water. And if a virgin come forth to draw, and I say unto her, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher,

And she shall say, Drink thou, and I will draw thy camels also, that she may be the wife which the LORD my lord hath given to his son.

And before I had spoken these words in mine heart, behold, Rebekah cometh forth with a pitcher upon her shoulder, and goeth down to the well, and draweth. And I said unto her, Give me to drink.

And she took the pitcher from her shoulder in haste, and said, Drink, and I will water thy camels also. So I drank, and she watered the camels also.

And I asked her, saying, Whose daughter art thou? And she answered: I am Bethuel’s daughter, the son of Nahor, whom Milcah bare unto him. And I put a clasp upon her forehead, and bracelets upon her hands;

And I bowed myself, and worshipped the LORD, and praised the LORD God of my master Abraham, which led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s son’s daughter.

If ye then be they which will shew kindness and faithfulness unto my lord, tell me; but if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said: This is from the LORD: therefore we can speak nothing against thee, either evil or good.

There is Rebekah before thee; take her, and go, that she may be thy master’s wife, as the LORD hath said.

When Abraham’s servant heard these words, he bowed himself to the LORD to the ground.

And he brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and garments, and gave them unto Rebekah: and to her brother and to her mother he gave spices.

And he did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried there all night. And in the morning he arose, and said, Let me go to my lord.

But her brother and her mother said: Let the damsel abide with us a day or ten, and after that thou shalt depart.

Then said he unto them: Stop me not, for the LORD hath given grace unto my journey. Let me go, that I may go unto my lord.

And they said, Let us call the damsel, and ask what she saith.

And they called unto Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, Yea, I will go with him.

So they sent Rebekah their sister away with her nurse, and Abraham’s servant and his men.

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister; increase in many thousands of thousands, and let thy seed possess the gates of his enemies.

So Rebekah arose with her damsels, and they sat upon the camels, and went after the man.
And the servant took Rebekah, and went.

And Isaac came from the well of the living and the seeing (for he dwelt in the land toward the south)

And he went out to pray in the field about even, and lifted up his eyes, and saw camels coming.

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and saw Isaac; and she fell down from the camel.

And he said unto the servant, Who is this man that cometh to meet us in the field? And the servant said, This is my lord. And she took her cloak, and covered herself.

And the servant told Isaac all the things which he had set forth.

And Isaac brought her into Sarah his mother’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and loved her. So Isaac was comforted concerning his mother.
(Genesis)
Chapter 25
Abraham’s other marriage. Ishmael’s and Isaac’s sons.

And Abraham took again a wife, whose name was Keturah.

And she bare him Simran, and Jaksan, Medan, and Midian, Jezbak, and Shuah.

And Jaksan begat Seba and Dedan. And the children of Dedan were: Assurim, Letusim, and Leumim.

The sons of Midian were: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaa. These are all the children of Keturah.

And Abraham gave all his substance unto Isaac.

But unto the children which he had of the concubines he gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, because he was yet alive, toward the east.

Now this is the age of Abraham, that he lived an hundred and seventy and five years.

And he departed, and died in a quiet old age, being old and full of life; and was gathered unto his people.

And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the twofold cave of the field of Ephron the son of Zoar the Hittite, which is toward Mamre,

In the field which Abraham bought of the sons of Heth. There Abraham is buried with Sarah his wife.

And after the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And he dwelt by the well of the living and the seeing.

This is the seed of Ishmael the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the handmaid of Sarah out of Egypt bare unto him;

And these are the names of the children. Ishmael, of whom their families are called: The firstborn son of Ishmael, Nebajoth; Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Misma, Duma, Masa,

hadar, theme, jetur, naphis and kedma.

These are the children of Ishmael with their names in their courts and cities, twelve princes over their people.

And this is the age of Ishmael, an hundred thirty and seven years: and he departed, and died, and was gathered unto his people.

And they dwelt from Havilah even unto Sur over against Egypt, when they go into Assyria.
And he fell before all his brethren.

This is the seed of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac.

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, of Mesopotamia, Laban the Syrian’s sister.

And Isaac besought the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD made supplication, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

And the children thrust themselves together in her womb. And she said: Since it was so, why did I conceive? And she went to inquire of the LORD.

And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated out of thy womb: and the one people shall be superior unto the other, and the greater shall serve the lesser.

And when the time was come for her to be delivered, behold, there were twins in her womb.

The first that came out was reddish, all smoke like fur: and they called his name Esau.

And afterward came out his brother, which held the heel of Esau with his hand; and they called his name Jacob. Sixty years old was Isaac when they were born.

And when the lads were grown up, Esau became a hunter and a husbandman, and Jacob a godly man, and abode in the tents.

And Isaac loved Esau, and loved to eat of his pasture: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

And Jacob cooked a dish. And Esau came out of the field, and was weary.

And said unto Jacob, Let me taste of the red judgment; for I am weary. Therefore is his name called Edom.

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy firstborn.

And Esau said, Behold, I must die; what then shall the firstborn be to me?

And Jacob said, Swear unto me this day. And he sware unto him, and so sold Jacob his
firstborn.

And thou gavest him bread, and the dish of lentils; and he did eat and drink; and rose up, and departed. So Esau despised his firstborn.
(Genesis)
Chapter 26
Isaac’s wanderings, dwelling, and repugnance.

And there came a plague into the land above that which was in Abraham’s days. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt, but tarry in the land which I tell thee.

Be a stranger in this land, and I will be with thee, and bless thee; For unto thee and unto thy seed will I give all these lands, and will confirm my oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father,

And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries. And by thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, 5. Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my statutes, and my commandments, and my judgments, and my laws.

So Isaac dwelt at Gerar.

And when the men of the same place asked of his wife, he said, She is my sister. For he feared to say, She is my wife: they would slay me for Rebekah’s sake: for she was fair of face.

And it came to pass, when he had been there a while, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through the window, and perceived that Isaac was jesting with Rebekah his wife.

And Abimelech called unto Isaac, and said, Behold, she is thy wife. How hast thou then said, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, I thought that I might die for her sake.

And Abimelech said, Why hast thou done this thing unto us? It were easy for one of the people to lie with thy wife, and so thou hadst brought guilt upon us.

And Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, Whosoever toucheth this man, or his wife, shall surely be put to death.

And Isaac sowed in the land, and reaped an hundredfold in that year: for the LORD blessed him.

And he became a great man, and went and increased until he was almost great, 14. Because he had much substance of cattle, both small and great, and a great household.
Therefore the Philistines envied him.

And they stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham