Chapter 24 of Genesis; King James Holy Bible
"And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age, and THE LORD blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had 'put I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh. And I will make thee swear by The LORD, THE GOD of heaven and THE GOD of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Ca-na-an-ites, among whom I dwell; but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. And the servant said unto him, 'peradventure the woman be not willing to follow me unto this land? must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? " And Abraham said unto him, 'beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. THE LORD GOD of heaven which took me from my father's house and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me and that sware unto me, saying 'unto thy seed will I give this land, HE shall send HIS Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only bring not my son thither again. And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and sware unto him concerning that matter. And 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 Mes-o-po-ta-mi-a unto the city of Nahor. And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. And he said, " O LORD GOD of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water; and let it come to pass that the damsel to whom I shall say , 'let down thy pitcher I pray thee, that I may drink and she shall say, 'drink and I will give thy camels drink also; let the same be she that THOU hast appointed to thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that THOU hast shewed kindness unto my master. And it came to pass, before he had done speaking that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Be-thu-el, son of Milcah, the wife of Na-hor Abraham's brother with her pitcher upon her shoulder. And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her and she went down to the well and filled up her pitcher and came up. And the servant ran to meet her and said, "let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher." And she said, 'drink my lord' and she hasted and let down her pitcher upon her hand and gave him drink. And when she had done giving him drink she said, "I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking." And she hasted and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water for all his camels. And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether THE LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. And it came to pass as the camels had done drinking that the man took a golden earring of half a she-kel weight and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels of gold, and said, 'whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee; Is there any room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? And she said, " I am the daughter of Be-thu-el the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Na-hor. " She said moreover unto him, 'we have both straw and provender enough and room to lodge in." And the man bowed down his head and worshipped THE LORD. And he said, 'blessed be THE LORD GOD of my master Abraham who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth; I being in the way, THE LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren. " And the damsel ran and told them of her mother's house these things. And Rebekah had a brother and his name was Laban; and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. And it came to pass when he saw the earring and bracelet upon his sister's hands and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, 'thus spake the man unto me', that he came unto the man, and behold, he stood by the camels at the well. And he said, 'come in, thou blessed of THE LORD, wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house; and room for the camels. And the man came into the house, and he ungirded his camels and gave straw and provender for the camels and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. And there was set meat before him to eat, but he said, " I will not eat, until I have told mine errand." And he said, 'speak on'. And he said, "I am Abraham's servant. And THE LORD hath blessed my master greatly and he is become great; and he hath give him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and camels, and asses. And Sarah, my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old, and unto him hath he given all that he hath. And my master made me swear, saying, "thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of Ca-na-an-ites, in whose land I dwell. But thou shalt go unto my father's house and to my kindred, and and take a wife unto my son." And I said unto my master, 'peradventure the woman will not follow me?' and he said unto me, 'THE LORD before whom I walk, will send HIS Angel before thee,and prosper thy way, and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house. Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. " And I came this day unto the well, and said, " O LORD GOD of my master Abraham, if not thou do prosper my way which I go, behold I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, 'give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; and she say to me, 'both drink thou, and I will draw for thy camels; let the same be the woman whom THE LORD hath appointed out for my master's son. And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water; and I said unto her, 'let me drink, I pray thee. And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, 'drink, and I will give thy camels drink also; so I drank and she made the camels drink also. And I asked her, and said, 'whose daughter are thou? " And she said, "the daughter of Be-thu-el, Na-hor's son, whom Mil-cah bare unto him; and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. And I bowed down my head, and worshipped THE LORD and blessed THE LORD GOD of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son; and now if ye 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. Then Laban and Be-thu-el answered and said, 'this thing proceedeth from THE LORD; we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. Behold, Rebekah is before, take her and go, and let her by thy master's son's wife, as THE LORD hath spoken. And it came to pass, that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped THE LORD, bowing himself to the earth. And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah; he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. And they did eat, and drink, 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 unto my master." And her brother and her mother said, 'let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. And he said unto them, 'hinder me not, seeing THE LORD hath prospered my way, send me away that I may go to my master." And they said, 'we will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.' And they called Rebekah and said unto her, 'wilt thou go with this man?' and she said, " I will go." And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. And they blessed Rebekah and said unto her, "thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.' And Rebekah arose and her damsels and they rode upon the camels and followed the man; and the servant took Rebekah and went his way. And Isaac came from the way of the well La-hai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country. And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at eventide; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and behold, the camels were coming. And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. For she had said unto the servant, ' what man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? " And the servant said, ' it is my master'; therefore she took a veil, and covered herself. And the servant told Isaac all things he had done. And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death."
