19 And these were the generations of Isaac, the son of Abraham: Abraham
fathered Isaac. 20 And Isaac was a son of forty years when he took Rebekah, the daughter of
Bethuel the Aramean from Padan-Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to him for
a wife. 21 And Isaac prayed to YAHUVEH on behalf of his wife for she was barren. And
YAHUVEH was entreated for him, and his wife Rebekah conceived. 22 And the sons struggled together within her. And she said, If this is right,
why am I this way? And she went to inquire of YAHUVEH. 23 And YAHUVEH said to her, Two nations are in your womb; even two peoples shall
break from your body. And one people shall be stronger than the other people;
and the elder shall serve the younger. 24 And her days were fulfilled to bear. And behold! Twins were in her womb. 25 And the first came out, all of him red like a hairy robe; and they called his
name Esau. 26 And afterward his brother came out, and his hand was holding to the heel of
Esau; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was a son of sixty years when she
bore them. 27 And the boys grew up. And Esau became a man knowing hunting, a man of the
field. And Jacob was a simple man, living in tents. 28 And Isaac loved Esau, for game was in his mouth. And Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 And Jacob boiled soup. And Esau came from the field, and he was faint. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Please let me eat of the red, this red soup, for I am
faint. On account of this his name is called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me your birthright today. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and what good is this, a birthright
to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me today. And he swore to him and sold his
birthright to Jacob. 34 And Jacob gave bread and soup of lentils to Esau. And he ate and drank, and
rose up and left. And Esau despised the birthright. *~Genesis Chapter 26 ~*
1 And a famine was in the land besides the famine in the days of Abraham. And
Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar. 2 And YAHUVEH appeared to him and said, Do not go down into Egypt; but dwell in
the land which I shall say to you. 3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to
your seed I will give all these lands. And I will cause to rise My oath which I
swore to your father Abraham. 4 And I will increase your seed like the stars of the heavens, and I will give
to your seed all these lands. And all the nations of the earth shall bless
themselves in your Seed, 5 because Abraham listened to My voice and heeded My charge, My commandments, My
statutes, and My Torah. 6 And Isaac lived in Gerar. 7 And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister,
for he was afraid to say, My wife, lest the men of the place kill me on account
of Rebekah, for she was beautiful of form. 8 And it happened when his days were many to him there, Abimelech king of the
Philistines looked through the window and saw; and, behold, Isaac was sporting
with his wife Rebekah. 9 And Abimelech called Isaac and said, See, surely she is your wife, and how
have you said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, lest I
die on account of her. 10 And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? One of the people had
in a little lain with your wife, and you would have brought on us guilt. 11 And Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, Anyone touching this man and
his wife surely shall die. 12 And Isaac sowed in that land. And a hundredfold was found in that year, and
YAHUVEH blessed him. 13 And the man grew great, and he went on, going on to be great, until he became
exceedingly great. 14 And possessions of flocks and possessions of herds, and many slaves were his.
And the Philistines envied him. 15 And all the wells which the slaves of his father dug in the days of his
father Abraham, the Philistines had stopped them and filled them with dirt. 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us, for you are stronger than we. 17 And Isaac went from there and camped in Gerar Valley, and lived there. 18 And Isaac returned and dug the wells of water which they dug in the days of
his father Abraham; and the Philistines had stopped them after the death of
Abraham. And he called names to them like the names which his father had called
them. 19 And Isaac’s slaves dug in the torrent bed, and they found there a well of
flowing water. 20 And the shepherds of Gerar fought with the shepherds of Isaac, saying, The
water is ours; and he called the name of the well, Contention, for they had
contended with him. 21 And they dug another well, and they also fought over it; and he called its
name, Opposition. 22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not fight over it;
and he called its name, Broad Places. And he said, For now YAHUVEH has broadened
for us and we shall be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went from there to Beer-Sheba. 24 And YAHUVEH appeared to him in the same night, and said, I am the ELOHIM of
your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you; and I will bless you and
increase your seed, because of My servant Abraham. 25 And he built an altar there and called on the name of YAHUVEH. And he pitched
his tent there. And the slaves of Isaac dug a well there. 26 And Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and his aide Ahuzzath, and Phicol the
general of his army. 27 And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, since you hate me and sent
me away from you? 28 And they said, Since we plainly have seen that YAHUVEH has been with you, and
we have said, let there be an oath now between us, between us and you, and let
us cut a covenant with you, 29 whether you will do with us evil, as we did not touch you, and as we did only
good with you, and we sent you away in peace you now being blessed of YAHUVEH. 30 And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank. 31 And they started up early at dawn, and each swore to his brother. And Isaac
sent them away, and they left him in peace. 32 And it happened on that day Isaac’s slaves came and told him about the well
which they had dug, and said to him, We found water. 33 And he called it Sheba; so the name of the city is The Well of Sheba until
this day. 34 And Esau was a son of forty years. And he took a wife, Judith, the daughter
of Beeri the Hittite; also Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 And they were a grief of spirit to Isaac and to Rebecca.
