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Genesis 27

   
 ²And he said, "Behold now, I am old; I know not the day of my death.

   
 ³Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field and take me some venison.

   
 ⁴And make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, that my soul may bless thee before I die."

   
 ⁵And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

   
 ⁶And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

   
 ⁷`Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat and bless thee before the LORD before my death.'

   
 ⁸Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

   
 ⁹Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats, and I will make them savory meat for thy father, such as he loveth;

   
 ¹⁰and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat and that he may bless thee before his death."

   
 ¹¹And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

   
 ¹²My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing."

   
 ¹³And his mother said unto him, "Upon me be thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go, fetch me them."

   
 ¹⁴And he went, and fetched and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savory meat, such as his father loved.

   
 ¹⁵And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son;

   
 ¹⁶and she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands and upon the smooth of his neck.

   
 ¹⁷And she gave the savory meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

   
 ¹⁸And he came unto his father, and said, "My father." And he said, "Here am I. Who art thou, my son?"

   
 ¹⁹And Jacob said unto his father, "I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me."

   
 ²⁰And Isaac said unto his son, "How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son?" And he said, "Because the LORD thy God brought it to me."

   
 ²¹And Isaac said unto Jacob, "Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not."

   
 ²²And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."

   
 ²³And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.

   
 ²⁴And he said, "Art thou my very son Esau?" And he said, "I am."

   
 ²⁵And he said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee." And he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

   
 ²⁶And his father Isaac said unto him, "Come near now, and kiss me, my son."

   
 ²⁷And he came near, and kissed him; and he smelled the smell 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.

   
 ²⁸Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine.

   
 ²⁹Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee; be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee!"

   
 ³⁰And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

   
 ³¹And he also had made savory meat, and brought it unto his father and said unto his father, "Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me."

   
 ³²And Isaac his father said unto him, "Who art thou?" And he said, "I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau."

   
 ³³And Isaac trembled exceedingly and said, "Who? Where is he that hath taken venison and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? Yea, and he shall be blessed."

   
 ³⁴And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, "Bless me, even me also, O my father!"

   
 ³⁵And he said, "Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath taken away thy blessing."

   
 ³⁶And he said, "Is not he rightly named Jacob [that is, A supplanter]? For he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright, and behold, now he hath taken away my blessing." And he said, "Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?"

   
 ³⁷And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, "Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him. And what shall I do now unto thee, my son?"

   
 ³⁸And Esau said unto his father, "Hast thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father!" And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

   
 ³⁹And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, "Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.

   
 ⁴⁰And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck."

   
 ⁴¹And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then will I slay my brother Jacob."

   
 ⁴²And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, "Behold, thy brother Esau doth comfort himself concerning thee, purposing to kill thee.

   
 ⁴³Now therefore my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother in Haran,

   
 ⁴⁴and tarry with him a few days until thy brother's fury turn away--

   
 ⁴⁵until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him. Then I will send and fetch thee from thence. Why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?"

   
 ⁴⁶And Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these who are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?"

Genesis 28

   
 ²Arise, go to Padanaram to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

   
 ³And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

   
 ⁴and give thee the blessing of Abraham to thee and to thy seed with thee, that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham."

   
 ⁵And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

   
 ⁶When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram to take him a wife from thence, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, "Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,"

   
 ⁷and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Padanaram,

   
 ⁸and Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father--

   
 ⁹then went Esau unto Ishmael, and added unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

   
 ¹⁰And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

   
 ¹¹And he alighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

   
 ¹²And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

   
 ¹³And behold, the LORD stood above it and said, "I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father and the God of Isaac: The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.

   
 ¹⁴And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

   
 ¹⁵And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of."

   
 ¹⁶And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I knew it not."

   
 ¹⁷And he was afraid and said, "How fearsome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."

   
 ¹⁸And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar and poured oil upon the top of it.

   
 ¹⁹And he called the name of that place Bethel [that is, The house of God]; but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

   
 ²⁰And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on,

   
 ²¹so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then shall the LORD be my God.

   
 ²²And this stone which I have set for a pillar shall be God's house; and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give a tenth unto Thee."

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 ¹⁸Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

   
 ¹⁹And a certain scribe came and said unto Him, "Master, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest."

   
 ²⁰And Jesus said unto him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man hath nowhere to lay His head."

   
 ²¹And another of His disciples said unto Him, "Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father."

   
 ²²But Jesus said unto him, "Follow Me, and let the dead bury their dead."

   
 ²³And when He had entered into a boat, His disciples followed Him.

   
 ²⁴And behold, there arose a great tempest on the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves; but He was asleep.

   
 ²⁵And His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, "Lord, save us! We perish!"

   
 ²⁶And He said unto them, "Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

   
 ²⁷But the men marveled, saying, "What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?"

   
 ²⁸And when He had come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met Him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

   
 ²⁹And behold, they cried out, saying, "What have we to do with Thee, Jesus, Thou Son of God? Art Thou come hither to torment us before the time?"

   
 ³⁰Now there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

   
 ³¹So the devils besought Him, saying, "If Thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine."

   
 ³²And He said to them, "Go." And when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine, and behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters.

   
 ³³And those who kept them fled and went their ways into the city, and told everything and what had befallen the ones possessed with the devils.

   
 ³⁴And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they besought Him that He would depart out of their borders.