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And these the years of the life of Ismael, a hundred and thirty-seven years; and he failed and died, and was added to his fathers.
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And he dwelt from Evilat to Sur, which is opposite Egypt, until one comes to the Assyrians; he dwelt in the presence of all his brethren.
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And these the generations of Isaac the son of Abraam.
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Abraam begot Isaac. And Isaac was forty years old when he took to wife Rebecca, daughter of Bathuel the Syrian, out of Syrian Mesopotamia, sister of Laban the Syrian.
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And Isaac prayed the Lord concerning Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife Rebecca conceived in her womb.
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And the babes leaped within her; and she said, If it will be so with me, why is this to me? And she went to enquire of the Lord.
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And the Lord said to her, There are two nations in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy belly, and one people shall excel the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.
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And the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered, and she had twins in her womb.
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And the first came out red, hairy all over like a skin; and she called his name Esau.
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And after this came forth his brother, and his hand took hold of the heel of Esau; and she called his name Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when Rebecca bore them.
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And the lads grew, and Esau was a man skilled in hunting, dwelling in the country, and Jacob a simple man, dwelling in a house.