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Then God said, ‘Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
God said, “
No, but
Sarah your
wife shall
bear you a
son, and you shall
call his
name Isaac. I will
establish my
covenant with him as an
everlasting covenant for his
offspring after him.
(NIV)
But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.’
But
I will
establish my
covenant with Isaac,
whom Sarah shall
bear to you at this
time next year.”
(NIV)
Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.
Abraham called the
name of his
son who was
born to him, whom
Sarah bore him,
Isaac.
(NIV)
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him.
And
Abraham circumcised his
son Isaac when he was
eight days old,
as
God had
commanded him.
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Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
Abraham was a
hundred years old when
his son Isaac was
born to him.
(NIV)
The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast.
And the
child grew and was
weaned. And
Abraham made a
great feast on the
day that
Isaac was
weaned.
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and she said to Abraham, ‘Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.’
So she
said to
Abraham,
“Cast
out this
slave woman with her
son, for the
son of this
slave woman shall
not be
heir with my
son Isaac.”
(NIV)
But God said to him, ‘Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.
But
God said to Abraham, “Be not
displeased because of the
boy and because of your
slave woman. Whatever
Sarah says to
you, do as she
tells you, for
through Isaac shall your
offspring be
named.
(NIV)
Then God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, whom you love – Isaac – and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain that I will show you.’
He
said, “
Take your
son, your
only son
Isaac, whom you
love, and
go to the
land of
Moriah, and
offer him there as a
burnt offering on one of the
mountains of
which I shall
tell you.”
(NIV)
Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.
So
Abraham rose
early in the
morning,
saddled his
donkey, and
took two of his
young men with him, and his
son Isaac. And he
cut the
wood for the
burnt offering and
arose and
went to the
place of which
God had
told him.
(NIV)
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,
And
Abraham took the
wood of the
burnt offering and
laid it
on Isaac his
son. And he
took in his
hand the
fire and the
knife. So they
went both of them
together.
(NIV)
Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, ‘Father?’
‘Yes, my son?’ Abraham replied.
‘The fire and wood are here,’ Isaac said, ‘but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?’
And
Isaac said to his
father Abraham, “My
father!” And he
said, “
Here I am, my
son.” He
said, “
Behold, the
fire and the
wood, but where is the
lamb for a
burnt offering?”
(NIV)
When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
When they
came to the
place of which
God had
told him,
Abraham built the
altar there and
laid the
wood in order and
bound Isaac his
son and
laid him
on the
altar, on
top of the
wood.
(NIV)
but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.’
but will
go to my
country and
to my
kindred, and
take a
wife for my
son Isaac.”
(NIV)
May it be that when I say to a young woman, “Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,” and she says, “Drink, and I’ll water your camels too” – let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.’
Let the
young woman to whom I shall
say, ‘
Please let
down your
jar that I may
drink,’ and who shall
say, ‘
Drink, and I will
water your
camels’—let her be the one whom you have
appointed for your
servant Isaac.
By this I shall
know that you have
shown steadfast love to
my master.”
(NIV)
Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.
Now
Isaac had
returned from
Beer-lahai-roi and was
dwelling in the
Negeb.
(NIV)
He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching.
And
Isaac went out to meditate in the
field toward evening. And he
lifted up his
eyes and
saw, and
behold, there were
camels coming.
(NIV)
Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel
And
Rebekah lifted up her
eyes, and when she
saw Isaac, she
dismounted from the
camel
(NIV)
Then the servant told Isaac all he had done.
And the
servant told Isaac all the
things that he had
done.
(NIV)
Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Then
Isaac brought her into the
tent of
Sarah his
mother and
took Rebekah, and she
became his
wife, and he
loved her. So
Isaac was
comforted after his mother’s death.
(NIV)
Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
Abraham gave all he had to
Isaac.
(NIV)
But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
But to the
sons of his
concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still
living he
sent them away from his
son Isaac,
eastward to the
east country.
(NIV)
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite,
Isaac and
Ishmael his
sons buried him in the
cave of
Machpelah, in the
field of
Ephron the
son of
Zohar the
Hittite, east
of Mamre,
(NIV)
After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.
After the
death of
Abraham,
God blessed Isaac his
son. And
Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.
(NIV)
This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac.
Abraham became the father of Isaac,
These are the
generations of
Isaac,
Abraham’s son:
Abraham fathered Isaac,
(NIV)
and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.
and
Isaac was
forty years old when he
took Rebekah,
the
daughter of
Bethuel the
Aramean of
Paddan-aram,
the
sister of
Laban the
Aramean, to be his
wife.
(NIV)
Isaac prayed to the
Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The
Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
And
Isaac prayed to the
Lord for his
wife, because she was
barren. And the
Lord granted his
prayer, and
Rebekah his wife conceived.
(NIV)
After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.
Afterward his
brother came out with
his hand holding Esau’s heel, so his
name was
called Jacob.
Isaac was
sixty years old when she
bore them.
(NIV)
Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Isaac loved Esau because he
ate of his
game, but
Rebekah loved Jacob.
(NIV)
Now there was a famine in the land – besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time – and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.
Now there
was a
famine in the
land,
besides the
former famine that
was in the
days of
Abraham. And
Isaac went to
Gerar to Abimelech king of the
Philistines.
(NIV)
So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
So
Isaac settled in
Gerar.
(NIV)
When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
When he had been there a
long time,
Abimelech king of the
Philistines looked out of a
window and
saw Isaac laughing with
Rebekah his wife.
(NIV)
So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, ‘She is really your wife! Why did you say, “She is my sister”?’
Isaac answered him, ‘Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.’
