The Beginning (Genesis) 26

1There was a famine in the land again. Not to be confused with the first famine that was in the days of Father of a Multitude (Abraham). Laughter (Isaac) went to My Father is King (Abimelech) king of the Immigrants (Philistines) to Lodging Place (Gerar).

 2I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) appeared to him, and said, “Do not go down into Double Straights (Egypt). Dwell in the land which I shall tell you.”

 3Stay in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. To you, and to your seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Father of a Multitude (Abraham) your father.

 4I will make your seed multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your seed all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

 5Because Father of a Multitude (Abraham) obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

 6So, Laughter (Isaac) dwelt in Lodging Place (Gerar).

 7The men of the place asked about his wife. He said, “She is my sister.” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” Because, he thought, 'The men of the place will kill me for Rebekah', because she was fair to look on.

 8When he had been there a long time, My Father is King (Abimelech) king of the Immigrants (Philistines) looked out at a window and saw Laughter (Isaac) sporting with Rebekah his wife.

 9My Father is King (Abimelech) called Laughter (Isaac), and said, “Look, she surely is your wife. Why did you say, “She is my sister?” Laughter (Isaac) answered him, “Because I said, Lest I die for her.”

 10My Father is King (Abimelech) said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might soon have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us.”

 11Then My Father is King (Abimelech) charged all his people, saying, “He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”

 12Then Laughter (Isaac) sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold: and I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) blessed him.

 13The man became great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

 14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, a great store of servants. The Immigrants (Philistines) envied him.

 15The Immigrants (Philistines) had stopped up all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Father of a Multitude (Abraham) his father, and filled them with earth.

 16My Father is King (Abimelech) said to Laughter (Isaac), “Go from us; for you are much mightier than we.”

 17So Laughter (Isaac) departed from there, and pitched his tent in the valley of Lodging Place (Gerar), and dwelt there.

 18Laughter (Isaac) dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Father of a Multitude (Abraham) his father. The Immigrants (Philistines) had stopped them after the death of Father of a Multitude (Abraham). He called their names by the names by which his father had called them.

 19Laughter (Isaac)'s servants dug in the valley. There they found a well of springing water.

 20The herdsmen of Lodging Place (Gerar) fought with Laughter (Isaac)'s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours. So he called the name of the well Contention (Esek), because they strove with him.

 21Then they dug another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Strife (Sitnah).

 22He left there and dug another well and they didn't have to fight for this one. So he called the name of it Wide Streets (Rehoboth) He said, “For now I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

 23 Then he went up from there to Well of the Sevenfold Oath (Beersheba).

 24I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) appeared to him that night, and said, I am the God of Father of a Multitude (Abraham) your father: fear not, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant, Father of a Multitude (Abraham)'s, sake.

 25There he built an altar, and called on the name of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah). He pitched his tent there and Laughter (Isaac)'s servants dug a well there.

 26Then My Father is King (Abimelech) went to him from Lodging Place (Gerar), with Possession (Ahuzzath) one of his friends, and Strong (Phichol) the chief captain of his army.

 27Laughter (Isaac) said to them, “Why do you come to me, seeing you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”

 28They said, “We saw that certainly I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) was with you and we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you.

 29TSo that you will do us no harm. We have not touched you. We have done nothing to you but good, and have sent you away in peace. And now you are the blessed of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).”

 30So, he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

 31In the morning,they rose and swore one to another. Laughter (Isaac) sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

 32That same day, Laughter 's (Isaac) servants came, and told him about the well which they dug announcing, “We have found water!”

 33He called it An Oath (Shebah): therefore the name of the city is Well of the Sevenfold Oath (Beersheba) to this day.

 34Hairy (Esau) was forty years old when he took Praised (Judith) as his wife the daughter of My Well (Beeri) the Terror (Hittite), and Spice (Bashemath) the daughter of Mighty Tree (Elon) the Terror (Hittite):

 35Which were a grief of mind to Laughter (Isaac) and to Secured (Rebekah).

The Beginning (Genesis) 25

1Then again Father of a Multitude (Abraham) took a wife, and her name was Incense (Keturah).

 2She bore him Musician -(Zimran), and Ensnarer (Jokshan), and Contention (Medan), and Strife (Midian), and He Releases (Ishbak), and Shuah.

 3Ensnarer (Jokshan) begat An Oath (Sheba), and Low Ground (Dedan). The sons of Low Ground (Dedan) were Guided and Blessed (Asshurim), Hammered (Letushim), and Peoples (Leummim).

