Abraham's death and burial. Before CHRIST about 1853. 1 Chr. 1. 32. b ch. 24. 36. c ch. 21. 14. d Judg. 6. 3. 1822. ch. 15. 15. & 49. 29. fch. 35. 29. & 49. 33. Beh. 35. 29. & 50. 13. hch. 23. 16. i cl. 49. 31. Ich. 16. 14. & 24.62. 1 ch. 16. 15. about 1800. GENESIS. Birth of Esau and Jacob. 15 Before CHRIST about 1800. Or, Hadad, 1 Chr. 1. 30. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes accord-ch. 17. 20. ing to their nations. n 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred 1773. over. 8. 2 And ashe bare him Zimran, 5¶ And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and esent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. 7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years. e 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; 10 hThe field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 11 ¶ And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the kwell Lahai-roi. 12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, 1whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: 13 And mthese are the names 1 Chr. 1.29. of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, about 1804. a ch. 12. 10. bch. 20. 2. ch. 12. 1. d ch. 20. 1. Ps. 39. 12. Heb. 11. 9. e ch. 28. 15. f ch. 12. 2. CHAPTER XXVI. 1 Isaac because of famine went to Gerar. 2 God instructeth, and blesseth him. 7 He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife. 12 He groweth rich. 18 He diggeth Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth. 26 Abimelech maketh a covenant with him at Beersheba. 34 Esau's wives. Isaac groweth rich. ah; because she was fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. 9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac_said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. Before CHRIST about 1804. • ch. 24. 16. 10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lain with thy wife, and P thou shouldest have Pch. 20. 9. brought guiltiness upon us. 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that a toucheth this man or his wife Ps. 105. 15. shall surely be put to death. 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year ra hundredfold: and the LORD s blessed him. S 13 And the man waxed great, AND there, was a fame til he beetne verd, and grew un the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. 3 Sojourn in this land, and e I will be with thee, and ́f will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all 8 ch. 13. 15. & these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 15. 18. h ch. 22. 16. Ps. 105. 9. ich. 15. 5. & 22. 17. 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy kch. 12. 3. & seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed: 22. 18. 1 ch. 22. 16, 18. mch. 12. 13. & 20. 2, 13. n Prov.29.25. 51 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. til he became very great: 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines "envied him. tHeb.found. Matt. 13.8. Mark 4.8. Sver. 3. ch. 24. 1, 35. Job 42. 12. tel. 24. 35. going. bandry. uch. 37. 11. Ecc. 4.4. 15 For all the wells wwhich his father's servants had digged inch. 21. 30. the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art Ex. 1. 9. much mightier than we. 17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 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: y and he called ch. 21. 31. their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well oft springing water. 20 And the herdmen of Gerar † Heb. living. 6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and m hez did strive with Isaac's herdmen, ch. 21. 25. said, She is my sister: for he saying, The water is ours: and feared to say, She is my wife; he called the name of the well lest, said he, the men of the Esek; because they strove with That is, place should kill me for Rebek- him. Contention. Abimelech's covenant with Isaac. Before CHRIST about 1804. That is, Hatred. That is, Room. ach. 17. 6. & 28.3. & 41. 52. Ex. 1.7. beh. 17. 7. & 24. 12. & 28. 13. Ex. 3. 6. Acts 7. 32. ch. 15. 1. d ver. 3, 4. ch. 12. 7. & 13. 18. f Ps. 116. 17. 5 ch. 21. 22. GENESIS. 21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for dI am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 25 And he e builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. 26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seehJudg. 11. 7. ing hye hate me, and have isent me away from you? iver. 16. † Heb. Seeing we saw. k ch. 21. 22, 23. † Heb. If thou shalt, &c. 1 ch. 24. 31. Ps. 115. 15. mch. 19. 3. nch. 21. 31. I That is, • ch. 21. 31. P ch. 36. 2. 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 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: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. 30 m 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 Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac'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 Shebah: otherefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. 34 PAnd Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 35 Which were ta grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. CHAPTER XXVII. 1 Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. 