac was weaned.
21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto
Abraham, mocking.
21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for
the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, [even] with Isaac.
21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of
the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee,
hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he [is]
thy seed.
21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of
water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child,
and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of
Beersheba.
21:15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of
the shrubs.
21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against [him] a good way off, as it
were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat
over against [him], and lift up her voice, and wept.
21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar
out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God
hath heard the voice of the lad where he [is].
21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a
great nation.
21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and
filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and
became an archer.
21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife
out of the land of Egypt.
21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief
captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God [is] with thee in all that
thou doest:
21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely
with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: [but] according to the kindness
that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou
hast sojourned.
21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which
Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
21:26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou
tell me, neither yet heard I [of it], but to day.
21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of
them made a covenant.
21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe lambs which
thou hast set by themselves?
21:30 And he said, For [these] seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that
they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of
them.
21:32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and
Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the
Philistines.
21:33 And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name
of the LORD, the everlasting God.
21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
Chapter 22
22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and
said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, [here] I [am].
22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest,
and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering
upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two
of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt
offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar
off.
22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and
the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid [it] upon Isaac
his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of
them together.
22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said,
Here [am] I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where [is]
the lamb for a burnt offering?
22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt
offering: so they went both of them together.
22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an
altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him
on the altar upon the wood.
22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said,
Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I.
22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing
unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld
thy son, thine only [son] from me.
22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind [him] a ram
caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered
him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to]
this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
22:15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second
time,
22:16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast
done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:
22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy
seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore;
and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because
thou hast obeyed my voice.
22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together
to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
22:20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying,
Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
22:21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22:22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
22:23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's
brother.
22:24 And his concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham,
and Thahash, and Maachah.
Chapter 23
23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: [these were] the
years of the life of Sarah.
23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan:
and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
23:3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth,
saying,
23:4 I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a
buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
23:6 Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our
sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but
that thou mayest bury thy dead.
23:7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, [even]
to the children of Heth.
23:8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my
dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
23:9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the
end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a
possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite
answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, [even] of all that
went in at the gate of his city, saying,
23:11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that [is]
therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it
thee: bury thy dead.
23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land,
saying, But if thou [wilt give it], I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money
for the field; take [it] of me, and I will bury my dead there.
23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
23:15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of
silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the
silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred
shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant.
23:17 And the field of Ephron, which [was] in Machpelah, which [was] before
Mamre, the field, and the cave which [was] therein, and all the trees that
[were] in the field, that [were] in all the borders round about, were made sure
23:18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth,
before all that went in at the gate of his city.
23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of
Machpelah before Mamre: the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan.
23:20 And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were made sure unto Abraham
for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
Chapter 24
24:1 And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed
Abraham in all things.
24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all
that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
24:3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of
the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the
Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
24:4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto
my son Isaac.
24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing
to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from
whence thou camest?
24:6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither
again.
24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the
land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying,
Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and
thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
24:8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be
clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and
sware to him concerning that matter.
24:10 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
Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
24:11 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].
24:12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good
speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.
24:13 Behold, I stand [here] by the well of water; and the daughters of the men
of the city come out to draw water:
24:14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down 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 showed kindness unto
my master.
24:15 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.
24:16 And the damsel [was] very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man
known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a
little water of thy pitcher.
24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher
upon her hand, and gave him drink.
24:19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw [water] for
thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
24:20 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.
24:21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had
made his journey prosperous or not.
24:22 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;
24:23 And said, Whose daughter [art] thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room
[in] thy father's house for us to lodge in?
24:24 And she said unto him, I [am] the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah,
which she bare unto Nahor.
24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and
room to lodge in.
24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
24:27 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: I [being] in the way, the
LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
24:28 And the damsel ran, and told [them of] her mother's house these things.
24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban: and Laban ran out
unto the man, unto the well.
24:30 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 the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the
camels at the well.
24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou
without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
24:32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave
straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's
feet that [were] with him.
24:33 And there was set [meat] before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat,
until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
24:34 And he said, I [am] Abraham's servant.
24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and
he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and
maidservants, and camels, and asses.
24:36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and
unto him hath he given all that he hath.
24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son
of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
24:38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a
wife unto my son.
24:39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
24:40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel
with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my
kindred, and of my father's house:
24:41 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.
24:42 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:
24:43 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;
24:44 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.
24:45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth
with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew
[water]: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
24:46 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.
24:47 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
earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
24:48 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
brother's daughter unto his son.
24:49 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.
24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the
LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
24:51 Behold, Rebekah [is] before thee, take [her], and go, and let her be thy
master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
24:52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he
worshipped the LORD, [bowing himself] to the earth.
24:53 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.
24:54 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.
24:55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us [a few]
days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
24:56 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.
24:57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man?
And she said, I will go.
24:59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's
servant, and his men.
24:60 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.
