the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
01:021:034 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
01:022:001 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt
Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here
I am.
01:022:002 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him
there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I
will tell thee of.
01:022:003 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass,
and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and
clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went
unto the place of which God had told him.
01:022:004 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the
place afar off.
01:022:005 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the
ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come
again to you.
01:022:006 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it
upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a
knife; and they went both of them together.
01:022:007 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father:
and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire
and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
01:022:008 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for
a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
01:022:009 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and
Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and
bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
01:022:010 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to
slay his son.
01:022:011 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and
said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
01:022:012 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou
any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God,
seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
01:022:013 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind
him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went
and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in
the stead of his son.
01:022:014 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it
is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be
seen.
01:022:015 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven
the second time,
01:022:016 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because
thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son,
thine only son:
01:022:017 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will
multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand
which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the
gate of his enemies;
01:022:018 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
because thou hast obeyed my voice.
01:022:019 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and
went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
01:022:020 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told
Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children
unto thy brother Nahor;
01:022:021 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father
of Aram,
01:022:022 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
01:022:023 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to
Nahor, Abraham's brother.
01:022:024 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah,
and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
01:023:001 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these
were the years of the life of Sarah.
01:023:002 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land
of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep
for her.
01:023:003 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the
sons of Heth, saying,
01:023:004 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession
of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my
sight.
01:023:005 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
01:023:006 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the
choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall
withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury
thy dead.
01:023:007 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the
land, even to the children of Heth.
01:023:008 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I
should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for
me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
01:023:009 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath,
which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is
worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace
amongst you.
01:023:010 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the
Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of
Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city,
saying,
01:023:011 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave
that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons
of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
01:023:012 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
01:023:013 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the
land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me:
I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I
will bury my dead there.
01:023:014 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
01:023:015 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred
shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury
therefore thy dead.
01:023:016 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to
Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the
sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money
with the merchant.
01:023:017 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was
before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and
all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the
borders round about, were made sure
01:023:018 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children
of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
01:023:019 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of
the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the
land of Canaan.
01:023:020 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure
unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of
Heth.
01:024:001 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD
had blessed Abraham in all things.
01:024:002 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that
ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under
my thigh:
01:024:003 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and
the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my
son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
01:024:004 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take
a wife unto my son Isaac.
01:024:005 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not
be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy
son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
01:024:006 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my
son thither again.
01:024:007 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house,
and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and
that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this
land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take
a wife unto my son from thence.
01:024:008 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou
shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son
thither again.
01:024:009 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his
master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
01:024:010 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master,
and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his
hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of
Nahor.
01:024:011 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a
well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that
women go out to draw water.
01:024:012 And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send
me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master
Abraham.
01:024:013 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters
of the men of the city come out to draw water:
01:024:014 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say,
Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she
shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let
the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant
Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness
unto my master.
01:024:015 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that,
behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of
Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher
upon her shoulder.
01:024:016 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither
had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and
filled her pitcher, and came up.
01:024:017 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray
thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
01:024:018 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her
pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
01:024:019 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw
water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
01:024:020 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and
ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his
camels.
01:024:021 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether
the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
01:024:022 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the
man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two
bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
01:024:023 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is
there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
01:024:024 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of
Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
01:024:025 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender
enough, and room to lodge in.
01:024:026 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
01:024:027 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who
hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth:
I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my
master's brethren.
01:024:028 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these
things.
01:024:029 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban
ran out unto the man, unto the well.
01:024:030 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets
upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of
Rebekah 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.
01:024:031 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.
01:024:032 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels,
and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash
his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.
01:024:033 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.
01:024:034 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
01:024:035 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become
great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver,
and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and
asses.
01:024:036 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she
was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
01:024:037 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a
wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose
land I dwell:
01:024:038 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred,
and take a wife unto my son.
01:024:039 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not
follow me.
01:024:040 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:
01:024:041 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest
to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be
clear from my oath.
01:024:042 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my
master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
01:024:043 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it 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;
01:024:044 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.
01:024:045 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah
came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down
unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me
drink, I pray thee.
01:024:046 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her
shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink
also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
01:024:047 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she
said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare
unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the
bracelets upon her hands.
01:024:048 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed
the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the
right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
01:024:049 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell
me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or
to the left.
01:024:050 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth
from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
01:024:051 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her
be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
01:024:052 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their
words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
01:024:053 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of
gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to
her brother and to her mother precious things.
01:024:054 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.
01:024:055 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with
us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
01:024:056 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.
01:024:057 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her
mouth.
01:024:058 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with
this man? And she said, I will go.
01:024:059 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and
Abraham's servant, and his men.
01:024:060 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our
sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let
thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
01:024:061 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the
camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah,
and went his way.
01:024:062 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt
in the south country.
01:024:063 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide:
and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels
were coming.
01:024:064 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she
lighted off the camel.
01:024:065 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that
walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It
is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
01:024:066 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
01:024:067 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took
Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac
was comforted after his mother's death.
01:025:001 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
01:025:002 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian,
and Ishbak, and Shuah.
01:025:003 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were
Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
01:025:004 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and
Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
01:025:005 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
01:025:006 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had,
Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son,
while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
01:025:007 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he
lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
01:025:008 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.
01:025:009 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;
01:025:010 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there
was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
01:025:011 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God
blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
01:025:012 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom
Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
01:025:013 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their
names, according to their generations: the firstborn of
Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
01:025:014 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
01:025:015 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
01:025:016 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by
their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to
their nations.
01:025:017 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and
thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and
was gathered unto his people.
01:025:018 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.
01:025:019 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham
begat Isaac:
01:025:020 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.
01:025:021 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was
barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his
wife conceived.
01:025:022 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.
01:025:023 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.
01:025:024 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold,
there were twins in her womb.
01:025:025 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment;
and they called his name Esau.
01:025:026 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.
01:025:027 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the
field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
01:025:028 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but
Rebekah loved Jacob.
01:025:029 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he
was faint:
01:025:030 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.
01:025:031 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
01:025:032 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what
profit shall this birthright do to me?
01:025:033 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him:
and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
01:025:034 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.
01:026:001 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.
01:026:002 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into
Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
01:026:003 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;
01:026:004 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;
01:026:005 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
01:026:006 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
01:026:007 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said,
She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest,
said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah;
because she was fair to look upon.
01:026:008 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.
01:026:009 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.
01:026:010 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one
of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou
shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
01:026:011 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth
this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
01:026:012 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year
an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
01:026:013 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he
became very great:
01:026:014 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and
great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
01:026:015 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in
the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped
them, and filled them with earth.
01:026:016 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much
mightier than we.
01:026:017 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley
of Gerar, and dwelt there.
01:026:018 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.
01:026:019 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a
well of springing water.
01:026:020 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen,
saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well
Esek; because they strove with him.
01:026:021 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he
called the name of it Sitnah.
01:026:022 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.
01:026:023 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
01:026:024 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am
the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee,
and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant
Abraham's sake.
01:026:025 And he 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.
01:026:026 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his
friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
01:026:027 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye
hate me, and have sent me away from you?