5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him came and attacked athe Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, bthe Zuzim in Ham, cthe Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 aand the Horites in their mountain of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness.
7 Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and attacked all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt ain Hazezon Tamar.
8 And the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim
9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of 1nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.
10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of aasphalt pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled; some fell there, and the remainder fled bto the mountains.
11 Then they took aall the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way.
12 They also took Lot, Abram’s abrother’s son bwho dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
13 Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the aHebrew, for bhe dwelt by 1the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; cand they were allies with Abram.
14 Now awhen Abram heard that bhis brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were cborn in his own house, and went in pursuit das far as Dan.
15 He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants aattacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is 1north of Damascus.
16 So he abrought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.
17 And the king of Sodom awent out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the bKing’s Valley), cafter his return from 1the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.
Abram and Melchizedek
18 Then aMelchizedek king of Salem brought out bbread and wine; he was cthe *priest of dGod Most High.
19 And he blessed him and said:
a“Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
bPossessor of heaven and earth;
20 And ablessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
And he bgave him 1a tithe of all.
21 Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the 1persons, and take the goods for yourself.”
22 But Abram asaid to the king of Sodom, “I bhave raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, cthe Possessor of heaven and earth,
23 “that aI will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’—
24 “except only what the young men have eaten, and the *portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.”
God’s Covenant with Abram
1 After these things the *word of the LORD came to Abram ain a vision, saying, b“Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your cshield, 1your exceedingly dgreat reward.”
2 aBut Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will You give me, bseeing I 1go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed aone1 born in my house is my heir!”
4 And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who awill come from your own body shall be your heir.”
5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and acount the bstars if you are *able to number them.” And He said to him, c“So shall your ddescendants be.”
6 And he abelieved* in the LORD, and He baccounted it to him for righteousness.
7 Then He said to him, “I am the LORD, who abrought you out of bUr of the Chaldeans, cto give you this land to inherit it.”
8 And he said, “Lord GOD, ahow shall I know that I will inherit it?”
9 So He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
10 Then he brought all these to Him and acut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut bthe birds in two.
11 And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12 Now when the sun was going down, aa deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him.
13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly athat your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and bthey will afflict them four hundred years.
14 “And also the nation whom they serve aI will *judge; afterward bthey shall come out with great possessions.
15 “Now as for you, ayou shall 1go bto your fathers in *peace; cyou shall be buried at a good old age.
16 “But ain the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity bof the Amorites cis not yet complete.”
17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that apassed between those pieces.
18 On the same day the LORD amade a covenant with Abram, saying:
b“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—
19 “the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites,
20 “the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
21 “the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
Hagar and Ishmael
1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, ahad borne him no children. And she had ban Egyptian maidservant whose name was cHagar.
2 aSo Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD bhas restrained me from bearing children. Please, cgo in to my maid; perhaps I shall 1obtain children by her.” And Abram dheeded the voice of Sarai.
3 Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram ahad dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan.
4 So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became adespised in her 1eyes.
5 Then Sarai said to Abram, 1“My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. aThe LORD judge between you and me.”
6 aSo Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, bshe fled from her presence.
7 Now the aAngel* of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, bby the spring on the way to cShur.
8 And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”
9 The Angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and asubmit yourself under her hand.”
10 Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, a“I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”
11 And the Angel of the LORD said to her:
“Behold, you are with child,
aAnd you shall bear a son.
You shall call his name 1Ishmael,
Because the LORD has heard your affliction.
His hand shall be against every man,
And every man’s hand against him.
bAnd he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”
13 Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, You-Are-1the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here 2seen Him awho sees me?”
14 Therefore the well was called aBeer Lahai Roi;1 observe, it is bbetween Kadesh and Bered.
15 So aHagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
The Sign of the Covenant
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD aappeared to Abram and said to him, b“I am 1Almighty* God; cwalk before Me and be dblameless.
2 “And I will make My acovenant between Me and you, and bwill multiply you exceedingly.”
3 Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying:
4 “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be aa father of 1many nations.
5 “No longer shall ayour *name be called 1Abram, but your name shall be 2Abraham; bfor I have made you a father of 3many nations.