24:61 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.
24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the
south country.
24:63 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.
24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off
the camel.
24:65 For she [had] said unto the servant, What man [is] this that walketh in
the field to meet us? And the servant [had] said, It [is] my master: therefore
she took a veil, and covered herself.
24:66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
24:67 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 comforted after his
mother's [death].
Chapter 25
25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name [was] Keturah.
25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak,
and Shuah.
25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim,
and Letushim, and Leummim.
25:4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and
Eldaah. All these [were] the children of Keturah.
25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts,
and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the
east country.
25:7 And these [are] the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an
hundred threescore and fifteen years.
25:8 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.
25:9 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;
25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham
buried, and Sarah his wife.
25:11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son
Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
25:12 Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the
Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
25:13 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,
25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
25:15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
25:16 These [are] the sons of Ishmael, and these [are] their names, by their
towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
25:17 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
people.
25:18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before Egypt, as thou
goest toward Assyria: [and] he died in the presence of all his brethren.
25:19 And these [are] the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat
Isaac:
25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter
of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
25:21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and
the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be]
so, why [am] I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
25:23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two manner
of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and [the one] people shall be
stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
25:24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, [there were]
twins in her womb.
25:25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they
called his name Esau.
25:26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's
heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] threescore years old when
she bare them.
25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and
Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.
25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison: but Rebekah
loved Jacob.
25:29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:
25:30 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.
25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall
this birthright do to me?
25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold
his birthright unto Jacob.
25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and
drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised [his] birthright.
Chapter 26
26:1 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 Philistines unto
Gerar.
26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in
the land which I shall tell thee of:
26:3 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;
26:4 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;
26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments,
my statutes, and my laws.
26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
26:7 And the men of the place asked [him] 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.
26:8 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.
26:9 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.
26:10 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
guiltiness upon us.
26:11 And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying, He that toucheth this man
or his wife shall surely be put to death.
26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an
hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
26:13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very
great:
26:14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store
of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
26:15 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.
26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than
we.
26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar,
and dwelt there.
26:18 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 the names by which his father had
called them.
26:19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of
springing water.
26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The
water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove
with him.
26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the
name of it Sitnah.
26:22 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.
26:23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
26:24 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 Abraham's sake.
26:25 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.
26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends,
and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and
have sent me away from you?
26:28 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;
26:29 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: thou [art]
now the blessed of the LORD.
26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
26:31 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.
26:32 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.
26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba
unto this day.
26:34 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:
26:35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Chapter 27
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 eldest son, and said unto him, My son:
and he said unto him, Behold, [here am] I.
27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and
go out to the field, and take me [some] venison;
27:4 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.
27:5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the
field to hunt [for] venison, [and] to bring [it].
27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father
speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
27:7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee
before the LORD before my death.
27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command
thee.
27:9 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:
27:10 And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may
bless thee before his death.
27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy
man, and I [am] a smooth man:
27:12 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.
27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me [be] thy curse, my son: only obey my
voice, and go fetch me [them].
27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought [them] to his mother: and his mother
made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
27:15 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:
27:16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon
the smooth of his neck:
27:17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into
the hand of her son Jacob.
27:18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here [am]
I; who [art] thou, my son?
27:19 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.
27:20 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.
27:21 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.
27:22 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.
27:23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother
Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
27:24 And he said, [Art] thou my very son Esau? And he said, I [am].
27:25 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.
27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27:27 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:
27:28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the
earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
27:29 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 that blesseth thee.
27:30 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.
27:31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and
said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that
thy soul may bless me.
27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who [art] thou? And he said, I [am]
thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, 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.
27:34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and
exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, [even] me also, O my
father.
27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath taken away thy
blessing.
27:36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? 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 not reserved a blessing for me?
27:37 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?
27:38 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.
27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling
shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it
shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his
yoke from off thy neck.
27:41 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 my brother Jacob.
27:42 And these 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, [purposing] to kill thee.
27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my
brother to Haran;
27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
27:45 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?
27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters
of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which
are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Chapter 28
28:1 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.
28:2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and
take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee,
that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
28:4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee;
that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave
unto Abraham.
28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of
Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
28:6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram,
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 daughters of Canaan;
28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
28:8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
28:9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath
the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because
the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put [them for] his
pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
28:12 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 and descending on it.
28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of
Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee
will I give it, and to thy seed;
28:14 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 earth be blessed.
28:15 And, behold, I [am] with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] whither
thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee,
until I have done [that] which I have spoken to thee of.
28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this
place; and I knew [it] not.
28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none
other but the house of God, and this [is] the gate of heaven.
28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put
[for] his pillows, and set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of
it.
28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city
[was called] Luz at the first.
28:20 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 eat, and raiment to put on,
28:21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be
my God:
28:22 And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be God's house: and
of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Chapter 29
29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the
east.
