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GE 25:1 Then again Abraham took a
wife, and her name was Keturah.
GE 25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan,
and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
GE 25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan.
And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
GE 25:4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and
Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of
Keturah.
GE 25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto
Isaac.
GE 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.
GE 25:7 And these are the days of the years
of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
GE 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.
GE 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;
GE 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of
the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
GE 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.
GE 25:12 Now these are the generations of
Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto
Abraham:
GE 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,
GE 25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
GE 25:15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and
Kedemah:
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 25:19 And these are the generations of
Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 25:24 And when her days to be delivered
were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
GE 25:25 And the first came out red, all over
like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did
eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
GE 25:29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came
from the field, and he was faint:
GE 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.
GE 25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy
birthright.
GE 25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the
point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
GE 25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this
day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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:
GE 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;
GE 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;
GE 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice,
and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
GE 26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 26:11 And Abimelech charged all his
people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to
death.
GE 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and
received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
GE 26:13 And the man waxed great, and went
forward, and grew until he became very great:
GE 26:14 For he had possession of flocks, and
possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied
him.
GE 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.
GE 26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go
from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
GE 26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and
pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 26:21 And they digged another well, and
strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
GE 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.
GE 26:23 And he went up from thence to
Beersheba.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from
Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his
army.
GE 26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore
come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
GE 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;
GE 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.
GE 26:30 And he made them a feast, and they
did eat and drink.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore
the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
GE 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:
GE 26:35 Which were a grief of mind unto
Isaac and to Rebekah.
GE 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.
GE 27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I
know not the day of my death:
GE 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;
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son,
saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
GE 27:7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury
meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
GE 27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice
according to that which I command thee.
GE 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:
GE 27:10 And thou shalt bring it to thy
father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
GE 27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his
mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
GE 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.
GE 27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon
me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
GE 27:14 And he went, and fetched, and
brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his
father loved.
GE 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:
GE 27:16 And she put the skins of the kids of
the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
GE 27:17 And she gave the savoury meat and
the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
GE 27:18 And he came unto his father, and
said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 27:23 And he discerned him not, because
his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
GE 27:24 And he said, Art thou my very son
Esau? And he said, I am.
GE 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.
GE 27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him,
Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
GE 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:
GE 27:28 Therefore God give thee of the dew
of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him,
Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with
subtlety, and hath taken away thy blessing.
GE 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?
GE 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?
GE 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.
GE 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;
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my
voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
GE 27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until
thy brother's fury turn away;
GE 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?
GE 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?
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make
thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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;
GE 28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and
his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
GE 28:8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of
Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
GE 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.
GE 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba,
and went toward Haran.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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;
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep,
and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 28:19 And he called the name of that place
Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
GE 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,
GE 28:21 So that I come again to my father's
house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
GE 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.
GE 29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and
came into the land of the people of the east.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My
brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
GE 29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban
the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 29:9 And while he yet spake with them,
Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
GE 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.
GE 29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted
up his voice, and wept.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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?
GE 29:16 And Laban had two daughters: the
name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
GE 29:17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was
beautiful and well favoured.
GE 29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I
will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me
my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
GE 29:22 And Laban gathered together all the
men of the place, and made a feast.
GE 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.
GE 29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter
Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
GE 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?
GE 29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so
done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
GE 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.
GE 29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her
week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
GE 29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his
daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
GE 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.
GE 29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was
hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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.
GE 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?