26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the
chief captain of his army.
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me
away from you?
28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now
an oath betwixt us, evenbetwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
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 artnow the blessed of the LORD.
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
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.
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.
33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city isBeersheba unto this day.
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:
35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
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
amI.
2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field,
and take me somevenison;
4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring itto me, that I may eat; that my soul
may bless thee before I die.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for
venison, andto bring it.
6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy
brother, saying,
7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD
before my death.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
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:
10 And thou shalt bring itto thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his
death.
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother isa hairy man, and I ama
smooth man:
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.
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me bethy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go
fetch me them.
14 And he went, and fetched, and brought themto his mother: and his mother made savoury
meat, such as his father loved.
15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which werewith her in the house,
and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his
neck:
17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her

son Jacob.
18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here amI; who artthou, my
son?
19 And Jacob said unto his father, I amEsau 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.
20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is itthat thou hast found itso quickly, my son? And he
said, Because the LORD thy God brought itto me.
21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether
thou bemy very son Esau or not.
22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice isJacob's
voice, but the hands arethe hands of Esau.
23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he
blessed him.
24 And he said, Artthou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 And he said, Bring itnear to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless
thee. And he brought itnear to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
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 isas the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of
corn and wine:
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 beevery one that curseth thee, and blessed behe that
blesseth thee.
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.
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.
32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who artthou? And he said, I amthy son, thy firstborn
Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where ishe that hath taken venison,
and brought itme, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, andhe
shall be blessed.
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, evenme also, O my father.
35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
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?
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?
38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, evenme
also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
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;
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.

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.
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, purposingto kill thee.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget thatwhich 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?
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 areof the daughters of the land, what
good shall my life do me?
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.
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.
3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a
multitude of people;
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.
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.
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;
7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
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.
10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
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 forhis pillows, and lay down in that place to
sleep.
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.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I amthe 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;
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.
15 And, behold, I amwith thee, and will keep thee in all placeswhither thou goest, and will
bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done thatwhich I have
spoken to thee of.
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew
itnot.
17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful isthis place! this isnone other but the house of
God, and this isthe gate of heaven.