29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there [were] three
flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a
great stone [was] upon the well's mouth.
29:3 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 his place.
29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of
Haran [are] we.
29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We
know [him].
29:6 And he said unto them, [Is] he well? And they said, [He is] well: and,
behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
29:7 And he said, Lo, [it is] yet high day, neither [is it] time that the cattle
should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go [and] feed [them].
29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and
[till] they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for
she kept them.
29:10 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 brother.
29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
29:12 And Jacob told Rachel that he [was] her father's brother, and that he
[was] Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.
29:13 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 things.
29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my bone and my flesh. And he
abode with him the space of a month.
29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou [art] my brother, shouldest thou
therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what [shall] thy wages [be]?
29:16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder [was] Leah, and the
name of the younger [was] Rachel.
29:17 Leah [was] tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel
thy younger daughter.
29:19 And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee, than that I should
give her to another man: abide with me.
29:20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a
few days, for the love he had to her.
29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled,
that I may go in unto her.
29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
29:23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and
brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid [for] an handmaid.
29:25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it [was] Leah: and he
said to Laban, What [is] this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee
for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger
before the firstborn.
29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which
thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his
daughter to wife also.
29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah,
and served with him yet seven other years.
29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened her womb: but
Rachel [was] barren.
29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for
she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my
husband will love me.
29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath
heard that I [was] hated, he hath therefore given me this [son] also: and she
called his name Simeon.
29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my
husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his
name called Levi.
29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise
the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
Chapter 30
30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her
sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in God's
stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
30:3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear
upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
30:4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
30:5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
30:6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath
given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
30:7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and
I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
30:9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave
her Jacob to wife.
30:10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
30:12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she
called his name Asher.
30:14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the
field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me,
I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
30:15 And she said unto her, [Is it] a small matter that thou hast taken my
husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said,
Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet
him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my
son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth
son.
30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden
to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
30:20 And Leah said, God hath endued me [with] a good dowry; now will my husband
dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
30:21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my
reproach:
30:24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another
son.
30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto
Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
30:26 Give [me] my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let
me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine
eyes, [tarry: for] I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me
for thy sake.
30:28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give [it].
30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy
cattle was with me.
30:30 For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came], and it is [now]
increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and
now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
30:31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give
me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed [and] keep
thy flock.
30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the
speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the
spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of such] shall be my hire.
30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall
come for my hire before thy face: every one that [is] not speckled and spotted
among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with
me.
30:34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
30:35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstreaked and spotted,
and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, [and] every one that had
[some] white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave [them] into the
hand of his sons.
30:36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed
the rest of Laban's flocks.
30:37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut
tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which [was] in
the rods.
30:38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters
in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive
when they came to drink.
30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle
ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.
30:40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward
the ringstreaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own
flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that
Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they
might conceive among the rods.
30:42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put [them] not in: so the feebler were
Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants,
and menservants, and camels, and asses.
Chapter 31
31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all
that [was] our father's; and of [that] which [was] our father's hath he gotten
all this glory.
31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it [was] not toward
him as before.
31:3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to
thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
31:5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it [is] not
toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
31:6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God
suffered him not to hurt me.
31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare
speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy hire; then bare all
the cattle ringstreaked.
31:9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.
31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted
up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the
cattle [were] ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled.
31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, [saying], Jacob: And I
said, Here [am] I.
31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon
the cattle [are] ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that
Laban doeth unto thee.
31:13 I [am] the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, [and] where
thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return
unto the land of thy kindred.
31:14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, [Is there] yet any portion
or inheritance for us in our father's house?
31:15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite
devoured also our money.
31:16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that [is] ours,
and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
31:17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
31:18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten,
the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac
his father in the land of Canaan.
31:19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that
[were] her father's.
31:20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not
that he fled.
31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the
river, and set his face [toward] the mount Gilead.
31:22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days'
journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
31:24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him,
Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
31:25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount:
and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
31:26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away
unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives [taken] with the
sword?
31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst
not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with
tabret, and with harp?
31:28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now
done foolishly in [so] doing.
31:29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father
spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob
either good or bad.
31:30 And now, [though] thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst
after thy father's house, [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
31:31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said,
Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
31:32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our
brethren discern thou what [is] thine with me, and take [it] to thee. For Jacob
knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
31:33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two
maidservants' tents; but he found [them] not. Then went he out of Leah's tent,
and entered into Rachel's tent.
31:34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture,
and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found [them] not.
31:35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot
rise up before thee; for the custom of women [is] upon me. And he searched, but
found not the images.
31:36 And Jacob was wroth, and chided with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to
Laban, What [is] my trespass? what [is] my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued
after me?
31:37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy
household stuff? set [it] here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they
may judge betwixt us both.
31:38 This twenty years [have] I [been] with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats
have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
31:39 That which was torn [of beasts] I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss
of it; of my hand didst thou require it, [whether] stolen by day, or stolen by
night.
