20 And Isaac said unto his son, How exceeding bitter cry, and said unto is it that thou hast found it so quickly, his father, Bless me, even me also, O my son? And he said, Because the my father! LORD thy God brought it to me. 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. 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 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac me these two times: he took away my his father; and he felt him, and said, birth-right; and behold, now he hath The voice is Jacob's voice, but the taken away my blessing. And he said, hands are the hands of Esau. Hast thou not reserved a blessing for 23 And he discerned him not, be-me? cause his hands were hairy, as his bro- 37 And Isaac answered and said unther Esau's hands: So he blessed him. to Esau, Behold, I have made him thy 24 And he said, Art thou my very lord, and all his brethren have I given son Esau? And he said, I am. to him for servants; and with corn 25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and wine have I sustained him: and and I will eat of my son's venison, that what shall I do now unto thee, my my soul may bless thee. And he son? 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 28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: 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. 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 be29 Let people serve thee, and na- cause of the blessing wherewith his fafions bow down to thee; be lord over ther blessed him: and Esau said in his thy brethren, and let thy mother's heart, The days of mourning for my sons bow down to thee: cursed be eve- father are at hand; then will I slay my ry one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau her el 30 T And it came to pass, as soon der son were told to Rebekah: and she as Isaac had made an end of blessing sent and called Jacob her younger son, Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone and said unto him, Behold, thy brother out from the presence of Isaac his fa- Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort ther, that Esau his brother came in himself, purposing to kill thee. from his hunting. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my 31 And he also had made savoury voice: and arise, flee thou to Laban meat, and brought it unto his father; my brother to Haran; and said unto his father, Let my father 44 And tarry with him a few days, 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. 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 fetch thee from thence. 33 And Isaac trembled very ex-Why should I be deprived also of you ceedingly, and said, Who? where is he both in one day? that hath taken venison, and brought 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I il me, and I have eaten of all before am weary of my life, because of the thou camest, and have blessed him? daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a yea, and he shall be blessed. wife of the daughters of Heth, such as 34 And when Esau heard the words these which are of the daughters of the of his father, he cried with a great and land what good shall my life do me? 1 Jacob is blessed, and sent to Padan-aram. 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 Isaac called Jacob, and blessed and to the north, and to the south him, and charged him, and said and in thee and in thy seed shall all unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife the families of the earth be blessed. of the daughters of Canaan. 15 And behold, I am with thee, and 2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the will keep thee in all places whither house of Bethuel thy mother's father; thou goest, and will bring thee again and take thee a wife from thence of into this land: for I will not leave thee, the daughters of Laban thy mother's until I have done that which I have brother. spoken to thee of. 16 And Jacob awaked out of his 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is that thou mayest be a multitude of in this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, people: 4 And give thee the blessing of A- How dreadful is this place! this is none braham, to thee, and to thy seed with other but the house of God, and this thee; that thou mayest inherit the land is the gate of heaven. wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and had put for his pillows, and set it up he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, for a pillar, and poured oil upon the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother top of it. of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that 6T When Esau saw that Isaac had city was called Luz at the first. blessed Jacob, and sent him away to 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, sayPadan-aram, to take him a wife from ing, If God will be with me, and will thence; and that as he blessed him, he keep me in this way that I go, and gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt will give me bread to eat, and raiment not take a wife of the daughters of Ca- to put on, 5 And he said unto them, Know ye 22 Aud Laban gathered together all Laban the son of Nahor? and they the men of the place, and made a feast. said, We know him. 23 And it came to pass in the eve 6 And he said unto them, Is he well?ning, that he took Leah his daughter, And they said, He is well and behold, and brought her to him; and he went Rachel his daughter cometh with the in unto her. sheep. 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. 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. 9 T And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them. 24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid for a handmaid. 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? 26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born." 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob 27 Fulfil her week, and we will give saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his thee this also, for the service which mother's brother, and the sheep of La-thou shalt serve with me yet seven ban his mother's brother; that Jacob other years. went near, and rolled the stone from 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the well's mouth, and watered the her week: and he gave him Rachei flock of Laban his mother's brother. his daughter to wife also. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he roas Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his handmaid, to be her maid. . 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet sevenother years. 13 And it came to pass,when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's 31 And when the LORD saw that son, that he ran to meet him, and Leah was hated, he opened her womb; embraced him, and kissed him, and but Rachel was barren. brought him to his house. And he told 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a Laban all these things. 14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh: and he abode with him the space of a month. 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 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. 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. 16 And Laban had two daughters the name of the elder was Leah, and 34 And she conceived again, and the name of the younger was Rachel. bare a son; and said, Now this time 17 Leah was tender-eyed, but Ra-will my husband be joined unto me, chel was beautiful and well-favoured. because I have borne him three sons: 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and therefore was his name called Levi. said, I will serve thee seven years for 35 And she conceived again, and Rachel thy younger daughter. bare a son; and she said, Now will praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah, and left bearing. CHAP. XXX. 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 seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. I 1 Rachel's barrenness. 22 She beareth Joseph. 27 Jacob's covenant with Laban. 37 By his policy he becomes rich. 211 And Jacob said unto Laban, AND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel Give me my wife (for my days are envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, fulfilled) that I ma go in unto her. Give me children, or else I die. 40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks 12 And he said, Lift up now thinc toward the ring-streaked, and all the eyes and see, all the rams which leap brown in the flock of Laban: and he upon the cattle are ring-streaked, put his own flocks by themselves, and speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen put them not unto Laban's cattle. all that Laban doeth unto thee. 41 And it came to pass whensoever 13 I am the God of Beth-el, where the stronger cattle did conceive, that thou anointedst the pillar, and where Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of thou vowedst a vow unto me: now the cattle in the gutters, that they arise, get thee out from this land, and might conceive among the rods. return unto the land of thy kindred. 42 But when the cattle were feeble, 14 And Rachel and Leah answered, he put them not in: so the feebler were and said unto him, Is there yet any Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. portion or inheritance for us in our fa 43 And the man increased exceed-ther's house? ingly, and had much cattle, and maid |