Genesis 27
Genesis 27:1 Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.
Genesis 27:2 And he said, See now, I am old, and my death may take place at any time:
Genesis 27:3 So take your arrows and your bow and go out to the field and get meat for me;
Genesis 27:4 And make me food, good to the taste, such as is pleasing to me, and put it before me, so that I may have a meal and give you my blessing before death comes to me.
Genesis 27:5 Now Isaac's words to his son were said in Rebekah's hearing. Then Esau went out to get the meat.
Genesis 27:6 And Rebekah said to Jacob, her son, Your father said to your brother Esau in my hearing,
Genesis 27:7 Go and get some roe's meat and make me a good meal, so that I may be full, and give you my blessing before the Lord before my death.
Genesis 27:8 Now, my son, do what I say.
Genesis 27:9 Go to the flock and get me two fat young goats; and I will make of them a meal to your father's taste:
Genesis 27:10 And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death.
Genesis 27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, But Esau my brother is covered with hair, while I am smooth:
Genesis 27:12 If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.
Genesis 27:13 And his mother said, Let the curse be on me, my son: only do as I say, and go and get them for me.
Genesis 27:14 So he went and got them and took them to his mother: and she made a meal to his father's taste.
Genesis 27:15 And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:
Genesis 27:16 And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck:
Genesis 27:17 And she gave into the hand of Jacob, her son, the meat and the bread which she had made ready.
Genesis 27:18 And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I: who are you, my son?
Genesis 27:19 And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.
Genesis 27:20 And Isaac said, How is it that you have got it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord your God made it come my way.
Genesis 27:21 And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not.
Genesis 27:22 And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
Genesis 27:23 And he did not make out who he was, because his hands were covered with hair like his brother Esau's hands: so he gave him a blessing.
Genesis 27:24 And he said, Are you truly my son Esau? And he said, I am.
Genesis 27:25 And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.
Genesis 27:26 And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, my son, and give me a kiss.
Genesis 27:27 And he came near and gave him a kiss; and smelling the smell of his clothing, he gave him a blessing, and said, See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field on which the blessing of the Lord has come:
Genesis 27:28 May God give you the dew of heaven, and the good things of the earth, and grain and wine in full measure:
Genesis 27:29 Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.
Genesis 27:30 And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field.
Genesis 27:31 And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing.
Genesis 27:32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your oldest son, Esau.
Genesis 27:33 And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be?
Genesis 27:34 And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father!
Genesis 27:35 And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.
Genesis 27:36 And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?
Genesis 27:37 And Isaac answering said, But I have made him your master, and have given him all his brothers for servants; I have made him strong with grain and wine: what then am I to do for you, my son?
Genesis 27:38 And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping.
Genesis 27:39 Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be:
Genesis 27:40 By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.
Genesis 27:41 So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.
Genesis 27:42 Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.
Genesis 27:43 So now, my son, do what I say: go quickly to Haran, to my brother Laban;
Genesis 27:44 And be there with him for a little time, till your brother's wrath is turned away;
Genesis 27:45 Till the memory of what you have done to him is past and he is no longer angry: then I will send word for you to come back; are the two of you to be taken from me in one day?
Genesis 27:46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, such as these, the women of this land, of what use will my life be to me?
Genesis 28
Genesis 28:1 Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;
Genesis 28:2 But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.
Genesis 28:3 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.
Genesis 28:4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.
Genesis 28:5 So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Genesis 28:6 So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;
Genesis 28:7 And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;
Genesis 28:8 It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,
Genesis 28:9 So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.
Genesis 28:10 So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.
Genesis 28:11 And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.
Genesis 28:12 And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.
Genesis 28:13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.
Genesis 28:14 Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
Genesis 28:15 And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.
Genesis 28:16 And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.
Genesis 28:17 And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God and the doorway of heaven.
Genesis 28:18 And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.
Genesis 28:19 And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.
Genesis 28:20 Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,
Genesis 28:21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God,
Genesis 28:22 And this stone which I have put up for a pillar will be God's house: and of all you give me, I will give a tenth part to you.
Genesis 29
Genesis 29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey till he came to the land of the children of the East.
Genesis 29:2 And there he saw a water-hole in a field, and by the side of it three flocks of sheep, for there they got water for the sheep: and on the mouth of the water-hole there was a great stone.
Genesis 29:3 And all the flocks would come together there, and when the stone had been rolled away, they would give the sheep water, and put the stone back again in its place on the mouth of the water-hole.
