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.