Genesis:26-28

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* And there was a famine in the land , beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham . And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar . * And the LORD appeared unto him , and said , Go not down into Egypt ; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of : * 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 ; * 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 ; * Because that Abraham obeyed 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 , She is my wife ; lest , said he , the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah ; because she was fair to look upon . * And it came to pass , when he had been there a long time , that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window , and saw , and , behold , Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife . * 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 . * 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 . * And Abimelech charged all his people , saying , He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death . * Then Isaac sowed in that land , and received in the same year an hundredfold : and the LORD blessed him . * And the man waxed great , and went forward , and grew until he became very great : * For he had possession of flocks , and possession of herds , and great store of servants : and the Philistines envied him . * 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 . * And Abimelech said unto Isaac , Go from us ; for thou art much mightier than we . * And Isaac departed thence , and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar , and dwelt there . * And Isaac digged again the wells of water , which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father ; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham : and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them . * And Isaac 's servants digged in the valley , and found there a well of springing water . * 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 . * And they digged another well , and strove for that also : and he called the name of it Sitnah . * 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 . * And he went up from thence to Beersheba . * 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 . * 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 . * Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar , and Ahuzzath one of his friends , and Phichol the chief captain of his army . * And Isaac said unto them , Wherefore come ye to me , seeing ye hate me , and have sent me away from you ? * 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 ; * 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 . * And he made them a feast , and they did eat and drink . * And they rose up betimes in the morning , and sware one to another : and Isaac sent them away , and they departed from him in peace . * 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 . * And he called it Shebah : therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day . * 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 : * Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah . * 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 . * And 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 some venison ; * And make me savoury meat , such as I love , and bring it to me , that I may eat ; that my soul may bless thee before I die . * And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son . And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison , and to bring it . * And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son , saying , Behold , I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother , saying , * Bring me venison , and make me savoury meat , that I may eat , and bless thee before the LORD before my death . * Now therefore , my son , obey 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 meat for thy father , such as he loveth : * And thou shalt bring it to thy father , that he may eat , and 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 : * 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 . * And his mother said unto him , Upon me be thy curse , my son : only obey my voice , and go fetch me them . * And he went , and fetched , and brought them to his mother : and his mother made savoury meat , such as his father loved . * 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 : * And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands , and upon the smooth of his neck : * And she gave the savoury meat and the bread , which she had prepared , into the hand of her son Jacob . * And he came unto his father , and said , My father : and he said , Here am I ; who art thou , my son ? * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And he discerned him not , because his hands were hairy , as his brother Esau 's hands : so he blessed him . * And he said , Art thou my very son Esau ? And he said , I am . * And he said , Bring it near to me , and I will eat of my son 's venison , that my soul may bless thee . And he brought it near to him , and he did eat : and he brought him wine , and he drank . * And his father Isaac said unto him , Come near now , and kiss me , my son . * And he came near , and kissed him : and he smelled the smell of his raiment , and blessed him , and said , See , the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed : * Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven , and the fatness of the earth , and plenty of corn and wine : * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And Isaac his father said unto him , Who art thou ? And he said , I am thy son , thy firstborn Esau . * 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 . * 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 . * And he said , Thy brother came with subtilty , and hath taken away thy blessing . * 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 ? * 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 ? * 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 . * 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 ; * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * Now therefore , my son , obey my voice ; and arise , flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran ; * And tarry with him a few days , until thy brother 's fury turn away ; * Until thy brother 's anger turn away from thee , and he forget that which thou hast done to him : then I will send , and fetch thee from thence : why should I be deprived also of you both in one day ? * 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 ? * 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 . * 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 . * And God Almighty bless thee , and make thee fruitful , and multiply thee , that thou mayest be a multitude of people ; * 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 . * 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 . * 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 ; * And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother , and was gone to Padanaram ; * And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father ; * 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 . * And Jacob went out from Beersheba , and went toward Haran . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 ; * 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 . * 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 . * And Jacob awaked out of his sleep , and he said , Surely the LORD is in this place ; and I knew it not . * 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 . * 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 . * And he called the name of that place Bethel : but the name of that city was called Luz at the first . * And Jacob vowed a vow , saying , If God will be with me , and will keep me in this way that I go , and will give me bread to eat , and raiment to put on , * So that I come again to my father 's house in peace ; then shall the LORD be my God : * 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 . * Then Jacob went on his journey , and came into the land of the people of the east .

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