Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)

And he remained there a long time, and Abimelech the king of Gerara leaned to look through the window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebecca his wife.

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then thy wife? why hast thou said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, [I did so], for I said, Lest at any time I die on her account.

And Abimelech said to him, Why hast thou done this to us? one of my kindred within a little had lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought [a sin of] ignorance upon us.

And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, Every man that touches this man and his wife shall be liable to death.

And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found in that year barley an hundred-fold, and the Lord blessed him.

And the man was exalted, and advancing he increased, till he became very great.

And he had cattle of sheep, and cattle of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Phylistines envied him.

And all the wells which the servants of his father had dug in the time of his father, the Phylistines stopped them, and filled them with earth.

And Abimelech said to Isaac, Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.

And Isaac departed thence, and rested in the valley of Gerara, and dwelt there.

And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which the servants of his father Abraam had dug, and the Phylistines had stopped them, after the death of his father Abraam; and he gave them names, according to the names by which his father named them.

And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerara, and they found there a well of living water.

And the shepherds of Gerara strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying that the water was theirs; and they called the name of the well, Injury, for they injured him.

And having departed thence he dug another well, and they strove also for that; and he named the name of it, Enmity.

And he departed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive about that; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth.

And he went up thence to the well of the oath.

And the Lord appeared to him in that night, and said, I am the God of Abraam thy father; fear not, for I am with thee, and I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for the sake of Abraam thy father.

And he built there an altar, and called on the name of the Lord, and there he pitched his tent, and there the servants of Isaac dug a well in the valley of Gerara.

And Abimelech came to him from Gerara, and so did Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army.

And Isaac said to them, Wherefore have ye come to me? whereas ye hated me, and sent me away from you.

And they said, We have surely seen that the Lord was with thee, and we said, Let there be an oath between us and thee, and we will make a covenant with thee,

that thou shalt do no wrong by us, as we have not abhorred thee, and according as we have treated thee well, and have sent thee forth peaceably; and now thou art blessed of the Lord.

And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbour; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in safety.

And it came to pass in that day, that the servants of Isaac came and told him of the well which they had dug; and they said, We have not found water.

And he called it, Oath: therefore he called the name of that city, the Well of Oath, until this day.

And Esau was forty years old; and he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beoch the Chettite, and Basemath, daughter of Helon the Chettite.

And they were provoking to Isaac and Rebecca.

And it came to pass after Isaac was old, that his eyes were dimmed so that he could not see; and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him, My son; and he said, Behold, I [am here].

And he said, Behold, I am grown old, and know not the day of my death.

Now then take thy weapons, both thy quiver and thy bow, and go into the plain, and get me venison,

and make me meats, as I like them, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless thee, before I die.

And Rebecca heard Isaac speaking to Esau his son; and Esau went to the plain to procure venison for his father.

And Rebecca said to Jacob her younger son, Behold, I heard thy father speaking to Esau thy brother, saying,

Bring me venison, and prepare me meats, that I may eat and bless thee before the Lord before I die.

Now then, my son, hearken to me, as I command thee.

And go to the cattle and take for me thence two kids, tender and good, and I will make them meats for thy father, as he likes.

And thou shalt bring them in to thy father, and he shall eat, that thy father may bless thee before he dies.

And Jacob said to his mother Rebecca, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I a smooth man.

Peradventure my father may feel me, and I shall be before him as one ill-intentioned, and I shall bring upon me a curse, and not a blessing.

And his mother said to him, On me be thy curse, son; only hearken to my voice, and go and bring [them] me.

So he went and took and brought them to his mother; and his mother made meats, as his father liked [them].

And Rebecca having taken the fine raiment of her elder son Esau which was with her in the house, put it on Jacob her younger son.

And she put on his arms the skins of the kids, and on the bare parts of his neck.

And she gave the meats, and the loaves which she had prepared, into the hands of Jacob her son.

And he brought [them] to his father, and said, Father; and he said, Behold I [am here]; who art thou, son?

And Jacob said to his father, I, Esau thy first-born, have done as thou toldest me; rise, sit, and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

And Isaac said to his son, What is this which thou hast quickly found? And he said, That which the Lord thy God presented before me.

And Isaac said to Jacob, Draw nigh to me, and I will feel thee, son, if thou art my son Esau or not.

And Jacob drew nigh to his father Isaac, and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.

