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Removal of Isaac to Gerar.

GENESIS, XXVII. 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and B. C. 1800. received 2 in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

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13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great.

14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants. And the Philistines

him.

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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.

16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much" mightier than

we.

17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

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.

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bandry. c Ec.4.4.

d Ex.1.9. 61.e. the well of the oath.

5 i.e. an oath.

€ c.36.2.

7 bitterness of spirit.

fc.48.10. 1 Sa.3.2. Ec.12.3.

19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of spring-8 living. ing water.

20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is our's: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

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21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it 11 Sitnah.

22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it 12 Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall . be fruitful in the land.

23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

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Pr.27.1. Lu. 12.40. Ja.4.14.

9 i.e. contention.

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11 i.e. hatred.

ver.25.

c.48.9,28.
De.33.1.

12 i.e. room.

i Ps.27.1,3. Is.41.10.

24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father; fear not, i for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed, for my servant Abraham's ver.13. sake.

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.

51.12.

c.35.1.

ver.4.

26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.m c.21.2. 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate " me, and over. 16. have sent me away • from you?

28 And they said, 13 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

n Ju.11.7. P 0.25.25. q ver.22 i3 seeing we

saw.

r c.21.23. 8 c.9.25. De.27.18.

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Abimelech's covenant with Isaac.

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.

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 5 Shebah: therefore the name of the city is 6 Beer-sheba 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 7 a grief of mind unto

Isaac and to Rebekah.

CHAP. XXVII.

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. 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 10 me some veni

son;

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.

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.

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 sa voury 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 it to 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 is a hairy P man, and I am a 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

Jacob obtaineth the blessing.

GENESIS, XXVII.

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14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his bc.25.28. father loved.

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trembled trembling greatly." ver.25.

3 hunted.

Jacob's life threatened by Esau.

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 art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau.

33 And Isaac 2 trembled very exceedingwith greatly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken 3 venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

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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!

35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath taken away thy blessing.

36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? 4 for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birth right;" 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

now unto thee, my son?

22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his or, support-I sustained 6 him: and what shall I do father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

23 And he discerned him not, because I ver.16. his hands? were hairy, as his brother m Is.65.14. Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, " I am.

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.

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 is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: "

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Pr.13.19,22.
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fatness.
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Ps.60.9,10.
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p 2 K.8.20.
2 Ch.21.8.

9 c.4.5.
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2 Sa.1.21.
Ps.133.3.
Mi.5.7.

Job 20.12.
Ps.64.5.
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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 be every one that curseth thee; and blessed be he that blesseth thee. 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac a c.11.31. 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.

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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, purposing to kill thee.

43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother, a 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 that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and

Jacob's Vision at Beth-el.

a c.18.18. b Jos.1.5. Ju.6.16.

Jacob's arrival at Padan-Aram.

north, and to the south: and, in thee and in thy seed" shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

GENESIS, XXIX. fetch thee from thence. Why should I be B. C. 1760. deprived also of you both in one day? 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daugh-cc.26.35. ters 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.

CHAP. XXVIII.

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.^

Ps.121.5-8. c.35.6.

He.13.5.

g Ex.3.5. Jos.5.15.

h c.24.3.

2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house i Hos.12.2. of Bethuel, thy mother's father; and takej c.25.20. thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother.

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assembly of people. / Nu.7.1.

3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that 1 a multitude of people; thou mayest be 4 And give thee the blessing of Abra-c.12.2. ham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the 3 land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram, unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

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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.

16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place, and I knew it not.

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.

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.

19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: 2 but the name of that" city was called Luz at the first.

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,

21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

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2 And he looked, and, behold, a well in

6 were evil 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.

is called Bashemath.

9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had, Ma-7 ch.36.3, halath the daughter of Ishmael, Abrag ham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

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Hos.12.12. called, Acts

7.2. Charran.

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 w c.27.43. that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

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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.

z c.41. Nu.12.6.

Job 4.13. 9 Is there peace to him? y c.43.7. z Jno.1.51. He.1.14.

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.

4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran " are we.

5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

6 And he said unto them, 9 Is he well? y And they said, He is well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

13 And, behold, the LORD stood above 10 yet the day neither is it time that the cattle should be 7 And he said, Lo, 10 it is yet high day, it; and said, I am the LORD God of Abra- is great.

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ham 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 11 spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the

a c.26.24.

Ex.3.6.
Mat.22.32.

b c. 13.16.

11 break forth. Mar.16.3.

Lu.24.2.

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gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

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.

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18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said,. Job 5.2. I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

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. 20 And Jacob served 7 seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her."

21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

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.

24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid, for an hand

maid.

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35 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; dah; 6 and 7 left bearing.

CHAP. XXX.

AND when Rachel saw that she bare

Jacob no children, m Rachel envied " her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld P from thee the fruit of the womb?

3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

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4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob

a son.

6 And Rachel said, God hath " judged u Ps.35.24. me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she 9i.e.judging. his name 9 Dan.

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La.3.59.

c.30.9.

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10 wrestlings
of God.

wrestling.

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 11 i.e. my me? Did I not serve with thee for Rachel? Wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? 26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, 12 to give the younger before the first-born.

27 Fulfil her week, w and we will give thee this also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her

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7 And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said, With 10 great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name 11 Naphtali.

9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

10 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Jacob

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GENESIS, XXXI.

Ca.6.9.

13 And Leah said, ' Happy am I, for the B. C. 1747. daughters will call me blessed: and she 1 in my hap called his name 3 Asher. piness. 2 at ma foot. 14 And Reuben went in the days of a 1Ti.5.8. wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mo-3 i.e.happy. ther Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.c

15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

Lu.1.48.

c Ca.7.13.

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Nu.16.9,13.

Is.7.13.
Eze.16.47.

c.31.8. to-morrow.

Ps.37.6.

Ex.13.14.

1 Sa.1.20. Lu.1.13.

17 And God hearkened & unto Leah, and Ex.3.7. she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. 18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name 5 Issachar. h

19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

5 i.e.an hire.

6.49.14. 1Ch.12.22.

De.33.18.

20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne i c.29.34. him six sons: and she called his name 66 i. e. dwellZebulun.

21 And afterward she bare a daughter, and called her name 7 Dinah.

22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

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23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.

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25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, m that I may go un-m c.24.54. to mine own place, " and to my country. 26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which c. 31.6. have done thee.

27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.

28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, * and I will give it.

29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, " and how thy cattle was with me.

30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now 9 increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed

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Jacob's bargain with Laban.

thee 2 since my coming: and now, when shall I provide for mine own house also? 31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:

32 I will pass through all thy flock today, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire."

33 So shall my righteousness answer for me 4 in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown amongst the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

35 And he removed that day the hegoats that were ring-straked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hands of his

sons.

36 And he set three days journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hasel and chestnut-tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

38 And he set the rods, which he had pilled, before the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs, when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ring-straked, speckled, and spotted.

40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-straked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban: and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.k

41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses. CHAP. XXXI.

AND he heard the words of Laban's

sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory."

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