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 to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar . * And the LORD appeared to him , and said , Go not down into Egypt ; dwell in the land which I shall tell you of : * 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 countries , and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father ; * And I will make your seed to multiply as the stars of heaven , and will give to your seed all these countries ; and in your 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 dwelled 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 on . * 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 your wife ; and how said you , She is my sister ? And Isaac said to him , Because I said , Lest I die for her . * And Abimelech said , What is this you have done to us ? one of the people might lightly have lien with your wife , and you should have brought guiltiness on us . * And Abimelech charged all his people , saying , He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death . * Then Isaac sowed in that land , and received in the same year an hundred times : 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 ' servants had dig in the days of Abraham his father , the Philistines had stopped them , and filled them with earth . * And Abimelech said to Isaac , Go from us ; for you are much mightier than we . * And Isaac departed there , and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar , and dwelled there . * And Isaac dig again the wells of water , which they had dig 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 ' servants dig in the valley , and found there a well of springing water . * And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac ' herdsmen , saying , The water is ours : and he called the name of the well Esek ; because they strove with him . * And they dig another well , and strove for that also : and he called the name of it Sitnah . * And he removed from there , and dig another well ; and for that they strove not : and he called the name of it Rehoboth ; and he said , For now the LORD has made room for us , and we shall be fruitful in the land . * And he went up from there to Beersheba . * And the LORD appeared to him the same night , and said , I am the God of Abraham your father : fear not , for I am with you , and will bless you , and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham ' sake . * And he built an altar there , and called on the name of the LORD , and pitched his tent there : and there Isaac ' servants dig 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 to them , Why come you to me , seeing you hate me , and have sent me away from you ? * And they said , We saw certainly that the LORD was with you : and we said , Let there be now an oath between us , even between us and you , and let us make a covenant with you ; * That you will do us no hurt , as we have not touched you , and as we have done to you nothing but good , and have sent you away in peace : you are 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 swore 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 ' servants came , and told him concerning the well which they had dig , and said to him , We have found water . * And he called it Shebah : therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to 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 to 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 oldest son , and said to him , My son : and he said to 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 you , your weapons , your quiver and your 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 you before I die . * And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son . And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison , and to bring it . * And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son , saying , Behold , I heard your father speak to Esau your brother , saying , * Bring me venison , and make me savoury meat , that I may eat , and bless you before the LORD before my death . * Now therefore , my son , obey my voice according to that which I command you . * Go now to the flock , and fetch me from there two good kids of the goats ; and I will make them savoury meat for your father , such as he loves : * And you shall bring it to your father , that he may eat , and that he may bless you 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 on me , and not a blessing . * And his mother said to him , On me be your 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 oldest son Esau , which were with her in the house , and put them on Jacob her younger son : * And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands , and on 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 to his father , and said , My father : and he said , Here am I ; who are you , my son ? * And Jacob said to his father , I am Esau your first born ; I have done according as you bade me : arise , I pray you , sit and eat of my venison , that your soul may bless me . * And Isaac said to his son , How is it that you have found it so quickly , my son ? And he said , Because the LORD your God brought it to me . * And Isaac said to Jacob , Come near , I pray you , that I may feel you , my son , whether you be my very son Esau or not . * And Jacob went near to Isaac his father ; and he felt him , and said , The voice is Jacob ' voice , but the hands are the hands of Esau . * And he discerned him not , because his hands were hairy , as his brother Esau ' hands : so he blessed him . * And he said , Are you my very son Esau ? And he said , I am . * And he said , Bring it near to me , and I will eat of my son ' venison , that my soul may bless you . And he brought it near to him , and he did eat : and he brought him wine and he drank . * And his father Isaac said to 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 has blessed : * Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven , and the fatness of the earth , and plenty of corn and wine : * Let people serve you , and nations bow down to you : be lord over your brothers , and let your mother ' sons bow down to you : cursed be every one that curses you , and blessed be he that blesses you . * 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 to his father , and said to his father , Let my father arise , and eat of his son ' venison , that your soul may bless me . * And Isaac his father said to him , Who are you ? And he said , I am your son , your firstborn Esau . * And Isaac trembled very exceedingly , and said , Who ? where is he that has taken venison , and brought it me , and I have eaten of all before you came , and have blessed him ? yes , 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 to his father , Bless me , even me also , O my father . * And he said , Your brother came with subtlety , and has taken away your blessing . * And he said , Is not he rightly named Jacob ? for he has supplanted me these two times : he took away my birthright ; and , behold , now he has taken away my blessing . And he said , Have you not reserved a blessing for me ? * And Isaac answered and said to Esau , Behold , I have made him your lord , and all his brothers have I given to him for servants ; and with corn and wine have I sustained him : and what shall I do now to you , my son ? * And Esau said to his father , Have you 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 to him , Behold , your dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth , and of the dew of heaven from above ; * And by your sword shall you live , and shall serve your brother ; and it shall come to pass when you shall have the dominion , that you shall break his yoke from off your neck . * And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which 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 to him , Behold , your brother Esau , as touching you , does comfort himself , purposing to kill you . * Now therefore , my son , obey my voice ; arise , flee you to Laban my brother to Haran ; * And tarry with him a few days , until your brother ' fury turn away ; * Until your brother ' anger turn away from you , and he forget that which you have done to him : then I will send , and fetch you from there : 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 to him , You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan . * Arise , go to Padanaram , to the house of Bethuel your mother ' father ; and take you a wife from there of the daughers of Laban your mother ' brother . * And God Almighty bless you , and make you fruitful , and multiply you , that you may be a multitude of people ; * And give you the blessing of Abraham , to you , and to your seed with you ; that you may inherit the land wherein you are a stranger , which God gave to Abraham . * And Isaac sent away Jacob : and he went to Padanaram to Laban , son of Bethuel the Syrian , the brother of Rebekah , Jacob ' and Esau ' mother . * When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob , and sent him away to Padanaram , to take him a wife from there ; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge , saying , You shall not take a wife of the daughers 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 to Ishmael , and took to the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham ' son , the sister of Nebajoth , to be his wife . * And Jacob went out from Beersheba , and went toward Haran . * And he lighted on 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 your father , and the God of Isaac : the land where on you lie , to you will I give it , and to your seed ; * And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth , and you shall spread abroad to the west , and to the east , and to the north , and to the south : and in you and in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed . * And , behold , I am with you , and will keep you in all places where you go , and will bring you again into this land ; for I will not leave you , until I have done that which I have spoken to you 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 on 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 ' house in peace ; then shall the LORD be my God : * And this stone , which I have set for a pillar , shall be God ' house : and of all that you shall give me I will surely give the tenth to you . * Then Jacob went on his journey , and came into the land of the people of the east .

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