So
Abimelech called Isaac and
said, “
Behold, she
is your
wife.
How then could you
say, ‘She is my
sister’?”
Isaac said to him, “
Because I
thought, ‘
Lest I
die because of
her.’”
(NIV)
Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the
Lord blessed him.
And
Isaac sowed in that
land and
reaped in the same
year a
hundredfold. The
Lord blessed him,
(NIV)
Then Abimelek said to Isaac, ‘Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.’
And
Abimelech said to Isaac, “
Go away
from us, for you are
much mightier than we.”
(NIV)
So Isaac moved away from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled.
So
Isaac departed from
there and
encamped in the
Valley of
Gerar and
settled there.
(NIV)
Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.
And
Isaac dug again the
wells of
water that had been
dug in the
days of
Abraham his
father, which the
Philistines had
stopped after the
death of
Abraham. And he
gave them the
names that his father had
given them.
(NIV)
Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.
But when
Isaac’s servants dug in the
valley and
found there a
well of
spring water,
(NIV)
But the herdsmen of Gerar quarrelled with those of Isaac and said, ‘The water is ours!’ So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.
the
herdsmen of
Gerar quarreled with
Isaac’s herdsmen,
saying, “The
water is ours.” So he
called the
name of the
well Esek, because they
contended with him.
(NIV)
Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the
Lord. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.
So he
built an
altar there and
called upon the
name of the
Lord and
pitched his
tent there. And there
Isaac’s servants dug a
well.
(NIV)
Isaac asked them, ‘Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?’
Isaac said to them, “
Why have you
come to me, seeing that
you hate me and have
sent me away from you?”
(NIV)
Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.
In the
morning they rose
early and
exchanged oaths. And
Isaac sent them on their way, and they
departed from him in
peace.
(NIV)
That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, ‘We’ve found water!’
That same
day Isaac’s servants came and
told him
about the
well that they had
dug and
said to him, “We have
found water.”
(NIV)
They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
and they
made life bitter for
Isaac and
Rebekah.
(NIV)
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for his elder son Esau and said to him, ‘My son.’
‘Here I am,’ he answered.
When Isaac was
old and his
eyes were
dim so that he could not
see, he
called Esau his
older son and
said to him, “My
son”; and he
answered, “Here
I am.”
(NIV)
Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau left for the open country to hunt game and bring it back,
Now
Rebekah was
listening when
Isaac spoke to his
son Esau. So when
Esau went to the
field to
hunt for
game and
bring it,
(NIV)
Isaac asked his son, ‘How did you find it so quickly, my son?’
‘The
Lord your God gave me success,’ he replied.
But
Isaac said to his
son, “
How is
it that you have
found it so
quickly, my
son?” He
answered, “
Because the
Lord your
God granted me success.”
(NIV)
Then Isaac said to Jacob, ‘Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not.’
Then
Isaac said to Jacob, “
Please come
near, that I may
feel you, my
son, to know
whether you are
really my
son Esau or
not.”
(NIV)
Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, ‘The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.’
So
Jacob went
near to Isaac his
father, who
felt him and
said, “The
voice is
Jacob’s voice, but the
hands are the
hands of
Esau.”
(NIV)
Then his father Isaac said to him, ‘Come here, my son, and kiss me.’
Then his
father Isaac said to him, “Come
near and
kiss me,
my son.”
(NIV)
After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.
As soon as
Isaac had
finished blessing Jacob, when
Jacob had
scarcely gone out from the
presence of
Isaac his
father,
Esau his
brother came in from
his hunting.
(NIV)
His father Isaac asked him, ‘Who are you?’
‘I am your son,’ he answered, ‘your firstborn, Esau.’
His
father Isaac said to him, “
Who are
you?” He
answered, “
I am your
son, your
firstborn,
Esau.”
(NIV)
Isaac trembled violently and said, ‘Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him – and indeed he will be blessed!’
Then
Isaac trembled very
violently and
said, “
Who was
it then that
hunted game and
brought it to me, and I
ate it
all before you
came, and I have
blessed him? Yes, and he shall
be blessed.”
(NIV)
Isaac answered Esau, ‘I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?’
Isaac answered and
said to
Esau, “
Behold,
I have
made him
lord over you, and
all his
brothers I have
given to him for
servants, and with
grain and
wine I have
sustained him.
What then can I
do for
you,
my son?”
(NIV)
His father Isaac answered him,
‘Your dwelling will be
away from the earth’s richness,
away from the dew of heaven above.
Then
Isaac his
father answered and
said to him:
“
Behold,
away from the
fatness of the
earth shall your
dwelling be,
and away from the
dew of
heaven on high.
(NIV)
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, ‘I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land, from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.’
Then
Rebekah said to Isaac,
“I
loathe my
life because of the
Hittite women.
If Jacob marries one of the
Hittite women like
these, one of the
women of the
land,
what good will my
life be to me?”
(NIV)
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him: ‘Do not marry a Canaanite woman.
Then
Isaac called Jacob and
blessed him and
directed him, “You must
not take a
wife from the
Canaanite women.
(NIV)
Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Thus
Isaac sent Jacob away. And he
went to
Paddan-aram,
to Laban, the
son of
Bethuel the
Aramean, the
brother of
Rebekah,
Jacob’s and
Esau’s mother.
(NIV)
Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him, ‘Do not marry a Canaanite woman,’
Now
Esau saw that
Isaac had
blessed Jacob and
sent him away to
Paddan-aram to
take a
wife from
there, and that as he
blessed him he
directed him, “You must
not take a
wife from the
Canaanite women,”
(NIV)
Esau then realised how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac;
So when
Esau saw that the
Canaanite women did not
please Isaac his father,
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