 4The sons of Strife (Midian); Gloomy (Ephah), A Calf (Epher), Dedicated (Hanoch), My Father Knows (Abidah), God Has Known (Eldaah). All these were the children of Incense (Keturah).

 5Father of a Multitude (Abraham) gave all that he had to Laughter (Isaac).

 6But to the sons of the concubines Father of a Multitude (Abraham) had, Father of a Multitude (Abraham) gave gifts, and sent them away from Laughter (Isaac) his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.

 7These were the days of the years of Father of a Multitude (Abraham)'s life which he lived, a hundred seventy-five years.

 8Then Father of a Multitude (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.

 9His sons Laughter (Isaac) and God Will Hear (Ishmael) buried him in the cave of Double Portion (Machpelah), in the field of Fawn-Like (Ephron) the son of Tawny (Zohar) the Terror (Hittite), which is before Strength (Mamre);

 10The field which Father of a Multitude (Abraham) purchased of the sons of Terror (Heth): there was Father of a Multitude (Abraham) buried, and Noblewoman (Sarah) his wife.

 11After the death of Father of a Multitude (Abraham), God (Elohim) blessed his son Laughter (Isaac); and Laughter (Isaac) dwelt by the well the Living One Who Sees Me (Lahairoi).

 12Now these are the generations of God Will Hear (Ishmael), Father of a Multitude (Abraham)'s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Noblewoman's (Sarah) handmaid, bore to Father of a Multitude (Abraham):

 13And these are the names of the sons of God Will Hear (Ishmael), by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of God Will Hear (Ishmael), Heights (Nebajoth); then Dark (Kedar), Chastened of God (Adbeel), Sweet Odor (Mibsam),

 14Hearing (Mishma), Silence( Dumah), Burden (Massa),

 15Honor (Hadar), Desert (Tema), Enclosed (Jetur), Refreshment (Naphish), and Original (Kedemah):

 16These are the sons of God Will Hear (Ishmael). These are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

 17These are the years of the life of God Will Hear (Ishmael), an hundred and thirty-seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered to his people.

 18They dwelt from Circle (Havilah) to Wall (Shur), that is before Double Straights (Egypt), as you go toward A Step (Assyria). He died in the presence of all his brethren.

 19These are the generations of Laughter (Isaac), Father of a Multitude (Abraham)'s son: Father of a Multitude (Abraham) begat Laughter (Isaac):

 20Laughter (Isaac) was forty years old when he took Secured (Rebekah) to wife, the daughter of God Destroys (Bethuel) the Exalted (Syrian) of Field (Padanaram), the sister to White (Laban) the Exalted (Syrian).

 21Laughter (Isaac) entreated I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) for his wife, because she was barren: and I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) answered him, and Secured (Rebekah) his wife conceived.

 22The children struggled together within her; and she said, “Why am I this way?” And she went to inquire of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 23I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will come from your womb. The one people will be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.”

 24When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, and indeed, there were twins in her womb.

 25The first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Hairy (Esau).

 26After that, came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Hairy (Esau)'s heel; so his name was called Heel-Grabber (Jacob). Laughter (Isaac) was sixty years old when she bore them.

 27The boys grew. Hairy (Esau) became a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Heel-Grabber (Jacob) was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

 28Laughter (Isaac) loved Hairy (Esau), because of his venison, but Secured (Rebekah) loved Heel-Grabber (Jacob).

 29Heel-Grabber (Jacob) boiled soup. When Hairy (Esau) came in from the field, and he was exhausted,

 30Hairy (Esau) said to Heel-Grabber (Jacob), “Feed me please, with that red soup; for I am exhausted!” Therefore was his name called Red (Edom).

 31Heel-Grabber (Jacob) said, “Sell me your birthright right now.”

 32Hairy (Esau) said, “Look, I am at the point of dying. What profit will this birthright be for me?”

 33Heel-Grabber (Jacob) said, “Swear to me this day” and he swore to him and sold his birthright to Heel-Grabber (Jacob).

 34Then Heel-Grabber (Jacob) gave Hairy (Esau) bread and a soup of lentils. He ate and drank, and rose up, and went his way. Thus Hairy (Esau) despised his birthright.

The Beginning (Genesis) 24

1Father of a Multitude (Abraham) was old, and well stricken in age. The LORD - I AM (Yehovah) had blessed Father of a Multitude (Abraham) in all things.

