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The sons of Abraham by Keturah.

GENESIS, XXV.

The generations of Ishmael.

is my master: therefore she took a vail, and of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham covered herself. buried, and Sarah his wife.

66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

CHAPTER XXV.

The sons of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The division of his goods.

7 His age, and death. 9 His burial. 12 The generations of

Ishmark. 17 His age, and death. 21 Isaac prayeth for Re

bekah. 24 The birth of Esau and Jacob. 27 Their difference of character. 29 Esau selleth his birthright. [B. c. 1853.]

THEN again Abraham took a wife, and

her name was Keturah.

2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

11 ¶ And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.

12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham :

13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 15 'Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah :

16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; " twelve princes according to their nations.

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17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people.

18 P And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest 5 And Abraham gave all that he had toward Assyria: and he died in the preunto Isaac.

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19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:

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20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: " and the LORD was entreated of him, and w Rebekah his wife conceived.

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22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.

23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner

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g ch. 35. 29. & 50. 13. 1 ch. 16. 15. m 1 Chr.

u 1 Chr. 5. 20. X 1 Sam. 9. 9. & 10. 22.

y ch. 17. 16. & 24. 60.

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And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

25 And the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and d his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. 27 And the boys grew and Esau was e a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, & dwelling in tents. 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did heat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called 5 Edom.

31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

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32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and 'he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

CHAPTER XXVI.

Isaac because of famine goeth to Gerar. 2 God instructeth and blesseth him. 7 He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife. 12 He groweth rich. 18 He diggeth the wells Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth. 26 Abimelech maketh a covenant with him at Beer-sheba. 34 Esau's wives. [B. c. 1804.]

Isaac is reproved by Abimelech

of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abim-
elech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and
said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the
land which I shall tell thee of.

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4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed:

5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

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And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.

7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and m he said, She is my sister: for " he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lain with thy wife, and P thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his

AND there was a famine in the land, beside wife shall surely be put to death.

the first famine that was in the days

12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and

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' received in the same year a hundredfold: | with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply and the LORD blessed him. thy seed for my servant Abraham's 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.

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 3 servants: and the Philistines " envied him.

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

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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.

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

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.

23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am

Heb, found. r Matt. 13. 8. Mark 4. 8. 8 ver. 3. ch. 24. 1, 35. £12 t ch. 24. 35. Ps. 112. 3. Prov. 10. 22. Heb, went going. busradry. u ch. 37. 11. Ecc. 4. 4. w ch. 21. 30. x Ex. 1. 9. 1. Heb. living. z ch. 21. 25. That is, Contention. dr-1 That is, Room. a ch. 17. 6. & 28. 3. & 41. 52. bch. 17. 7. & 24. 12. & 28. 13. Ex. 3. 6. Acts 7. 32. c ch. 15. 1.

Job 3 Or, y ch.

• That is, Ex. 1. 7. d ver.

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 hye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

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28 And they said, 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;

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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 m 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 10 Shebah: therefore the name of the city is "Beer-sheba unto this day.

34 P 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 12 a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

CHAPTER XXVII. Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. 6 Jacob, instructed by Rebekah,

3. 4.

15 obtaineth the blessing. 34 Esau complaineth, and by importunity obtaineth a blessing. 41 He threateneth Jacob's life. 43 Rebekah sendeth Jacob to Laban. [B, c. 1760,]

i ver. 16.

shalt, dc.

e ch. 12. 7. & 13. 18. f Ps. 116. 17. g ch. 21. 22. Heb. Seeing we saw. k ch. 21, 22, 23. 1 ch. 24. 31. Ps. 115. 15. 71 ch. 19. 3.

h Judg. 11. 7.

Heb. If thou

n ch. 21. 31. p ch.

10 That is, An oath. "That is, The well of the oath. o ch. 21. 31. 36. 2, q ch. 27. 46, & 28. 1, 8. 12 Heb. bitterness of spirit.

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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 b 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 some venison;

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 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 fsavoury 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.

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11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

12 My father peradventure will i 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 be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

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

CHAP. XXVII.-a ch. 48. 10. 1 Sam. 3. 2. b Prov. 27. 1. James 4. 14. e ch. 25. 27, 28. 1 Heb. hunt. d ver. 27. ch. 48. 9, 15. & 49. 28. ver. 13. f ver. 4. g ver. 4. h ch.25. 25. i ver. 22.

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15 And Rebekah took 2n goodly raimen of her eldest son Esau, which were with h in the house, and put them upon Jacob h younger son:

16 And she put the skins of the kids ( the goats upon his hands, and upon t smooth of his neck:

17 And she gave the savoury meat a the bread, which she had prepared, into t

hand of her son Jacob.

18 And he came unto his father, a said, My father: and he said, Here am who art thou, my son?

19 And Jacob said unto his father, I d Esau thy firstborn; I have done accordi as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, and eat of my venison, that thy soul m bless me.

20 And Isaac said unto his son, How it that thou hast found it so quickly, 1 son? And he said, Because the LORD t God brought it to me.

21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Co near, I pray thee, that I may feel th my son, whether thou be my very son Es or not.

22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac father; and he felt him, and said, The vo is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the har of Esau.

23 And he discerned him not, beca his hands were hairy, as his brother Esa hands: so he blessed him.

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

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25 And he said, Bring it near to me, a I will eat of my son's venison, that soul may bless thee. And he brought near to him, and he did eat: and he brou him wine, and he drank.

26 And his father Isaac said unto h Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

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27 And he came near, and kissed hi and he smelled the smell of his raime and blessed him, and said, See, the sm of my son is as the smell of a field wh the LORD hath blessed:

1 ch. 43. 9. 2 Heb. desirable.

Deut. 33. 1. k ch. 9. 25.

Deut. 27. 18. m ver. 4. 9. p ver. 12.

q ver. 16.

1 Sam. 25. 24. 2 Sam. 14. 9. n ver. 27. o ver. 4. r ver. 4. s Hos. 14. 6.

Matt. 1 Heb. befo

Esau complaineth bitterly.

GENESIS, XXVIII.

Rebekah sendeth Jacob to Laban.

28 Therefore God give thee of "the dew | thou but one blessing? bless me, even me of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his and plenty of corn and wine: voice, and wept.

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 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 beat 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 firstborn, Esau.

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.

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, eren me also, O my father.

35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. 36 And he said, e Is not he rightly named 'Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: fhe 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,

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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 mit shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

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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; P 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.

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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 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?

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 are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

CHAPTER XXVIII.

and all his brethren have I given to him Isaac blesseth Jacob, and sendeth him to Padan-aram.

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

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6 Esau

marrieth the daughter of Ishmael. 10 The vision of Jacob's ladder. 18 The stone of Beth-el. 20 Jacob's vow. [B. C. 1760.]

AND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him,

and charged him, and said unto him,

Or, supported. i Heb. 12. 17. fatness. 1 ch. 25. 23. 2 Sam. 8. 14. n ch. 37. 4. 8. o ch, 50. 3, 4, 10, 8 ch. 26. 35. & 28. 8. t ch 24. 3. CHAP. XXVIII.a ch. 27. 33.

k ver. 28. Heb. 11. 20. Obad. 18, 19, 20. p Obad. 10.

q Ps. 64. 5.

Or, of the

m 2 Kings 8. 20.

r ch. 11. 31.

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