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1. 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.
2. 26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
3. 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.
4. 26:23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
5. 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.
6. 26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
7. 26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
8. 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:
9. 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.
10. 27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
11. 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:
12. 27:10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
13. 27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
14. 27:18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 27:23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
18. 27:24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
19. 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.
20. 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:
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
27. 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?
28. 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?
29. 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.
30. 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;
31. 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.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. 28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
35. 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.
36. 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.
37. 28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
38. 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.
39. 29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
40. 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.
41. 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.
42. 29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
43. 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.
44. 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.
45. 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.
46. 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.
47. 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.
48. 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?
49. 29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
50. 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.