And he knew him not, for his hands were as the hands of his brother Esau, hairy; and he blessed him,

and he said, Art thou my son Esau? and he said, I [am].

And he said, Bring hither, and I will eat of thy venison, son, that my soul may bless thee; and he brought [it] near to him, and he ate, and he brought him wine, and he drank.

And Isaac his father said to him, Draw nigh to me, and kiss me, son.

And he drew nigh and kissed him, and smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of an abundant field, which the Lord has blessed.

And may God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine.

And let nations serve thee, and princes bow down to thee, and be thou lord of thy brother, and the sons of thy father shall do thee reverence; accursed is he that curses thee, and blessed is he that blesses thee.

And it came to pass after Isaac had ceased blessing his son Jacob, it even came to pass, just when Jacob had gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

And he also had made meats and brought them to his father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy first-born son Esau.

And Isaac was amazed with very great amazement, and said, Who then is it that has procured venison for me and brought it to me? and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed.

And it came to pass when Esau heard the words of his father Isaac, he cried out with a great and very bitter cry, and said, Bless, I pray thee, me also, father.

And he said to him, Thy brother has come with subtlety, and taken thy blessing.

And he said, Rightly was his name called Jacob, for lo! this second time has he supplanted me; he has both taken my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing; and Esau said to his father, Hast thou not left a blessing for me, father?

And Isaac answered and said to Esau, If I have made him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his servants, and have strengthened him with corn and wine, what then shall I do for thee, son?

And Esau said to his father, Hast thou [only] one blessing, father? Bless, I pray thee, me also, father. And Isaac being troubled, Esau cried aloud and wept.

And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.

And thou shalt live by thy sword, and shalt serve thy brother; and there shall be [a time] when thou shalt break and loosen his yoke from off thy neck.

And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father's mourning draw nigh, that I may slay my brother Jacob.

And the words of Esau her elder son were reported to Rebecca, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, Esau thy brother threatens thee to kill thee.

Now then, my son, hear my voice, and rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother into Charran.

And dwell with him certain days, until thy brother's anger

and rage depart from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him; and I will send and fetch thee thence, lest at any time I should be bereaved of you both in one day.

And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of the sons of Chet; if Jacob shall take a wife of the daughters of this land, wherefore should I live?

And Isaac having called for Jacob, blessed him, and charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of the Chananites.

Rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia, to the house of Bathuel the father of thy mother, and take to thyself thence a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

And may my God bless thee, and increase thee, and multiply thee, and thou shalt become gatherings of nations.

And may he give thee the blessing of my father Abraam, even to thee and to thy seed after thee, to inherit the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraam.

So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went into Mesopotamia to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca the mother of Jacob and Esau.

And Esau saw that Isaac blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Mesopotamia of Syria as he blessed him, to take to himself a wife thence, and [that] he charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of the Chananites;

and [that] Jacob hearkened to his father and his mother, and went to Mesopotamia of Syria.

And Esau also having seen that the daughters of Chanaan were evil before his father Isaac,

Esau went to Ismael, and took Maeleth the daughter of Ismael, the son of Abraam, the sister of Nabeoth, a wife in addition to his [other] wives.

And Jacob went forth from the well of the oath, and departed into Charrhan.

And came to a certain place and slept there, for the sun had gone down; and he took [one] of the stones of the place, and put it at his head, and lay down to sleep in that place,

and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.

And the Lord stood upon it, and said, I am the God of thy father Abraam, and the God of Isaac; fear not, the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.

And thy seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.

And behold I am with thee to preserve thee continually in all the way wherein thou shalt go; and I will bring thee back to this land; for I will not desert thee, until I have done all that I have said to thee.

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and said, The Lord is in this place, and I knew it not.

And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone he [had] laid there by his head, and he set it up [as] a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.

And he called the name of that place, the House of God; and the name of the city before was Ulam-luz.

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the Lord God will be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

and bring me back in safety to the house of my father, then shall the Lord be for a God to me.

And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be to me a house of God; and of all whatsoever thou shalt give me, I will tithe a tenth for thee.

And Jacob started and went to the land of the east to Laban, the son of Bathuel the Syrian, and the brother of Rebecca, mother of Jacob and Esau.

And he looks, and behold! a well in the plain; and there were there three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the mouth of the well.

And there were all the flocks gathered, and they used to roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the flocks, and set the stone again in its place on the mouth of the well.

And Jacob said to them, Brethren, whence are ye? and they said, We are of Charrhan.