31:40 [Thus] I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night;
and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years
for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my
wages ten times.
31:42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac,
had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine
affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked [thee] yesternight.
31:43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, [These] daughters [are] my
daughters, and [these] children [are] my children, and [these] cattle [are] my
cattle, and all that thou seest [is] mine: and what can I do this day unto these
my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
31:44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be
for a witness between me and thee.
31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.
31:46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and
made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
31:47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
31:48 And Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between me and thee this day.
Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
31:49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are
absent one from another.
31:50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take [other] wives
beside my daughters, no man [is] with us; see, God [is] witness betwixt me and
thee.
31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold [this] pillar, which
I have cast betwixt me and thee;
31:52 This heap [be] witness, and [this] pillar [be] witness, that I will not
pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and
this pillar unto me, for harm.
31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge
betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to
eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
31:55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his
daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
Chapter 32
32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God's host: and he called the
name of that place Mahanaim.
32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of
Seir, the country of Edom.
32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy
servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until
now:
32:5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and
I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau,
and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people
that [was] with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
32:8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other
company which is left shall escape.
32:9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the
LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I
will deal well with thee:
32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth,
which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this
Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of
Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, [and] the mother with the
children.
32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand
of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
32:13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his
hand a present for Esau his brother;
32:14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty
rams,
32:15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty
she asses, and ten foals.
32:16 And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by
themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space
betwixt drove and drove.
32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee,
and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose
[are] these before thee?
32:18 Then thou shalt say, [They be] thy servant Jacob's; it [is] a present sent
unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he [is] behind us.
32:19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the
droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
32:20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he
said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I
will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
32:21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the
company.
32:22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two
womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
32:23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the
breaking of the day.
32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow
of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled
with him.
32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let
thee go, except thou bless me.
32:27 And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said, Jacob.
32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a
prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
32:29 And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he
said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him
there.
32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to
face, and my life is preserved.
32:31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his
thigh.
32:32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not [of] the sinew which shrank,
which [is] upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the
hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
Chapter 33
33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with
him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel,
and unto the two handmaids.
33:2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her
children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
33:3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven
times, until he came near to his brother.
33:4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and
kissed him: and they wept.
33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said,
Who [are] those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously
given thy servant.
33:6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed
themselves.
33:7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after
came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
33:8 And he said, What [meanest] thou by all this drove which I met? And he
said, [These are] to find grace in the sight of my lord.
33:9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
33:10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight,
then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as
though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
33:11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath
dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he
took [it].
33:12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before
thee.
33:13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children [are] tender, and
the flocks and herds with young [are] with me: and if men should overdrive them
one day, all the flock will die.
33:14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on
softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to
endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
33:15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee [some] of the folk that [are]
with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my
lord.
33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
33:17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths
for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of
Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
33:19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the
hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
Chapter 34
34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see
the daughters of the land.
34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw
her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the
damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to
wife.
34:5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were
with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
34:6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
34:7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard [it]: and the
men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in
Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
34:8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth
for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
34:9 And make ye marriages with us, [and] give your daughters unto us, and take
our daughters unto you.
34:10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and
trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace
in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall
say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully,
and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
34:14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to
one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach unto us:
34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we [be], that every
male of you be circumcised;
34:16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters
to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take
our daughter, and we will be gone.
34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
34:19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in
Jacob's daughter: and he [was] more honourable than all the house of his father.
34:20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and
communed with the men of their city, saying,
34:21 These men [are] peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land,
and trade therein; for the land, behold, [it is] large enough for them; let us
take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
34:22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one
people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they [are] circumcised.
34:23 [Shall] not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs
[be] ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
34:24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the
gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate
of his city.
34:25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the
sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and
came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
34:26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and
took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they
had defiled their sister.
34:28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which
[was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field,
34:29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they
captive, and spoiled even all that [was] in the house.
34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink
among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and
I [being] few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and
slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
Chapter 35
35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make
there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the
face of Esau thy brother.
35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put
away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be clean, and change your
garments:
35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto
God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which
I went.
35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand,
and [all their] earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under
the oak which [was] by Shechem.
35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were]
round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel,
he and all the people that [were] with him.
35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there
God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
35:8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under
an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and
blessed him.
35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name [is] Jacob: thy name shall not be called
any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
35:11 And God said unto him, I [am] God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a
nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of
thy loins;
35:12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and
to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
35:13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
35:14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, [even] a
pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil
thereon.
35:15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
35:16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to
Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
35:17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said
unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
35:18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she
called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is]
Bethlehem.
35:20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's
grave unto this day.
35:21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and
lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard [it]. Now the sons of
Jacob were twelve:
35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and
Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
35:24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
35:25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
35:26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these [are] the
sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah,
which [is] Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
35:28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people,
[being] old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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