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And Abimelech charged all {his} people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. {Sitnah: that is, Hatred}

And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red {pottage}; for I {am} faint: therefore was his name called Edom. {with...: Heb. with that red, with that red pottage} {Edom: that is Red}

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob {was} a plain man, dwelling in tents.

And Esau said, Behold, I {am} at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? {at...: Heb. going to die}

And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he {was} faint:

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, {there were} twins in her womb.

And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac {was} threescore years old when she bare them.

And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that {is} before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: {and} he died in the presence of all his brethren. {died: Heb. fell}

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

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

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of {his} venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. {he...: Heb. venison was in his mouth}

And the LORD said unto her, Two nations {are} in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and {the one} people shall be stronger than {the other} people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised {his} birthright.

And these {are} the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:

And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she {was} barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If {it be} so, why {am} I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.

Genesis 26

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.