And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham and sware to him as concerning that matter.

And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master and departed, and had of all manner goods of his master with him, and stood up and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

And she said, "Drink, my lord." And she hasted and let down her pitcher upon her arm and gave him drink.

And when she had given him drink, she said, "I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have drunk enough."

And she said unto him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah which she bare unto Nahor,"

and said moreover unto him, "We have litter and provender enough and also room to lodge in."

And then the man came in to the house: and he unbridled the camels: and brought litter and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and their feet that were with him,

and there was meat set before him to eat. But he said, "I will not eat, until I have said mine errand." And he said, "Say on."

and the LORD hath blessed my master out of measure that he is become great and hath given him sheep, oxen, silver and gold, menservants, maidservants, camels and asses.

And Sara my master's wife bare him a son, when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

And I asked her, saying, 'whose daughter art thou?' And she answered, '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.

And then they ate and drank, both he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night and rose up in the morning. And he said, "Let me depart unto my master."

Then they brought Rebekah their sister on the way, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and the men that were with him.

Abraham took him another wife called Keturah,

which bare him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.

And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the double cave in the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite before Mamre.

And Isaac made intercession unto the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

And Jacob said, "Swear to me then this day." And he swore to him and sold his birthright unto Jacob.

Then the LORD appeared unto him and said, "Go not down into Egypt, but bide in the land which I say unto thee:

And the men of the place asked him of his wife, and he said that she was his sister: for he feared to call her his wife lest the men of the place should have killed him for her sake, because she was beautiful to the eye.

And Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, "See, she is of a surety thy wife, and why saidest thou that she was thy sister?" And Isaac said unto him, "I thought that I might peradventure have died for her sake."

And Isaac sowed in the land, and found in the same year a hundred bushels; for the LORD blessed him.

that he had possession of sheep, of oxen, and a mighty household; so that the Philistines had envy at him,

And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." Then called he the well Esek, because they strove with him.

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."

Then came Abimelech to him from Gerar; and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol his chief captain.

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.

And the same day came Isaac's servants, and told him of a well which they had digged: and said unto him, that they had found water.

And it came to pass that Isaac waxed old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see. Then called he Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him, "My son." And he said unto him, "Here am I."

My father shall peradventure feel me, and I shall seem unto him as though I went about to beguile him, and so shall he bring a curse upon me and not a blessing."

And his mother said unto him, "Upon me be thy curse, my son, only hear my voice, and go and fetch me them."

Then went Jacob to Isaac his father, 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, because his hands were rough as his brother Esau's hands and so he blessed him.

And he asked him, "Art thou my son Esau?" And he said, "That I am."

Then said he, "Bring me and let me eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee." And he brought him, and he ate. And he brought him wine also, and he drank.

And his father Isaac said unto him, "Come near and kiss me my son."

And he went to him and kissed him. And he smelled the savour of his raiment and blessed him, and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed.

and had made also meat, and brought it in unto his father and said unto him, "Arise my father and eat of thy son's venison, that thy soul may bless me."

Then his father Isaac said unto him, "Who art thou?" He answered, "I am thy eldest son Esau."

And Isaac was greatly astonished out of measure, and said, "Where is he then that hath hunted venison and brought it me? And I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him, and he shall be blessed still."

Isaac answered and said unto Esau, "Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his mother's children have I made his servants. Moreover, with corn and wine have I established him. What can I do unto thee now my son?"

Then Isaac his father answered and said unto him, "Behold, thy dwelling place shall have of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.

And Esau hated Jacob, because of the blessing that his father blessed him withal, and said in his heart, "The days of my father's sorrow are at hand, for I will slay my brother Jacob."

And these words of Esau her eldest son, were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called Jacob her youngest son, and said unto him, "Behold, thy brother Esau threateneth to kill thee.

And tarry with him a while, until thy brother's fierceness be assuaged,

and until thy brother's wrath turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him. Then will I send and fetch thee away from thence. Why should I lose you both in one day?"

Then Isaac called Jacob his son and blessed him, and charged him and said unto him, "See thou take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan,

When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him to Mesopotamia, to fetch him a wife thence, and that, as he blessed him he gave him a charge saying 'see thou take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan,'

and came unto a place and tarried there all night, because the son was down. And took a stone of the place, and put it under his head, and laid him down in the same place to sleep.

And he said unto them, "Know ye Laban, the son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know him."

When Laban heard tell of Jacob, his sister's son, he ran against him, and embraced him and kissed him and brought him into his house. And then Jacob told Laban all the matter.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

And when even was come, he took Lea his daughter and brought her to him and he went in unto her.

