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And Jacob said, "First swear to me"; so he swore an oath to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and got up and went on his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.

So Isaac lived in Gerar.

Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Behold, she certainly is your wife! So how is it that you said, 'She is my sister'?" And Isaac said to him, "Because I thought, 'otherwise I might be killed on account of her.'"

So Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife will certainly be put to death."

for he had possessions of flocks and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.

So Isaac departed from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and settled there.

the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they argued with him.

Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it Sitnah.

Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it Rehoboth, for he said, "At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."

So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.

They said, "We have seen plainly that the LORD has been with you; so we said, 'An oath must now be taken by us,' that is, by you and us. So let us make a covenant with you,

So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

and prepare a delicious meal for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die."

Now Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home,

'Bring me some game and prepare a delicious meal for me, so that I may eat, and bless you in the presence of the LORD before my death.'

"So now, my son, listen to me as I command you.

"Go now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there, so that I may prepare them as a delicious meal for your father, such as he loves.

"Then you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death."