6 “I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make anations of you, and bkings shall come from you.
7 “And I will aestablish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their *generations, for an everlasting covenant, bto be God to you and cyour descendants after you.
8 “Also aI give to you and your descendants after you the land bin1 which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting *possession; and cI will be their God.”
9 And God said to Abraham: “As for you, ayou shall *keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
10 “This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: aEvery male child among you shall be circumcised;
11 “and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be aa sign of the covenant between Me and you.
12 “He who is eight days old among you ashall be circumcised, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant.
13 “He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14 “And the uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person ashall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but 1Sarah shall be her name.
16 “And I will bless her aand also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother bof nations; ckings of peoples shall be from her.”
17 Then Abraham fell on his face aand laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child? ”
18 And Abraham asaid to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”
19 Then God said: “No, aSarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My bcovenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.
20 “And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and awill multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget btwelve princes, cand I will make him a great nation.
21 “But My acovenant I will establish with Isaac, bwhom Sarah shall bear to you at this cset time next year.”
22 Then He finished talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23 So Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very same day, as God had said to him.
24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
26 That very same day Abraham was circumcised, and his son Ishmael;
27 and aall the men of his house, born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
The Son of Promise
1 Then the LORD appeared to him by 1the aterebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.
2 aSo he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; band when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,
3 and said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant.
4 “Please let aa little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
5 “And aI will bring a morsel of bread, that byou may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, cinasmuch as you have come to your servant.” They said, “Do as you have said.”
6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.”
7 And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it.
8 So ahe took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.
9 Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” So he said, “Here, ain the tent.”
10 And He said, “I will certainly return to you aaccording to the time of life, and behold, bSarah your wife shall have a son.” (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)
11 Now aAbraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and 1Sarah bhad passed the age of childbearing.
12 Therefore Sarah alaughed within herself, saying, b“After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my clord being old also?”
13 And the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’
14 a“Is anything too hard for the LORD? bAt the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”
15 But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said, “No, but you did laugh!”
Abraham Intercedes for Sodom
16 Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them ato send them on the way.
17 And the LORD said, a“Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,
18 “since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be ablessed in him?
19 “For I have known him, in order athat he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”
20 And the LORD said, “Because athe outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their bsin is very grave,
21 a“I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, bI will know.”
22 Then the men turned away from there aand went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.
23 And Abraham acame near and said, b“Would You also cdestroy the drighteous with the *wicked?
24 “Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it?
25 “Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so athat the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! bShall not the *Judge of all the earth do right?”
26 So the LORD said, a“If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”
27 Then Abraham answered and said, “Indeed now, I who am abut dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord:
28 “Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous; would You destroy all of the city for lack of five?” So He said, “If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it.”
29 And he spoke to Him yet again and said, “Suppose there should be forty found there?” So He said, “I will not do it for the sake of forty.”
30 Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Suppose thirty should be found there?” So He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
31 And he said, “Indeed now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord: Suppose twenty should be found there?” So He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.”
32 Then he said, a“Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?” bAnd He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.”
33 So the LORD went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.
Sodom’s Depravity
1 Now athe two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and bLot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.
2 And he said, “Here now, my lords, please aturn in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and bwash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” And they said, c“No, but we will spend the night in the open square.”
3 But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. aThen he made them a feast, and baked bunleavened bread, and they ate.
4 Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house.
5 aAnd they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? bBring them out to us that we cmay know them carnally.”
6 So aLot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him,
7 and said, “Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly!
8 a“See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, bsince this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.”
9 And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one acame in to 1stay here, band he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door.
10 But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.
11 And they astruck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door.
Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed
12 Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city—atake them out of this place!
13 “For we will destroy this place, because the aoutcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD, and bthe LORD has sent us to destroy it.”
14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, awho had married his daughters, and said, b“Get up, get out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city!” cBut to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.
15 When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, a“Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.”
16 And while he lingered, the men atook hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the bLORD being merciful to him, cand they brought him out and set him outside the city.
17 So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that 1he said, a“Escape for your life! bDo not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape cto the mountains, lest you be 2destroyed.”
