Study Desk

So Isaac built an altar and worshiped the Lord in that place. He set up camp there, and his servants dug a well.

So Isaac gave a party for them. They all ate and drank.

So Isaac named it Shibah. And that city is still called Beersheba.

Isaac grew old, and his eyes became so weak that he could not see clearly. One day he called his older son Esau to him and said, "Son!" Esau answered, "Here I am."

So take your bow and arrows and go hunting. Kill an animal for me to eat.

So Esau went hunting. Rebekah was listening when Isaac told this to his son Esau.

So listen, son, and do what I tell you.

So Rebekah said to him, "I will accept the blame if there is trouble. Do what I said. Go get the goats for me."

So Jacob went out and got two goats and brought them to his mother. His mother cooked the goats in the special way that Isaac loved.

But Isaac said to his son, "How have you hunted and killed the animals so quickly?" Jacob answered, "Because the Lord your God allowed me to find the animals quickly."

Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Come near to me so that I can feel you, my son. If I can feel you, I will know if you are really my son Esau."

So Jacob went to Isaac his father. Isaac felt him and said, "Your voice sounds like Jacob's voice, but your arms are hairy like the arms of Esau."

Isaac did not know it was Jacob, because his arms were hairy like Esau's. So Isaac blessed Jacob.

Then Isaac said, "Bring me the food. I will eat it and bless you." So Jacob gave him the food, and he ate it. Then Jacob gave him some wine, and he drank it.

So Jacob went to his father and kissed him. When Isaac smelled Esau's clothes, he blessed him and said, "My son smells like the fields the Lord has blessed.

Then Isaac became so upset that he began to shake. He said, "Then who was it that cooked and brought me food before you came? I ate it all, and I blessed him. Now it is too late to take back my blessing."

So, son, do what I say. My brother Laban is living in Haran. Go to him and hide.

So leave this place and go to Paddan Aram. Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father. Laban, your mother's brother, lives there. Marry one of his daughters.

So Isaac sent Jacob to Rebekah's brother in Paddan Aram. Jacob went to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean. Laban was the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Jacob said, "Look, it is still day and long before the sun sets. It is not yet time for the animals to be gathered together for the night. So give them water and let them go back into the field."