21 And the man "" wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the ver. 12, 56, LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden rv c5 earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight gold; c Ex. 32. 2, 3. 21. Ezek. 16. 11, of 12 1 Pet. 8. 3. 5 Or, jewel sheweth his message. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the rearring and rv bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Re-běk'ah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man ; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the "well. 31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. 32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded "" his camels, and rv gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. 33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, "I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. 34 And he said, I am Abră-hăms servant. 35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great and he hath given 23 And said, Whose daughter art for the fore him flocks, and herds, and silver, thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? head. e ver. 52. Ex. 4. 31. Ex. 18. 10. 1 39. 2 Ruth 4. 14. 24 And she said unto him, dI am d ch. 22. 23. the daughter of Beth-u'el the son of Mil'cah, which she bare unto Na hôr. 25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. 26 And the man e bowed "o downg his head, and worshipped the LORD. ver. 48. 27 And he said, Blessed be the ich. 29. 5. LORD God of my master à ́bră-hăm, Judg. 17.2. who hath not "left destitute my mas- Ps. 115, 15, ter of his mercy and his truth: I be-ch. 43. 24. ing in the way, the LORD " led me to the house of my master's brethren. 28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house rv these things. 29 And Re-běk'ah had a brother, and his name was La'ban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the ru well. k ch. 26. 29. Ruth 3. 10. Judg. 19. 21. and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. 36 And Să'rah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and Punto him hath he given all that he hath. me 37 And my master 9 made swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Ca'nǎan-ītes, in whose land I dwell: 38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife "unto my son. 39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not Eph. 6. 5, 6, follow me. Job 23, 12. John 4. 34. 7. 40 And he said unto me, The LORD, " before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: 41 Then shalt thou be clear from truth toward my master: as for me, the Lord hath led me in the way to the house 28 (them of)-according to these words. 29 fountain. 30 ring,-the -fountain. 32 the-he 37 for 38 for Laban and Bethuel approve it. GENESIS, XXIV. τυ Isaac meeteth Rebekah. LORD hath spoken. ro this my oath, when thou comest to B. C. 1857. be thy master's son's wife, as the my kindred; and if they give v not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. 43 Behold, I stand by the "well of ver. 18. water; and ruit shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; 44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed "out for my master's son. 1. 13. 52 And it came to pass, that, when A'brǎ-hăm's servant heard their words, he ruk worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. 53 And the servant brought forth 27 jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Reběk'ah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother m precious things. 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, "Send me away unto my master. 55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us 8 a few days, at the least ten; after 56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. 45 a And before I had done speak-ver. 15, &c. that she shall go. 12. 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Beth-u'el, c Ezek. 16.11, Na hor's son, whom Mil'cah bare d ver. 26. unto him: and I put the "v earring e ch. 22. 23. upon her face, and the bracelets Josh. 2. 14, upon her hands. с e fch. 47. 29. g Ps. 118. 23. k ver. 26. 2 Heb. vessels. 22; 11,212 35 m 2 Chron. 21. 3. Ezra 1. 6. Matt. 21. 42. 48 dAnd I bowed ro down my head, ch. 31. 24. Mark 12. 11. and worshipped the LORD, and i ch. 20. 15. blessed the LORD "" God of my master Ã'bră-hăm, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter ""unto his son. 49 And now if ye will deal kindlyn and truly with my master, tell me : and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. 50 Then La'ban and Beth-u'el an- ch. 22. 