18 Then Lot said to them, “Please, ano, my lords!
19 “Indeed now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased your *mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I die.
20 “See now, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one; please let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.”
21 And he said to him, “See, aI have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.
22 “Hurry, escape there. For aI cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore bthe name of the city was called 1Zoar.
23 The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered Zoar.
24 Then the LORD rained abrimstone and bfire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.
25 So He 1overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and awhat grew on the ground.
26 But his wife looked back behind him, and she became aa pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where ahe had stood before the LORD.
28 Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and behold, athe smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God aremembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
The Descendants of Lot
30 Then Lot went up out of Zoar and adwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave.
31 Now the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth ato come in to us as is the custom of all the earth.
32 “Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we amay preserve the 1lineage of our father.”
33 So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
34 It happened on the next day that the firstborn said to the younger, “Indeed I lay with my father last night; let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve the 1lineage of our father.”
35 Then they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
36 Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.
37 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; ahe is the father of the Moabites to this day.
38 And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; ahe is the father of the people of Ammon to this day.
Abraham and Abimelech
1 And Abraham journeyed from athere to the South, and dwelt between bKadesh and Shur, and cstayed in Gerar.
2 Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, a“She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and btook Sarah.
3 But aGod came to Abimelech bin a *dream by night, and said to him, c“Indeed you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is 1a man’s wife.”
4 But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, awill You slay a righteous nation also?
5 “Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she, even she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ aIn the 1integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this.”
6 And God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For aI also withheld you from sinning bagainst Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.
7 “Now therefore, restore the man’s wife; afor he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, bknow that you shall surely die, you cand all who are yours.”
8 So Abimelech rose early in the morning, called all his servants, and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were very much afraid.
9 And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I 1offended you, athat you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me bthat ought not to be done.”
10 Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you have in view, that you have done this thing?”
11 And Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely athe fear of God is not in this place; and bthey will kill me on account of my wife.
12 “But indeed ashe is truly my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
13 “And it came to pass, when aGod caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is your kindness that you should do for me: in every place, wherever we go, bsay of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”
14 Then Abimelech atook sheep, oxen, and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham; and he restored Sarah his wife to him.
15 And Abimelech said, “See, amy land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.”
16 Then to Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; aindeed this 1vindicates you bbefore all who are with you and before everybody.” Thus she was 2rebuked.
17 So Abraham aprayed to God; and God bhealed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children;
18 for the LORD ahad closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Isaac Is Born
1 And the LORD avisited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah bas He had spoken.
2 For Sarah aconceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, bat the set time of which God had spoken to him.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him—whom Sarah bore to him—aIsaac.1
4 Then Abraham acircumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, bas God had commanded him.
5 Now aAbraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 And Sarah said, a“God has 1made me laugh, and all who hear bwill laugh with me.”
7 She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? aFor I have borne him a son in his old age.”
Hagar and Ishmael Depart
8 So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar athe Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, bscoffing.1
10 Therefore she said to Abraham, a“Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac.”
11 And the matter was very 1displeasing in Abraham’s sight abecause of his son.
12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for ain Isaac your seed shall be called.
13 “Yet I will also make aa nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your 1seed.”
14 So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and 1a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and asent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And the water in the skin was used up, and she placed the boy under one of the shrubs.
16 Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to herself, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” So she sat opposite him, and lifted her voice and wept.
17 And aGod heard the voice of the lad. Then the bangel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.
18 “Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for aI will make him a great nation.”
19 Then aGod opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink.
20 So God awas with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, band became an archer.
21 He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother atook a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
A Covenant with Abimelech
22 And it came to pass at that time that aAbimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, b“God is with you in all that you do.
23 “Now therefore, aswear1* to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt.”
24 And Abraham said, “I will swear.”
25 Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants ahad seized.
26 And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor had I heard of it until today.”
27 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them amade a 1covenant.
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 Then Abimelech asked Abraham, a“What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?”
30 And he said, “You will take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that athey may be my witness that I have dug this well.”
31 Therefore he acalled* that place 1Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. So Abimelech rose with Phichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.
33 Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and athere called on the name of the LORD, bthe Everlasting God.
