[ Genesis Chapter 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.
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 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 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 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 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.
15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her
in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the
smooth of his neck:
17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the
hand of her son Jacob.
18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, who
art thou, my son?
19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born, I have done
according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that
thy soul may bless me.
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.
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.
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.
23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother 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:
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 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 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 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, even me also, O my
father.
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 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?
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 I
sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
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 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, 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?
[ Genesis Chapter 28 ]
1 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.
2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take
thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thy mother's brother.
3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that
thou mayest be a multitude of people,
4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee,
that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave
unto Abraham.
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.
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 daughers of Canaan,
7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram,
8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father,
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.
10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
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.
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.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham
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 spread abroad
to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee
and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
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 Bethel: 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:
22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of
all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
[ Genesis Chapter 29 ]
1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the
east.
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.
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, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold,
Rachel his daughter cometh with the 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 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she
kept them.
10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's
brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and
rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his
mother's brother.
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 was
Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.
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.
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?
16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of
the younger was Rachel.
17 Leah was tender eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
18 And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, 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 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 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 firstborn.
27 Fulfil her week, 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 week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter
to wife also.
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 seven other years.
31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was
barren.
32 And Leah conceived, and bare a 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 I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his
name Simeon.
34 And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, Now this time will my
husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his
name called Levi.
35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the
LORD: therefore she called his name Judah, and left bearing.