Genesis 25-26 (Young's Literal Translation)

Genesis 25

 ¹And Abraham addeth and taketh a wife, and her name [is] Keturah;

 ²and she beareth to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

 ³And Jokshan hath begotten Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim;

 ⁴and the sons of Midian [are] Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah: all these [are] sons of Keturah.

 ⁵And Abraham giveth all that he hath to Isaac;

 ⁶and to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham hath, Abraham hath given gifts, and sendeth them away from Isaac his son (in his being yet alive) eastward, unto the east country.

 ⁷And these [are] the days of the years of the life of Abraham, which he lived, a hundred and seventy and five years;

 ⁸and Abraham expireth, and dieth in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered unto his people.

 ⁹And Isaac and Ishmael his sons bury him at the cave of Machpelah, at the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre --

 ¹⁰the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth -- there hath Abraham been buried, and Sarah his wife.

 ¹¹And it cometh to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blesseth Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelleth by the Well of the Living One, my Beholder.

 ¹²And these [are] births of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, hath borne to Abraham;

 ¹³and these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their births: first-born of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

 ¹⁴and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

 ¹⁵Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

 ¹⁶these are sons of Ishmael, and these their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples.

 ¹⁷And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years; and he expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people;

 ¹⁸and they tabernacle from Havilah unto Shur, which [is] before Egypt, in [thy] going towards Asshur; in the presence of all his brethren hath he fallen.

 ¹⁹And these [are] births of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham hath begotten Isaac;

 ²⁰and Isaac is a son of forty years in his taking Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean, from Padan-Aram, sister of Laban the Aramaean, to him for a wife.

 ²¹And Isaac maketh entreaty to Jehovah before his wife, for she [is] barren: and Jehovah is entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiveth,

 ²²and the children struggle together within her, and she saith, `If [it is] right -- why [am] I thus?' and she goeth to seek Jehovah.

 ²³And Jehovah saith to her, `Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two peoples from thy bowels are parted; and the [one] people than the [other] people is stronger; and the elder doth serve the younger.'

 ²⁴And her days to bear are fulfilled, and lo, twins [are] in her womb;

 ²⁵and the first cometh out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau;

 ²⁶and afterwards hath his brother come out, and his hand is taking hold on Esau's heel, and one calleth his name Jacob; and Isaac [is] a son of sixty years in her bearing them.

 ²⁷And the youths grew, and Esau is a man acquainted [with] hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob [is] a plain man, inhabiting tents;

 ²⁸and Isaac loveth Esau, for [his] hunting [is] in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob.

 ²⁹And Jacob boileth pottage, and Esau cometh in from the field, and he [is] weary;

 ³⁰and Esau saith unto Jacob, `Let me eat, I pray thee, some of this red red thing, for I [am] weary;' therefore hath [one] called his name Edom [Red];

 ³¹and Jacob saith, `Sell to-day thy birthright to me.'

 ³²And Esau saith, `Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me -- birthright?'

 ³³and Jacob saith, `Swear to me to-day:' and he sweareth to him, and selleth his birthright to Jacob;

 ³⁴and Jacob hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the birthright.

Genesis 26

 ¹And there is a famine in the land, besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham, and Isaac goeth unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

 ²And Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith, `Go not down towards Egypt, tabernacle in the land concerning which I speak unto thee,

 ³sojourn in this land, and I am with thee, and bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to Abraham thy father;

 ⁴and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth;

 ⁵because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.'

 ⁶And Isaac dwelleth in Gerar;

 ⁷and men of the place ask him of his wife, and he saith, `She [is] my sister:' for he hath been afraid to say, `My wife -- lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, for she [is] of good appearance.'

 ⁸And it cometh to pass, when the days have been prolonged to him there, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looketh through the window, and seeth, and lo, Isaac is playing with Rebekah his wife.

 ⁹And Abimelech calleth for Isaac, and saith, `Lo, she [is] surely thy wife; and how hast thou said, She [is] my sister?' and Isaac saith unto him, `Because I said, Lest I die for her.'

 ¹⁰And Abimelech saith, `What [is] this thou hast done to us? as a little thing one of the people had lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us guilt;'

 ¹¹and Abimelech commandeth all the people, saying, `He who cometh against this man or against his wife, dying doth die.'

 ¹²And Isaac soweth in that land, and findeth in that year a hundredfold, and Jehovah blesseth him;

 ¹³and the man is great, and goeth on, going on and becoming great, till that he hath been very great,

 ¹⁴and he hath possession of a flock, and possession of a herd, and an abundant service; and the Philistines envy him,

 ¹⁵and all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines have stopped them, and fill them with dust.

 ¹⁶And Abimelech saith unto Isaac, `Go from us; for thou hast become much mightier than we;'

 ¹⁷and Isaac goeth from thence, and encampeth in the valley of Gerar, and dwelleth there;

 ¹⁸and Isaac turneth back, and diggeth the wells of water which they digged in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines do stop after the death of Abraham, and he calleth to them names according to the names which his father called them.

 ¹⁹And Isaac's servants dig in the valley, and find there a well of living water,

 ²⁰and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, `The water [is] ours;' and he calleth the name of the well `Strife,' because they have striven habitually with him;

 ²¹and they dig another well, and they strive also for it, and he calleth its name `Hatred.'

 ²²And he removeth from thence, and diggeth another well, and they have not striven for it, and he calleth its name Enlargements, and saith, `For -- now hath Jehovah given enlargement to us, and we have been fruitful in the land.'

 ²³And he goeth up from thence [to] Beer-Sheba,

 ²⁴and Jehovah appeareth unto him during that night, and saith, `I [am] the God of Abraham thy father, fear not, for I [am] with thee, and have blessed thee, and have multiplied thy seed, because of Abraham My servant;'

 ²⁵and he buildeth there an altar, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah, and stretcheth out there his tent, and there Isaac's servants dig a well.

 ²⁶And Abimelech hath gone unto him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol head of his host;

 ²⁷and Isaac saith unto them, `Wherefore have ye come unto me, and ye have hated me, and ye send me away from you?'

 ²⁸And they say, `We have certainly seen that Jehovah hath been with thee, and we say, `Let there be, we pray thee, an oath between us, between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

 ²⁹do not evil with us, as we have not touched thee, and as we have only done good with thee, and send thee away in peace; thou [art] now blessed of Jehovah.'

 ³⁰And he maketh for them a banquet, and they eat and drink,

 ³¹and rise early in the morning, and swear one to another, and Isaac sendeth them away, and they go from him in peace.

 ³²And it cometh to pass during that day that Isaac's servants come and declare to him concerning the circumstances of the well which they have digged, and say to him, `We have found water;'

 ³³and he calleth it Shebah, [oath,] therefore the name of the city [is] Beer-Sheba, [well of the oath,] unto this day.

 ³⁴And Esau is a son of forty years, and he taketh a wife, Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite,

 ³⁵and they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.