6 Re bekah instructeth Jacob to obtain the blessing. 15 Jacob under the person of Esau obtaineth it. 30 Esau bringeth venison. 33 Isaac trembleth. 34 Esau complaineth, and by importunity obtaineth a blessing. 41 He threateneth Jacob. 42 Rebekah disappointeth it. Before CHRIST 1796. ch. 27. 46. & 28.1, 8. † Heb. bitterness of spirit. AND it came to pass, that about 1760. 1 Sam. 3. 2. when Isaac was old, and ahis eyes were dim, so that he ach. 48. 10. could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. 2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: Prov. 27. 1. James 4. 14. ch. 25. 27, 28. 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and t take me some venison; † Heb. hunt. And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I ver. 27, die. 5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death. ch. 48. 9, 15. & 49.28. Deut. 33. 1. 8 Now therefore, my son, e obey ver. 13. my voice according to that which I command thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them fsavoury meat for thy fa- tver. 4. ther, such as he loveth: 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before & ver. 4. his death. 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, h Esau my hch. 25. 25. brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: Jacob deceiveth his father. Before CHRIST about 1760. 1 ch. 43. 9. 1 Sam.25.24. 2 Sam. 14. 9. m ver. 4, 9. GENESIS. 13 And his mother said unto him, 'Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 14 And he went, and fetched, Matt. 27. 25. and brought them to his mother: and his mother mmade savoury meat, such as his father loved. 15 And Rebekah took †"goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: † Heb. desirable. n ver. 27. over. 4. † Heb. before me. P ver. 12. 9 ver. 16. r ver. 4. 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: 17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I Pmay feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. 24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. He obtaineth the blessing. CHRIST about 1760. Hos. 14. 6. him, and said, See, the smell of Before my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: 28 Therefore God give thee of "the dew of heaven, and wthe fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: 29 y Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. 30 T And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. t Heb. 11. 20. " Deut. 33. 13, 28. 2 Sam. 1. 21. W ch. 45. 18. Deut. 33. 28. 25. 23. l. 9. 25. & ch. 49. 8. ach. 12.3. Num. 24. 9. 25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may blessing thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 27 And he came near, and kissed him and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed : 2.Sam. 8. 14. ver. 29. 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, & Behold, I have Fulfilled, made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and hver, 28. wine have I sustained him: andOr. what shall I do now unto thee, my son? 38 And Esau said unto his fa supported. Esau threateneth Jacob. Before CHRIST GENESIS. ther, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau i Heb. 12. 17. lifted up his voice, and wept. about 1760. k ver. 28. Heb. 11. 20. I Or, of the fatness. 1 ch. 25. 23. 2 Sam. 8. 14. Obad. 18, 19, 20. m2 Kings 8. 20. n ch. 37.4, 8. ch. 50. 3, 4, 10. P Obad. 10. 4 Ps. 64. 5. ch. 11. 31. ch. 26. 35. & 28. 8. tch. 24. 3. 1760. a ch. 27. 33. b ch. 24. 3. © Hos. 12. 12. d ch. 25. 20. • ch. 22. 23. f ch. 24. 29. 39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, kthy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother: and mit shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. 41 And Esau nhated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth a comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother rto Haran; 44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; 45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: tif Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? CHAPTER XXVIII. 1 Isaac blesseth Jacob, and sendeth him to Padan-aram. 6 Esau marrieth Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael. 10 The vision of Jacob's ladder. 18 The stone of Beth-el. 20 Jacob's row. The vision of Jacob's ladder. Before 1760. 8 ch. 17. 1, 6. ↑ Heb. an assembly of people. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and CHRIST multiply thee, that thou mayest be ta multitude of people; 4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land tiwherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan ; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; 8 And Esau seeing daughters of Canaan not Isaac his father; h ch. 12. 2. Heb. of thy sojournings. i ch. 17. 8. 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, mthe sister of Nebajoth, tomch. 25. 13. be his wife. 10 And Jacob went out from Hos. 12. 12. Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, totch. 13. 15. thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 Ánd "thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt tspread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all & 35. 12. "ch. 13. 16. † Heb. break forth. Deut. 12. 20. ch. 12. 3. & 18. 18. & 22. 18. & 26. 4. |