Jacob, Joseph & Egypt

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

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

And 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;

do 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.'

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

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

And 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;'

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

And 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,

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

And it cometh to pass that Isaac is aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, `My son;' and he saith unto him, `Here am I.'

And he saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death;

and now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me provision,

and make for me tasteful things, such as I have loved, and bring in to me, and I do eat, so that my soul doth bless thee before I die.'

And Rebekah is hearkening while Isaac is speaking unto Esau his son; and Esau goeth to the field to hunt provision--to bring in;

and Rebekah hath spoken unto Jacob her son, saying, `Lo, I have heard thy father speaking unto Esau thy brother, saying,

Bring for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.

`And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee:

Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and take for me from thence two good kids of the goats, and I make them tasteful things for thy father, such as he hath loved;

and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his death.

And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, `Lo, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I a smooth man,

it may be my father doth feel me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought upon me disesteem, and not a blessing;'

and his mother saith to him, `On me thy disesteem, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go, take for me.'

And he goeth, and taketh, and bringeth to his mother, and his mother maketh tasteful things, such as his father hath loved;

and Rebekah taketh the desirable garments of Esau her elder son, which are with her in the house, and doth put on Jacob her younger son;