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Now therefore, swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt."

But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." Then he said, "Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"

But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" So he said, "Here I am."

but you shall go to my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

But Abraham said to him, "Beware that you do not take my son back there.

Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told about my errand." And he said, "Speak on."

but you shall go to my father's house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.'

But he said to me, "The LORD, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my family and from my father's house.

"But before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah, coming out with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, "Please let me drink.'

But her brother and her mother said, "Let the young woman stay with us a few days, at least ten; after that she may go."

But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east.

But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If all is well, why am I like this?

So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents.

And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

But Jacob said, "Sell me your birthright as of this day."

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek, [fn] because they quarreled with him.

But they said, "We have certainly seen that the LORD is with you. So we said, "Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and let us make a covenant with you,

that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD."'

But his mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me."

But Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" And he said, "Because the LORD your God brought it to me."