34 And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines many days.
Abraham’s Faith Confirmed
1 Now it came to pass after these things that aGod tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
2 Then He said, “Take now your son, ayour only son Isaac, whom you blove, and go cto the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a dburnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the 1lad and I will go yonder and *worship, and we will acome back to you.”
6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and alaid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.
7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the 1lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the alamb for a bburnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and alaid him on the altar, upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the aAngel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.”
12 And He said, a“Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for bnow I know that you fear God, since you have not cwithheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of the place, 1The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided.”
15 Then the *Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,
16 and said: a“By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your *only son—
17 “blessing I will abless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants bas the stars of the heaven cand as the sand which is on the seashore; and dyour descendants shall *possess the gate of their enemies.
18 a“In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, bbecause you have obeyed My voice.”
19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to aBeersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
The Family of Nahor
20 Now it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, “Indeed aMilcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
21 a“Huz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father bof Aram,
22 “Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
23 And aBethuel begot 1Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah.
Sarah’s Death and Burial
1 Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.
2 So Sarah died in aKirjath Arba (that is, bHebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
3 Then Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of aHeth, saying,
4 a“I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. bGive me *property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
5 And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
6 “Hear us, my lord: You are aa 1mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place, that you may bury your dead.”
7 Then Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.
8 And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your wish that I bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and 1meet with Ephron the son of Zohar for me,
9 “that he may give me the cave of aMachpelah which he has, which is at the end of his field. Let him give it to me at the full price, as property for a burial place among you.”
10 Now Ephron dwelt among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the presence of the sons of Heth, all who aentered at the gate of his city, saying,
11 a“No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field and the cave that is in it; I give it to you in the presence of the sons of my people. I give it to you. Bury your dead!”
12 Then Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land;
13 and he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If you will give it, please hear me. I will give you money for the field; take it from me and I will bury my dead there.”
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
15 “My lord, listen to me; the land is worth four hundred ashekels of silver. What is that between you and me? So bury your dead.”
16 And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham aweighed out the silver for Ephron which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currency of the merchants.
17 So athe field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, which were within all the surrounding borders, were deeded
18 to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
20 So the field and the cave that is in it awere deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as property for a burial place.
A Bride for Isaac
1 Now Abraham awas old, well advanced in age; and the LORD bhad blessed Abraham in all things.
2 So Abraham said ato the oldest servant of his house, who bruled over all that he had, “Please, cput your hand under my thigh,
3 “and I will make you aswear1 by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that byou will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell;
4 a“but you shall go bto my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
5 And the servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?”
6 But Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there.
7 “The LORD God of heaven, who atook me from my father’s house and from the land of my family, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, b‘To your 1descendants I give this land,’ cHe will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
8 “And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then ayou will be *released from this oath; only do not take my son back there.”
9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his *master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
10 Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, afor all his master’s goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to bthe city of Nahor.
11 And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time awhen women go out to draw water.
12 Then he asaid, “O LORD God of my master Abraham, please bgive me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
13 “Behold, here aI stand by the well of water, and bthe daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
14 “Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And aby this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
15 And it happened, abefore he had finished speaking, that behold, bRebekah,1 who was born to Bethuel, son of cMilcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder.
16 Now the young woman awas very beautiful to behold, a *virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up.
17 And the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher.”
18 aSo she said, “Drink, my lord.” Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand, and gave him a drink.
19 And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.”
20 Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man, wondering at her, remained silent so as to know whether athe LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
22 So it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden anose ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold,
23 and said, “Whose daughter are you? Tell me, please, is there room in your father’s house for us 1to lodge?”
24 So she said to him, a“I am the daughter of Bethuel, Milcah’s son, whom she bore to Nahor.”
25 Moreover she said to him, “We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge.”
26 Then the man abowed down his head and worshiped the LORD.
27 And he said, a“Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken bHis mercy and His *truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the LORD cled me to the house of my master’s brethren.”
28 So the young woman ran and told her mother’s household these things.
29 Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was aLaban, and Laban ran out to the man by the well.
30 So it came to pass, when he saw the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah, saying, “Thus the man spoke to me,” that he went to the man. And there he stood by the camels at the well.