17. swered and said, The thing pro-ch. 16. 14; ceedeth from the LORD: we cannot 4 Or,to pray. speak unto thee bad or good. h ver. 56, 59. Or, a full months, Judg. 14. 8. lo ch. 35. 8. p ch. 17. 16. year, or, ten 25. 11. s Josh. 1. 8. Ps. 1. 2; 77. 143. 5. 51 Behold, Re-běk'ah i is before 12; 119. 15; thee, take her, and go, and let her t Josh. 15. 18. 41 (this)-her not to thee, thou shalt 42 fountain,the God 43 fountain-let it come to pass, that the maiden which cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give 44 shall say-(out) 45 fountain, 57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth. 58 And they called Re-běk'ah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. 59 And they sent away Re-běk'ah their sister, and her nurse, and A'bră-ham's servant, and his men. 60 And they blessed Rê-běk'ah, and said unto her, ro Thou art our sister, be thou P the mother of thousands of r millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. 61 ¶ And Re-běk'ah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Re-běk'ah, and went his way. 62 And I'gaac came from the way of ruthe "well Là-hai'-roi; for he dwelt in the south country. 63 And I'şaac went out 4s to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, re the camels were coming. 64 And Re-běk'ah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw I'şaac, she lighted off the camel. (water) 47 ring-nose, 48 (down)—the God-for 52 bowed himself down to the earth unto the Lord. 60 (Thou art)-ten thousands, 62 Beer-lahai-roi;land of the South, 63 there were camels coming. Death of Abraham. GENESIS, XXV. Death of Ishmael. 65 " For she had said unto the ser- B.C. 1857. purchased of the sons of Heth: vant, What man is this that walketh 66 And the servant told I'saac all rv 67 And I'şaac brought her into his mother Sa'rah's tent, and took Reběk'ah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and I'saac u was comforted after his mother's death. there was A'bră-hăm buried, and Sa'rah his wife. 11 And it came to pass after the death of Ã'bra-hăm, that God blessed r his son Ï'gaac; and I'saac dwelt by ru the kwell La-hai'-roi. [cir. 1800. 12 ¶ Now these are the generations of Ish′mạ-el, Abrăn-hăm’sson, whom Ha'gar the E-gyp'tian, Sa'rah's handmaid, bare unto Ã'bră-hăm: u ch. 38. 12. 13 And m these are the names of the sons of Ish'ma-el, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ish'ma-el, Ne-bā/joth; and Ke'där, and Ăd'bê-el, and Mib'sam, 14 And Mish'må, and Du'mah, and Măs'så, 15 2 Ha'där, and Tē’må, Jē’tŭr, Nā′phish, and Kĕd'ę-mah : 2 And she bare him Zim'răn, and a 1 Chr. 1. 32. 16 These are the sons of Ish'ma-el, 2 ch. 17. 16; 24,00. God instructeth Isaac. dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: * Two nations are in thy womb, and B.C. 1800. and said, Go not down into Egypt; two rv manner of people shall be separated "" from thy bowels; and a the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. 24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. Sam.8.14. ch. 27. 29. Rom. 9. 12. Mal. 1. 3. 26 And after that came his brotherd Hos. 12. 3. ro out, and d his hand "" took hold one ch. 27 36. E'sau's heel; and his name was called Ja'cob: and I'şaac was three score years old when she bare them. 27 And the boys grew: and E'sau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Ja'cob was 9 a plain man, hdwelling in tents. 3 28 rv And I'şaac loved E'sau, because he did eat of his venison: ruk but Rê-běk'ah loved Ja'cob. 29¶ And Ja'cob sod pottage: and E'sau came "" from the field, and he was faint: 4 30 And E'sau said to Ja'cob, Feed me, I pray thee, 4 with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called 5 E'dom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am 6 at the point to die: and what profit shall "" this birthright do to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and ' he sold his birthright unto Ja'cob. 34 "Then Ja'cob gave Ê'sau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: "thus E'sau despised his birthright. CHAPTER XXVI. 1 Isaac goeth to Gerar. 2 God instructeth, and blesseth him. 7 He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife. 18 He diggeth Esek, Sitnah, and Reho both. 26 Abimelech maketh a covenant with him. 34 Esau's wives, ND there was a famine in the 3 3 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 Abră-hăm thy father; 4 And I will "" make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these rv countries; and in thy seed shallall the nations of the earth be blessed; 5 Because that à ́bră-hăm obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. ch. 27. 