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And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty-seven years; and he became sick and died; and was gathered to his people.

And they dwelt from Havilah as far as Shud, which extends from the border of Egypt to the gateway of Assyria; he dwelt adjacent to the lands of all his brethren.

And Isaac prayed before the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD answered him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

And the first came out red, all covered with ringlets of hair; and they called his name Esau.

And after him his brother came forth, and his hand held Esaus heel; and his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah bore them.

And Jacob cooked pottage, and behold, his brother Esau came in from the field, and he was very hungry;

And Jacob said to him, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him; and he sold his birthright to Jacob.

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage; and he ate, and drank, and rose up and went his way; thus Esau despised his birthright.

And the men of the place asked him concerning his wife; and he said, She is my sister; for he was afraid to say, She is my wife; lest the men of the place should kill him on account of Rebekah, because she was fair to look upon.

And it came to pass when he had been there a long time that Abimeleck king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac fondling Rebekah his wife.

And Abimeleck charged all the people, saying, Whoever harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

For all the wells which his fathers servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had polluted them and filled them with earth.

And Isaac digged again the wells of water which had been dug by the servants of his father in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had polluted them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaacs servants dug a well.

Then Abimeleck went to him from Gadar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the general of his army.

AND it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said to him, My son; and he said to him, Behold, here I am.

And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. So Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring it.

And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, and that he may bless you in the presence of the LORD before his death.

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

And his mother said to him, Let your curses be upon me, my son; only listen to me, and go and fetch them to me.