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And he said to them, Do not delay me, for Jehovah has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.

And Isaac was a son of forty years when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Padan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to him for a wife.

And Isaac prayed to Jehovah for his wife for she was barren. And Jehovah was entreated for him, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

And Isaac loved Esau, for game was in his mouth. And Rebekah loved Jacob.

And Esau said to Jacob, Please let me eat of the red, this red soup , for I am faint. On account of this his name is called Edom.

Reside in this land, and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your seed I will give all these lands. And I will cause to rise My oath which I swore to your father Abraham.

And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister, for he was afraid to say, My wife, lest the men of the place kill me on account of Rebekah, for she was beautiful of form.

And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us, for you are stronger than we.

And the shepherds of Gerar fought with the shepherds of Isaac, saying, The water is ours; and he called the name of the well, Contention, for they had contended with him.

And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not fight over it; and he called its name, Broad Places. And he said, For now Jehovah has broadened for us and we shall be fruitful in the land.

And Jehovah appeared to him in the same night, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you; and I will bless you and increase your seed, because of My servant Abraham.

And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

And it happened when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim for seeing, he called his elder son Esau and said to him, My son! And he said to him, Behold me.

And now please lift up your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go to the field and hunt game for me.

And make for me delicious things, such as I love, and bring to me, and I will eat; so that my soul may bless you before I die.

Go now to the flock and bring me from there two good kids of the goats. And I will make them into delicious things for your father which he loves;

And his mother said to him, Your curse be on me, my son; only listen to my voice and go, take for me.

And he said, It is because his name is called Jacob, and this twice he took me by the heel; he took my birthright and, behold, now he has taken my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?

And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have set him over you as a ruler, and I have given him all his brothers for servants; I have girded him with grain and wine. And what then can I do for you, my son?

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.