3, 5. 2016 2. 3. son was in i ch. 27. 19, 25, 31. k ch. 27. 6. 4 Heb. with m ΤΟ And I'saac dwelt in Ģē'rär: hleb. 11. 9. 7 And the men of the place asked Heb. veni-him of his wife; and " he said, She is his mouth. my sister: for" he feared to say, "o She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rê-běk’ah; because she was fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Â-bĭm'e-lech king of the Phi-lis'tineş Heb. 12. 16. looked out at a window, and saw, Eccles. 8. and, behold, I'şaac was sporting with Re-běk'ah his wife. that red. red pottage. with that 9 And A-bĭm'e-lech called Ï'gaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And I'şaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. 10 And A-bĭm ́ě-lech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and Pthou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. 11 And A-bĭm'ě-lech charged all ch.22.16, 18. rv his people, saying, He that 9 toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. A land, beside a the first famine cir. 1804.) 13 And the man' waxed great, and Abimelech maketh a GENESIS, XXVII. covenant with Isaac ry great store of servants: and the B.C. 1804. 27 And I'saac said unto them, Phi-lis'tineş "envied him. I'gaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. 4 Or, husbandry u ch. 37. 11. Eccles. 4. 4. x ch. 21. 30. 17 ¶ And I'saac departed thence, Ex. 1.9. and pitched his tent in the valley of Ge'rär, and dwelt there. 18 And I'saac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Ã'bră-hằm his father; for the Phi-lis'tineg had stopped them after the death of A'bră-hăm: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And I'saac's servants digged in living. the valley, and found there a well of 5 springing water. 20 And the herdmen of Ge'rärrva did strive with Ï'saac's herdmen, saying, The water is our's: and he called the name of the well E'sěk; because they "strove with him. z ch. 21. 31. 5 Heb. a ch. 21. 25. 6 That is, Contention. 7 That is, 8 Hatred. That is, Room. b ch. 17.6;28. 3:41. 52 Ex. 1. 7. c ch. 17. 7; Ex. 3. 6. 24. 12; 28. 13. Acts 7. 32. d ch. 15. 1. e ver. 3, 4. g Ps. 116. 17. 21 And they digged another well, and "strove for that also: and he called the name of it 7 Sĭt/nah. 22 And he removed from thence, ch. 127; [1796. and digged another well; and for 13.18. that they strove not: and he called ch. 21. 22. the name of it 8 Re-hō'both; and he ver. 16. Judg. 11. 7. said, For now the LORD hath made 9 Heb. Seroom for us, and we shall be fruit-ch. 21. 22,23. 10 Heb. If ful in the land. thou shalt, &c. 23 And he went up from thence to Be'er-she'bȧ. ing we saw. m ch. 24. 31. Ps. 115. 15. n ch. 13. 3. o ch. 21. 31. An oath. [cir. 1780. 11 That is, p ch. 21. 31. the oath. The well of q ch. 36. 2. 2 Heb.bitter 24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Ã'bră-hăm thy father: d fear not, for I am with thee, and will 12 That is, bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abră-hăm’s sake. 25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there I'saac's servants digged a well. 26 ¶ Then A-bim'ĕ-lech went to him from Ge'rär, and A-hŭz'zath Tone of his friends, and Phi'chol the ro chief captain of his "" army. rv a ch, 48. 10. Sam. 3. 2. b Prov. 27. 1. ch. 25. 27, 28. 3 Heb. hunt. 28 And they said, We saw ""certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; 29 10 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: m thou art now the blessed of the LORD. 30 " And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and I'şaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 And it came to pass the same day, that I'saac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. 33 And he called it 11 She'bah : P therefore the name of the city is 12 Be'er-she'bȧ unto this day. rv 34 ¶ 9 And TM E'sau was forty years old ro when he took to wife Ju'dith the daughter of Be-e'ri the Hit'tite, and Bash'e-math the daughter of E'lon the Hit'tite: 35 rv Which were 2a grief of mind unto Ï'gaac and to Re-běk'ah. CHAPTER XXVII. 1 Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. 6 Rebekah tnstructeth Jacob to obtain the blessing. 15 Jacob under the person of Esau obtaineth it. 30 Esau. bringeth venison, and by importunity obtaineth a blessing. 41 He threateneth Jacob. 14 a great household: 15 Now 17 encamped 20 strove 27 are ye come unto 28 plainly-now be 34 when -contended 21 they 26 his friend,—(chief)—host. -(when) 35 and they 1'elder-(Behold) 3 (some) |