*~Genesis Chapter 27 ~*
1 And it happened when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim for seeing, he called
his elder son Esau and said to him, My son! And he said to him, I am here. 2 And he said, Behold! Now, I am old; I do not know the day of my death. 3 And now please lift up your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go to the
field and hunt game for me. 4 And make for me savory meat, such as I love, and bring to me, and I will eat;
so that my soul may bless you before I die. 5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. And Esau went to the field
to hunt game, to bring it in. 6 And Rebekah spoke to her son Jacob, saying, Behold, I heard your father
speaking to your brother Esau saying, 7 Bring game to me and make delicious meat that I may eat, that I may bless you
before YAHUVEH before my death. 8 And now my son hear my voice, that which I command you. 9 Go now to the flock and bring me from there two good kids of the goats. And I
will make them into delicious things for your father which he loves; 10 and you shall bring it to your father and let him eat, so that he may bless
you before his death. 11 And Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man,
and I a smooth man. 12 Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall be like a deceiver in his eyes,
and I shall bring a curse on me, and not blessing. 13 And his mother said to him, Your curse be on me, my son; only listen to my
voice and go, take for me. 14 And he went and took and came to his mother. And his mother made savory meat,
such as his father loved. 15 And Rebekah took the clothing of her elder son Esau, the costly ones which
were with her in the house. And she dressed her younger son Jacob; 16 and she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the
smoothness of his neck. 17 And she put the savory meat and the bread which she had made in the hand of
her son Jacob. 18 And he went in to his father and said, My father. And he said, I am here. Who
are you, my son? 19 And Jacob said to his father, I am your first-born, Esau. I have done as you
said to me. Rise up now, sit and eat of my game, so that your soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said to his son, How then have you so quickly found it, my son? And
he said, Because YAHUVEH your ELOHIM made it come to me. 21 And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near now and let me feel you, whether then you
are my son Esau, or not. 22 And Jacob came near to his father Isaac. And he felt him, and he said, The
voice is the voice of Jacob and the hands are Esau’s hands. 23 And he did not know him, because his hands were like the hairy hands of his
brother Esau. And he blessed him. 24 And he said, Are you then my son Esau? And he said, I am. 25 And he said, Bring to me and let me eat of my son’s game, so that my soul may
bless you. And he came near to him; and he took and he ate. And he came to him,
and he drank wine. 26 And his father Isaac said to him, Now come and kiss me, my son. 27 And he came near and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his clothes. And
he blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field
which YAHUVEH has blessed. 28 And may ELOHIM give you of the dew of the heavens, and of the fatness of the
earth, and much grain and wine. 29 May the nations serve you and peoples bow to you; be a ruler to your
brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow to you, and cursed be those who curse
you, and blessed be those who bless you. 30 And it happened that when Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, then it
came about that Jacob had hardly left his father Isaac, and his brother Esau
came in from his hunting. 31 And he also made savory meat and came to his father. And he said to his
father, Let my father rise and eat from the game of his son, so that your soul
may bless me. 32 And his father Isaac said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son,
your first-born, Esau. 33 And Isaac was terrified with a very great anxiety. And he said, Who then was
the one who hunted game and came to me; and I ate from it all before you came;
and I blessed him? Yea, he shall be blessed. 34 When Esau heard the words of his father he cried out a great and very bitter
cry. And he said to his father, Bless me, me also, my father. 35 And he said, Your brother came with deceit and took your blessing. 36 And he said, It is because his name is called Jacob, and this twice he took
me by the heel and defrauded me; he took my birthright and, behold, now he has
taken my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me? 37 And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have set him over you as a
ruler, and I have given him all his brothers for servants; I have girded him
with grain and wine. And what then can I do for you, my son? 38 And Esau said to his father, Is one blessing left to you, my father? Bless me
also, my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and wept. 39 And his father Isaac answered and said to him, Behold, your dwelling shall be
from the fat of the earth and from the dew of the heavens above; 40 and you shall live by your sword, and you shall serve your brother; and when
it shall be that you have the dominion, you shall break his yoke from your neck. 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had
blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are
near; then I will kill my brother Jacob. 42 And the words of her older son Esau were told to Rebekah. And she sent and
called her younger son Jacob. And she said to him, Behold! Your brother Esau is
going to ease himself on you, to kill you. 43 And now, my son, listen to my voice, and rise, flee for yourself to my
brother Laban, to Haran. 44 And stay with him some days until your brother’s fury turns away, 45 until your brother’s anger turns back from you, and he forgets what you have
done to him. And I will send and take you from there. Why should I also be
bereaved of two of you in one day? 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life from the daughters of Heth.
If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these from the daughters
of the land, what is my life to me? *~Genesis Chapter 28 ~*
1 And Isaac called Jacob. And he blessed him and commanded him, and said to him,
You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. 2 Go up, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father. And
take a wife for yourself from there, from the daughters of Laban the brother of
your mother. 3 And may El Shaddai bless you and make you fruitful, and multiple you; and may
you become an assembly of people. 4 And may He give to you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed with
you, for you to possess the land of your travels, which ELOHIM gave to Abraham. 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob. And he went to Padan-Aram, to Laban, the son of
Bethuel the Aramean, brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. 6 And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and had sent him away to Padan-Aram
to take a wife for himself from there. In his blessing he had commanded him,
saying, You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan; 7 and that Jacob listened to his father and his mother, and went to Padan-Aram. 8 And when Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the eyes of his
father Isaac, 9 then Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, the son
of Abraham, Nebajoth’s sister. To his wives he added her for his wife.