Genesis 29:4 Then Jacob said to the herdmen, My brothers, where do you come from? And they said, From Haran.
Genesis 29:5 And he said to them, Have you any knowledge of Laban, the son of Nahor? And they said, We have.
Genesis 29:6 And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.
Genesis 29:7 Then Jacob said, The sun is still high and it is not time to get the cattle together: get water for the sheep and go and give them their food.
Genesis 29:8 And they said, We are not able to do so till all the flocks have come together and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the water-hole; then we will get water for the sheep.
Genesis 29:9 While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.
Genesis 29:10 Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.
Genesis 29:11 And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.
Genesis 29:12 And Rachel, hearing from Jacob that he was her father's relation and that he was the son of Rebekah, went running to give her father news of it.
Genesis 29:13 And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.
Genesis 29:14 And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.
Genesis 29:15 Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?
Genesis 29:16 Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
Genesis 29:17 And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.
Genesis 29:18 And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.
Genesis 29:19 And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.
Genesis 29:20 And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.
Genesis 29:21 Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.
Genesis 29:22 And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.
Genesis 29:23 And in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.
Genesis 29:24 And Laban gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her waiting-woman.
Genesis 29:25 And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?
Genesis 29:26 And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.
Genesis 29:27 Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.
Genesis 29:28 And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.
Genesis 29:29 And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.
Genesis 29:30 Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love
for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.
Genesis 29:31 Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.
Genesis 29:32 And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me.
Genesis 29:33 Then she became with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Because it has come to the Lord's ears that I am not loved, he has given me this son in addition: and she gave him the name Simeon.
Genesis 29:34 And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Now at last my husband will be united to me, because I have given him three sons: so he was named Levi.
Genesis 29:35 And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son: and she said, This time I will give praise to the Lord: so he was named Judah; after this she had no more children for a time.
Genesis 30
Genesis 30:1 Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.
Genesis 30:2 But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?
Genesis 30:3 Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.
Genesis 30:4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Genesis 30:5 And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.
Genesis 30:6 Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan.
Genesis 30:7 And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.
Genesis 30:8 And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.
Genesis 30:9 When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.
Genesis 30:10 And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son.
Genesis 30:11 And Leah said, It has gone well for me: and she gave him the name Gad.
Genesis 30:12 And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a second son.
Genesis 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.
Genesis 30:14 Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to her, Let me have some of your son's love-fruits.
Genesis 30:15 But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you take my son's love-fruits? Then Rachel said, You may have him tonight in exchange for your son's love-fruits.
Genesis 30:16 In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to come to me, for I have given my son's love-fruits as a price for you. And he went in to her that night.
Genesis 30:17 And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.
Genesis 30:18 Then Leah said, God has made payment to me for giving my servant-girl to my husband: so she gave her son the name Issachar.
Genesis 30:19 And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.
Genesis 30:20 And she said, God has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband living with me, for I have given him six sons: and she gave him the name Zebulun.
Genesis 30:21 After that she had a daughter, to whom she gave the name Dinah.
Genesis 30:22 Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.
Genesis 30:23 And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.
Genesis 30:24 And she gave him the name Joseph, saying, May the Lord give me another son.
Genesis 30:25 Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.
Genesis 30:26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have been your servant, and let me go: for you have knowledge of all the work I have done for you.
Genesis 30:27 And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.
Genesis 30:28 Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.
Genesis 30:29 Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.
Genesis 30:30 For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?
Genesis 30:31 And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:
Genesis 30:32 Let me go through all your flock today, taking out from among them all the sheep which are marked or coloured or black, and all the marked or coloured goats: these will be my payment.
Genesis 30:33 And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.
Genesis 30:34 And Laban said, Let it be as you say.
Genesis 30:35 So that day he took all the he-goats which were banded or coloured, and all the shegoats which were marked or coloured or had white marks, and all the black sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons;
Genesis 30:36 And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.
Genesis 30:37 Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands.
Genesis 30:38 And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.
Genesis 30:39 And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.
Genesis 30:40 These lambs Jacob kept separate; and he put his flock in a place by themselves and not with Laban's flock.
Genesis 30:41 And whenever the stronger ones of the flock became with young, Jacob put the sticks in front of them in the drinking-places, so that they might become with young when they saw the sticks.
Genesis 30:42 But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put the sticks before them; so that the feebler flocks were Laban's and the stronger were Jacob's.
Genesis 30:43 So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.