 2Father of a Multitude (Abraham) said to his eldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh:

 3And swear to me by The LORD - I AM (Yehovah), the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Humbled Ones (Canaanites), among whom I dwell:

 4But go to my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Laughter (Isaac).”

 5The servant said unto him, What if the woman is not be willing to follow me to this land? Should I take your son to the land from which you came?”

 6Father of a Multitude (Abraham) replied, “No, do not take my son back there again.

 7The LORD - I AM (Yehovah) God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, Unto your seed I will give this land. He will send his angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there.

 8If the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be clear from this oath to me: only do not take my son back there.”

 9So, the servant put his hand under the thigh of Father of a Multitude (Abraham) his master, and swore to him concerning that matter.

 10Then 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 Land of the Two Rivers (Mesopotamia), to the city of Snorting (Nahor).

 11There he made his camels to kneel down outside the city by a well of water at the time of the evening when the women go out to draw water.

 12He prayed, “O I AM LORD God (Yehovah-Elohyim) of my master Father of a Multitude (Abraham), Please, send me good speed this day, and show kindness to my master Father of a Multitude (Abraham).

 13Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water:

 14Let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I will say, Let down your pitcher, please, that I may drink; and she will say, Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also: let the same be she that You have appointed for Your servant Laughter (Isaac). By that, I will know that You have showed kindness to my master.”

 15And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, Secured (Rebekah) came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Snorting (Nahor), Father of a Multitude's (Abraham's) brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.

 16The damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up.

 17The servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please let me, drink a little water from your pitcher.”

 18She replied, “Drink, my lord” and she hurried to let down her pitcher with her hand, and gave him drink.

 19When she had done giving him drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have done drinking.”

 20So she hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, drawing for all his camels.”

 21The man, wondering at her, held his peace to see whether The LORD - I AM (Yehovah) had made his journey prosperous or not.

 22Then when the camels were done drinking, the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands made of ten shekels weight of gold.

 23He said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?”

 24She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, who she bore to Snorting (Nahor).”

 25Moreover she said to him, “We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.”

 26The man bowed down his head, and worshiped The LORD - I AM (Yehovah).

 27He said, “Blessed be The LORD - I AM (Yehovah) God of my master Father of a Multitude (Abraham), who has not left destitute my master of His mercy and His truth: The LORD - I AM (Yehovah) led me to the house of my master's brethren.

 28Then the damsel ran, and told her mother's house of these things.

 29 Secured (Rebekah) had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out to the man at the well.

 30When he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Secured (Rebekah) his sister, saying, “This what the man told me.” he went to the man; and found him as he stood by the camels at the well.

 31He said, “Come in, You are blessed of The LORD - I AM (Yehovah); why do you stand outside? I have prepared a room for you, and room for the camels.

 32So the man came into the house. He ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender to the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.

 33Then food was set before him to eat: but he said, “I will not eat, until I have told my errand.” And he answered, “Speak on.”

 34So he explained, “I am Father of a Multitude (Abraham)'s servant.

 35The LORD - I AM (Yehovah) has blessed my master greatly; and he has become great. He has given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

 36Noblewoman (Sarah) my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old: and to him has he given all that he has.

 37My master made me swear, saying, You shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Humbled Ones (Canaanites), in whose land I dwell:

 38But You shall go to my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife from there for my son.

 39And I said to my master, What if the woman will not follow me?

 40 But, he said to me, The LORD - I AM (Yehovah), before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way; and you shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:

 41You be clear from this oath, if, when you come to my kindred; and if they will not give you a bride for my son, you shalt be clear from my oath.

 42Today, I came to the well, and said, O I AM LORD God (Yehovah-Elohyim) of my master Father of a Multitude (Abraham), if now You are giving me success in this trip,

 43Behold, I stand by the well of water. Let it come to pass, that when the virgin comes forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, please, a little water from your pitcher to drink;

 44And she says to me, Drink, and I will also draw for your camels: let the same be the woman whom The LORD - I AM (Yehovah) has appointed for my master's son.

 45And before I was done speaking in my heart, behold, Secured (Rebekah) came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the well, and drew water. I said to her, Let me drink, please.

 46She hurried, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also: so I drank, and she made sure the camels drank also.

 47I asked her, Whose daughter are you? She said, the daughter of Bethuel, Snorting (Nahor)'s son, whom Milcah bore to him. So, I put the earring on her face, and the bracelets on her hands.

 48Then,I bowed down my head, and worshiped The LORD - I AM (Yehovah), and blessed The LORD - I AM (Yehovah) God of my master Father of a Multitude (Abraham), who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.

