Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 24
The Five Books of Moses
sou of Abraham, whom Hagar, the Egyptian, the slave of Sarah, had by Abraham., These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by the names of their families. The eldest of Ishmael was Nebioth, and Kedar, and Abdal, and Mibsam, Mishma, and Dumah, and Mesa; Khader, and Thema, Zetur, Nafish, and Kadmah. These were sons of Ishmael; and these their names, by their villages and towers, twelve men by their nations. The years of the life of Ishmael were a hundred and thirty~seven years, when he expired and died, and was added to his people ;. and they took himtfrom Havilah to the °Wallwhich is between Egypt and the road t0Ashur, laying him with all his relatives. iliimtnrg nf Esau:. And these are the children of Isaac,
son of Abraham; Abraham begat Isaac. And Isaac son of Abraham was forty years old when he took for his wife Rebekka the daughter of Bethuel the Aramite of Padan Aram, and sister of Laban the Aramite. And Isaac prayed to the EVER-LIVING about his wife, for she was childless, and the LORD answered him; for Rebekka his wife conceived, and the children struggled together in her breast and she consequently said, ‘Why does this happen to me?'* so went to enquireof the EvER·L1V1NG. Two nations are in your breast, and two peoples shall proceed from your womb, and one people shall be stronger than the other people, and the elder shall serve the younger} When her days were full for her
delivery there were twins; and the first born boy came out covered with hair, and-she called his name Esau.! Then after him came his brother, with his hand holding the heel of Esau, so they called his name jaoob. Isaac was sixty years old at the birth of them. 1 The Hairy. $2The Tripper··up. 26-48 llzisnir sells his §irtl;rigl;t funlislylg. When the lads grew up, Esau was
a man skilful in hunting,——#a man of the field ; but jacob wasa quiet man, a stayer in the tent. So Isaac loved Esau because he hunted with him; but Rebekka loved jacob. Once when jacob was boiling por-
ridge, Esau came fromthe held, and he was exhausted; so Esau said to Feed menow with that red ; there· Red-soup.‘ Sell me your Birthright to-day! Now I am
going to die———what is that Birthright Swear to me now
‘ And he swore to him, and sold his Birthritght to jacob. Then jacob gave to Esau bread
and lentil porridge, and he ate, and drank, and rose up, and went. Thus Esau was careless about his Birthright. 28 33 34
Uzanc During it Efmninz guns in llfilyrrar. Afterwards there was a famine in 26 the land, beside the former famine which was in the days of Abraham, so Isaac went to Abimalek, king of the Philistines of Gherar. Then the EvEn·L1vmc appeared to himin a Descend not to Mitzer;2 dwell in the land that I promised you; remain in this land, and I will be with you,_and will bless you, for to you and your race I will give the whole of this country as a dwelling ; and Iwill complete the oath which I swore to your father Abraham ; and I will increase your race like the stars of the sky; and I will give to your race the whole of this country for a home, and I will bless all the nations of the earth through your Heir. ·In accordance with what I promised to Abraham according to My words;—-‘if you will carefully keep My commands and statutes and So Isaac remained in Gherar. When the men of the place asked
She is my lest the men of the place should murder him for Rebekka, for she was beautiful to look on. After he had resided a considerable time, it hap- pened that Abimalek king of the Philis— I Edom. ’ Egypt.
