nesis.

eat, and that he may bless thee before his d And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Be Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a sm man: my father peradventure will feel me, a shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall a curse upon me, and not a blessing. And mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse son only obey my voice, and go fetch me the

And he went, and fetched, and brought the his mother and his mother made savoury such as his father loved. And Rebekah took go raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with in the house, and put them upon Jacob her you son and she put the skins of the kids of the upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his n and she gave the savoury meat and the bread, w she had prepared, into the hand of her son Ja And he came unto his father, and said, My fat and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau firstborn; I have done according as thou ba me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my veni that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac said his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quic my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy brought it to me. And Isaac said unto Ja Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, son, whether thou be my very son Esau or And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice,

hou my very son Esau? And he said, he said, Bring it near to me: and I will on's venison, that my soul may bless he brought it near to him, and he did Drought him wine, and he drank. And ac said unto him, Come near now, and son. And he came near, and kissed e smelled the smell of his raiment, and and said, See, the smell of my son is of a field which the Lord hath blessed: od give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the earth, and plenty of corn and eople serve thee, and nations bow down e lord over thy brethren, and let thy ns bow down to thee: cursed be every urseth thee, and blessed be he that

ee.

ame to pass, as soon as Isaac had made lessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce om the presence of Isaac his father, that rother came in from his hunting. And d made savoury meat, and brought it ather, and said unto his father, Let my e, and eat of his son's venison, that thy bless me. And Isaac his father said unto art thou? And he said, I am thy son, orn Esau. And Isaac trembled very ex, and said, Who? where is he that hath ison, and brought it me, and I have eaten Fore thou camest, and have blessed him?

11

heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above and by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice;

arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him then I will send, and fetch thee from thence why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy sons with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan

aram; and Esau seeing that the daughters naan pleased not Isaac his father; then we unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives w had Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael Abı son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

HAPHTARAHA (TOLDOTH).

FROM THE 1st CHAPTER OF MALACHI.

The burden of the word of the Lord to Is Malachi. I have loved you, saith the Lord ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? W Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I Jacob, and I hated Esau, and laid his mou and his heritage waste for the dragons of th derness. Whereas Edom saith, We are in rished, but we will return and build the de places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They build, but I will throw down; and they sha them, The border of wickedness, and, The 1 against whom the Lord hath indignation for And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The will be magnified from the border of Israel. honoureth his father, and a servant his m if then I be a father, where is mine honour? I be a master, where is my fear? saith the L hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy n Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; a