31 And he said, “Come in, aO blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.”
32 Then the man came to the house. And he unloaded the camels, and aprovided straw and feed for the camels, and water to bwash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
33 Food was set before him to eat, but he said, a“I will not eat until I have told about my errand.” And he said, “Speak on.”
34 So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.
35 “The LORD ahas blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
36 “And Sarah my master’s wife abore a son to my master when she was old; and bto him he has given all that he has.
37 “Now my master amade me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;
38 a‘but you shall go to my father’s house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.’
39 a“And I said to my master, ‘Perhaps the woman will not follow me.’
40 a“But he said to me, ‘The LORD, bbefore whom I walk, will send His angel with you and 1prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my family and from my father’s house.
41 a‘You will be clear from this oath when you arrive among my family; for if they will not give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
42 “And this day I came to the well and said, a‘O LORD God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go,
43 a‘behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass that when the virgin comes out to draw water, and I say to her, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,”
44 ‘and she says to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also,”—let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.’
45 a“But before I had finished bspeaking in my heart, there was Rebekah, coming out with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’
46 “And she made haste and let her pitcher down from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also.’ So I drank, and she gave the camels a drink also.
47 “Then I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the nose ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
48 a“And I bowed my head and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the way of truth to btake the daughter of my master’s brother for his son.
49 “Now if you will adeal 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.”
50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, a“The thing comes from the LORD; we cannot bspeak to you either bad or good.
51 a“Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as the LORD has spoken.”
52 And it came to pass, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, that ahe worshiped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
53 Then the servant brought out ajewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave bprecious things to her brother and to her mother.
54 And he and the men who were with him ate and drank and stayed all night. Then they arose in the morning, and he said, a“Send me away to my master.”
55 But her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us a few days, at least ten; after that she may go.”
56 And he said to them, “Do not 1hinder me, since the LORD has prospered my way; send me away so that I may go to my master.”
57 So they said, “We will call the young woman and ask her personally.”
58 Then they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.”
59 So they sent away Rebekah their sister aand her nurse, and Abraham’s servant and his men.
60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her:
“Our sister, may you become
aThe mother of thousands of ten thousands;
bAnd may your descendants possess
The gates of those who hate them.”
61 Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.
62 Now Isaac came from the way of aBeer Lahai Roi, for he dwelt in the South.
63 And Isaac went out ato meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels were coming.
64 Then Rebekah lifted her eyes, and when she saw Isaac ashe dismounted from her camel;
65 for she had said to the servant, “Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took a veil and covered herself.
66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
67 Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he atook Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac bwas comforted after his mother’s death.
Abraham and Keturah
1 Abraham again took a wife, and her name was aKeturah.
2 And ashe bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
4 And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
5 And aAbraham gave all that he had to Isaac.
6 But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he asent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to bthe country of the east.
Abraham’s Death and Burial
7 This is the sum of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred and seventy-five years.
8 Then Abraham breathed his last and adied in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and bwas gathered to his people.
9 And ahis sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of bMachpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,
10 athe field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. bThere Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.
11 And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at aBeer Lahai Roi.
The Families of Ishmael and Isaac
12 Now this is the agenealogy of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
13 And athese were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
15 1Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
16 These were the sons of Ishmael and these were their names, by their towns and their 1settlements, atwelve princes according to their nations.
17 These were the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred and thirty-seven years; and ahe breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
18 a(They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria.) He 1died bin the presence of all his brethren.
19 This is the agenealogy of Isaac, Abraham’s son. bAbraham begot Isaac.
20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, athe daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, bthe sister of Laban the Syrian.
21 Now Isaac pleaded with the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; aand the LORD granted his plea, band Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” aSo she went to inquire of the LORD.
a“Two nations are in your womb,
Two peoples shall be separated from your body;
One people shall be stronger than bthe other,
cAnd the older shall serve the younger.”
24 So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red. He was alike a hairy garment all over; so they called his name 1Esau.