 49And now if you 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.

 50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from The LORD - I AM (Yehovah): we cannot speak to you bad or good.

 51Behold, Secured (Rebekah) is before you, take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as The LORD - I AM (Yehovah) has spoken.

 52And it came to pass, that, when Father of a Multitude (Abraham)'s servant heard their words, he worshiped The LORD - I AM (Yehovah), bowing himself to the earth.

 53The servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Secured (Rebekah): he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

 54They ate and drank, 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 to my master.”

 55 But, her brother and her mother said, “Let the damsel stay with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she will go.”

 56He answered them, Don't hinder me, seeing The LORD - I AM (Yehovah) has prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.”

 57They said, “We will call the damsel, and ask her.”

 58They called Secured (Rebekah), and asked her, “Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go.”

 59So,they sent Secured (Rebekah) their sister, and her nurse, and Father of a Multitude (Abraham)'s servant, and his men away .

 60They blessed Secured (Rebekah), and said to her, “You are our sister, be the mother of thousands of millions, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them.”

 61Then Secured (Rebekah) arose, and her damsels, riding on the camels they followed the man: and the servant took Secured (Rebekah), and went his way.

 62Laughter (Isaac) came from the way of the well the Living One Who Sees Me (Lahairoi); for he dwelt in the south country.

 63One evening, Laughter (Isaac) went out to meditate in the field. He looked up and saw the camels were coming.

 64 Secured (Rebekah) also looked up, and when she saw Laughter (Isaac), she lighted off the camel.

 65She said to the servant, “Who is the man walking in the field to meet us?” The servant replied, “It is my master”. So, she took a veil, and covered herself.

 66The servant told Laughter (Isaac) all things that he had done.

 67Then Laughter (Isaac) took Secured (Rebekah)into his mother Noblewoman (Sarah)'s tent, and she became his wife; and he loved her. So Laughter (Isaac) was comforted after his mother's death.

The Beginning (Genesis) 23

 1Noblewoman (Sarah) lived to be a hundred twenty-seven years old: these were the years of the life of Noblewoman (Sarah).

 2Noblewoman (Sarah) died in City of the Four (Kirjatharba); also known as Association (Hebron) in the land of Humbled One (Canaan): and Father of a Multitude (Abraham) came to mourn for Noblewoman (Sarah), and to weep for her.

 3Father of a Multitude (Abraham) stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Terror (Heth), saying,

 4:I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

 5And the children of Terror (Heth) answered Father of a Multitude (Abraham), saying to him,

 6”Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury your dead; none of us shall withhold from you his sepulcher, bury your dead.”

 7Father of a Multitude (Abraham) stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Terror (Heth).

 8And he communed with them, saying, “If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me. Ask Fawn-Like (Ephron) the son of Tawny (Zohar)

 9To give me the cave of Double Portion (Machpelah), which he has, which is in the end of his field; I will pay what it is worth for possession of a burying place amongst you.

 10Fawn-Like (Ephron) dwelt among the children of Terror (Heth): and Fawn-Like (Ephron) the Terror (Hittite) answered Father of a Multitude (Abraham) in the audience of the children of Terror (Heth), in front of all at the gate of his city, saying,

 11“No, my lord, hear me: I will give you the field, and the cave that is therein, I give it to you; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it to you: bury your dead.

 12Father of a Multitude (Abraham) bowed down himself before the people of the land.

 13And he spoke to Fawn-Like (Ephron) in the audience of the people of the land, saying, “But if you will give it, please, hear me: I will give you money for the field; take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.”

 14Fawn-Like (Ephron) answered Father of a Multitude (Abraham), saying to him,

 15“My lord, listen to me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between you and me? bury your dead.”

 16Father of a Multitude (Abraham) listened to Fawn-Like (Ephron); and Father of a Multitude (Abraham) weighed to Fawn-Like (Ephron) the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Terror (Heth), four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

 17So the field of Fawn-Like (Ephron) which was in Double Portion (Machpelah), which was before Strength (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

 18To Father of a Multitude (Abraham) for a possession in the presence of the children of Terror (Heth), before all that went in at the gate of his city.

 19After this, Father of a Multitude (Abraham) buried Noblewoman (Sarah) his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Strength (Mamre): also know as Association (Hebron) in the land of Humbled One (Canaan).

 20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were deeded to Father of a Multitude (Abraham) for a possession of a burying place by the sons of Terror (Heth).