Chapter 25 of Genesis
"Then Abraham took a wife, and her name was Ke-tu-rah. And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Me-dan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Assh-u-rim, and Le-tu-shim, and Le-um-mim. And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Ha-noch, and A-bi-dah, and El-da-ah. All these were the children of Ke-tu-rah. And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, and eastward unto the east country. And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years, then 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. And hsi sons Isaac and Ishmael, buried him the cave of Mach-pe-lah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar, the Hittite, which is before Mamre; the field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth; there was Abraham buried, and his wife, Sarah. And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that GOD blessed his son Isaac, and Isaac dwelt by the well La-hai-roi. Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Ne-ba-joth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Na-phish, and Ke-de-mah; these are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names by their towns, and by their castles; twelve Princes according to the their nations. And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years; and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people. And they dwelt from Hav-i-lah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria; and he died in the presence of all his brethren. And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son; Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Be-thu-el, the Syrian of Pa-dan-ar-am, the sister of Laban, the Syrian. And Isaac entreated of THE LORD, for his wife, because she was barren; and THE LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. And the children struggled together within her; and she said,' if it be so, why am I thus? " And she went to inquire of THE LORD. And THE LORD said unto her, 'two nations are in thy womb; and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people, and the elder shall serve the younger'. And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment, and they called his name Esau, and after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel, and his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. And the boys grew, and Esau was a cunning hunter, and man of the field and Jacob was a plain man dwelling in tents. And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison; but Rebekah loved Jacob. And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came from the field and he was faint; and Esau said to Jacob, 'feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint'; therefore was his name called Edom; and Jacob said, 'sell me this day thy birthright." And Esau said,'behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall this birthright do to me?" And Jacob said, 'swear to me this day' and he sware unto him; and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and rose up, and went his way; thus Esau despised his birthright."
Chapter 26, Genesis, King James Holy Bible
"And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine, that was in the days of Abraham; and Isaac went unto A-bim-e-lech , King of the Philistines, unto Gerar. And THE LORD appeared unto him and said 'go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father. And I will make thy seed multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." Because that Abraham obeyed MY voice and kept MY charge, MY Commandments, MY Statutes and MY laws, and Isaac dwelt in Gerar; and and the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, 'she is my sister' for he feared to say, 'she is my wife' lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebakah; because she was fair to look upon. And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that A-bim-e-lech, King of the Philistines, looked out at a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah, his wife. And A-bim-e-lech called Isaac, and said 'behold, of a surety she is thy wife! and how saidst thou 'she is my sister?' And Isaac said unto him,' because I said, lest I die for her'. And A-bim-e-lech said, 'what is this thou hast done unto us? One of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. " And A-bim-e-lech charged all his people saying, "he that toucheth this man or his wife, shall surely be put to death." Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year, an hundredfold, and THE LORD blessed him. And the man waxed great,and went forward, and grew until he became very great; for he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants; and the Philistines envied him. For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham, his father, the Philistines had stopped them and filled them with earth. And A-bim-e-lech said unto Isaac, ' go from us, for thou art much mightier than we." And Isaac departed thence and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdsmen; saying, 'the water is ours;' and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. And he digged another well, and strove for that also, and he called the name of it,Simah. And he removed thence; and digged another well, and for that they strove not; and he called the name of it, Re-ho-both; and he said, 'for now, THE LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land." And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 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. And he builded an altar there and called upon the Name of THE LORD and pitched his tent there, and there Isaac's servants digged a well. Then A-bim-e-lech went to him from Gerar, and A-huz-zath one of his friends and Phi-chol The Chief Captain of his army. And Isaac said unto them, 'wherefore come ye to me? seeing you hate me, and have sent me away from you?" And they said, 'we saw certainly that THE LORD was with thee; and we said, let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee; and let us make a covenant with thee; that thou wilt do us no hurt; and as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good; and have sent thee away in peace; thou art now the blessed of THE LORD." And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 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 it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, 'we have found water' . And he called it Shebah, therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beer-i the Hittite, and Bash-e-math, the daughter of Elon, the Hittite; which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and Rebekah."
Chapter 27, will be continued on NEXT page, [page 9, Genesis]