26 Afterward his brother came out, and ahis hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so bhis name was called 1Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
27 So the boys grew. And Esau was aa skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was ba 1mild man, cdwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac loved Esau because he aate of his game, bbut Rebekah loved Jacob.
Esau Sells His Birthright
29 Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary.
30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called 1Edom.
31 But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.”
32 And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so awhat is this birthright to me?”
33 Then Jacob said, 1“Swear to me as of this day.” So he swore to him, and asold his birthright to Jacob.
34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then ahe ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau bdespised his birthright.
Isaac and Abimelech
1 There was a famine in the land, besides athe first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to bAbimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.
2 Then the LORD appeared to him and said: a“Do not go down to Egypt; live in bthe land of which I shall tell you.
3 a“Dwell in this land, and bI will be with you and cbless you; for to you and your descendants dI give all these lands, and I will perform ethe oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
4 “And aI will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; band in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;
5 a“because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My *commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
7 And the men of the place asked about his wife. And ahe said, “She is my sister”; for bhe was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” because he thought, “lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she is cbeautiful to behold.”
8 Now it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through a window, and saw, and there was Isaac, 1showing endearment to Rebekah his wife.
9 Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Quite obviously she is your wife; so how could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die on account of her.’ ”
10 And Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might soon have lain with your wife, and ayou would have brought guilt on us.”
11 So Abimelech charged all his people, saying, “He who atouches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year aa hundredfold; and the LORD bblessed him.
13 The man abegan to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;
14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines aenvied* him.
15 Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells awhich his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for ayou are much mightier than we.”
17 Then Isaac departed from there and 1pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. aHe called them by the names which his father had called them.
19 Also Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found a well of running water there.
20 But the herdsmen of Gerar aquarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well 1Esek, because they quarreled with him.
21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name 1Sitnah.
22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name 1Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall abe fruitful in the land.”
23 Then he went up from there to Beersheba.
24 And the LORD aappeared to him the same night and said, b“I am the God of your father Abraham; cdo not fear, for dI am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake.”
25 So he abuilt an altar there and bcalled on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
26 Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath, one of his friends, aand Phichol the commander of his army.
27 And Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, asince you hate me and have bsent me away from you?”
28 But they said, “We have certainly seen that the LORD ais with you. So we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and let us make a 1covenant with you,
29 ‘that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. aYou are now the blessed of the LORD.’ ”
30 aSo he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
31 Then they arose early in the morning and aswore an oath with one another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 It came to pass the same day that Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”
33 So he called it 1Shebah. aTherefore the name of the city is 2Beersheba to this day.
34 aWhen Esau was forty years old, he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35 And athey were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah.
Isaac Blesses Jacob
1 Now it came to pass, when Isaac was aold and bhis eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” And he answered him, “Here I am.”
2 Then he said, “Behold now, I am old. I ado not know the day of my death.
3 a“Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.
4 “And make me 1savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, that my soul amay bless you before I die.”
5 Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring it.
6 So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
7 ‘Bring me game and make 1savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the LORD before my death.’
8 “Now therefore, my son, aobey my voice according to what I command you.
9 “Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make asavory food from them for your father, such as he loves.
10 “Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he amay bless you before his death.”
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, aEsau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.
12 “Perhaps my father will afeel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring ba curse on myself and not a blessing.”
13 But his mother said to him, a“Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.”
14 And he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother amade 1savory food, such as his father loved.
15 Then Rebekah took athe choice clothes of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
17 Then she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 So he went to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me; please arise, sit and eat of my game, athat your soul may bless me.”
20 But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because the LORD your God brought it to me.”
21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I amay feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
22 So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
23 And he did not recognize him, because ahis hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
24 Then he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”
25 He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, so athat my soul may bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near now and kiss me, my son.”
27 And he came near and akissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said:
“Surely, bthe smell of my son
Is like the smell of a field
Which the LORD has blessed.
28 Therefore may aGod give you
Of bthe dew of heaven,
Of cthe fatness of the earth,
And dplenty of grain and wine.
29 aLet peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you.
Be master over your brethren,
And blet your mother’s sons bow down to you.
cCursed be everyone who curses you,
And blessed be those who bless you!”
Esau’s Lost Hope