And Jacob did even so, and passed out that week, and then he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

So lay he by Rachel also, and loved Rachel more than Lea, and served him yet seven years more.

And she conceived again and bare a son, and said, "The LORD hath heard that I am despised, and hath therefore given me this son also." And she called him Simeon.

And she conceived yet, and bare a son, and said, "Now this once will my husband keep me company, because I have borne him three sons." And therefore she called his name Levi.

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife. And Jacob went in unto her:

Then said Rachel, "God hath given sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son." Therefore called she him Dan.

And Lea answered, "Is it not enough, that thou hast taken away my husband, but wouldest take away my son's mandragoras also?" Then said Rachel, "Well, let him sleep with thee this night, for thy son's mandragoras."

And when Jacob came from the fields at even, Lea went out to meet him, and said, "Come in to me, for I have bought thee with my son's mandragoras." And he slept with her that night.

Then said Lea, "God hath given me my reward, because I gave my maiden to my husband." And she called him Issachar.

Then said she, "God hath endued me with a good dowry. Now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons." And called his name Zebulon.

Then said Laban unto him, "If I have found favour in thy sight - for I suppose that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake -

But he said unto him, "Thou knowest what service I have done thee, and in what taking thy cattle have been under me:

Then Jacob parted the lambs, and turned the faces of the sheep toward spotted things, and toward all manner of black things throughout the flocks of Laban. And he made him flocks of his own by themself, which he put not unto the flocks of Laban.

And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, that it was not toward him as it was in times past.

And your father hath deceived me and changed my wages ten times: But God suffered him not to hurt me.

Then answered Rachel and Lea and said unto him, "We have no part nor inheritance in our father's house:

And Jacob went away unknowing to Laban the Syrian, and told him not that he fled.

Then he took his brethren with him and followed after him seven days' journey, and overtook him at the mount Gilead.

And God came to Laban the Sirian in a dream by night, and said unto him, "Take heed to thyself, that thou speak not to Jacob ought save good."

But with whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him die here before our brethren. Seek that thine is by me, and take it to thee." For Jacob wist not that Rachel had stolen them.

Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: Jacob also answered and said to him, "What have I trespassed or what have I offended, that thou followedest after me?

The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their fathers, be judge betwixt us." And Jacob sware by him that his father Isaac feared.

But Jacob went forth on his journey. And the angels of God came and met him.

Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, unto the land of Seir and the field of Edom.

And the messengers came again to Jacob, saying, "We came unto thy brother Esau, and he cometh against thee; and four hundred men with him."

Then was Jacob greatly afraid, and wist not which way to turn himself, and divided the people that was with him and the sheep, oxen and camels, into two companies,

Deliver me from the hands of my brother Esau, for I fear him: lest he will come and smite the mother with the children.

And so commanded he the second, and even so the third, and likewise all that followed the droves, saying, "Of this manner see that ye speak unto Esau when ye meet him,

and say moreover. 'Behold thy servant Jacob cometh after us.'" For he said, "I will appease his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see him myself, so peradventure he will receive me to grace."

So went the present before him, and he tarried all that night in the tent,

and tarried behind; himself alone. And there wrestled a man with him unto the breaking of the day.

And when he saw that he could not prevail against him, he smote him under the thigh, and the sinew of Jacob's thigh shrank as he wrestled with him.

And he said unto him, "What is thy name?" He answered, "Jacob."

And Jacob asked him, saying, "Tell me thy name." And he said, "Wherefore dost thou ask after my name?" And he blessed him there.

And as he went over Peniel, the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

Jacob lift up his eyes and saw his brother Esau come, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Lea and unto Rachel and unto the two maidens.

Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

and take my blessing that I have brought thee, for God hath given it me freely. And I have enough of all things." And so he compelled him to take it.

And he said unto him, "My lord knoweth that I have tender children, ewes and cows with young, under mine hand, which if men should overdrive but even one day, the whole flock would die.

And Jacob took his journey toward Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: whereof the name of the place is called Succoth.

Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob, to commune with him.

And Hamor communed with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: give her him to wife,

Then said Jacob unto his household, and to all that were with him, "Put away the strange gods that are among you and make yourselves clean, and change your garments,

So came Jacob to Luz in the land of Canaan, otherwise called Bethel, with all the people that was with him.

And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because that God appeared unto him there, when he fled from his brother.

And God appeared unto Jacob again after he came out of Mesopotamia, and blessed him,

and said unto him, "Thy name is Jacob. Notwithstanding thou shalt be no more called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name." And so was his name called Israel.