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to them; but he made Isaac the heir of his substance, and died. The names of the sons of Ishmael are inserted here; and he dwelt from Havilah to Shur. When Rebecca was barren, Isaac prayed to God, that she might conceive; and when she conceived, God said to her: Two nations are in your womb, and one people shall be stronger than the other people; foretelling the things concerning the Jews and us Christians. And when the children were born and grew up, 56.321 Esau gives up and sells his own birthright to Jacob for a pottage of lentils. And when Isaac wanted to go down to Egypt, since a famine prevailed, God prevented him, advising him to remain where he dwelt, and promising to be with him, and to bless his seed and multiply it. And Abimelech, king of Gerar, having learned that Rebecca was Isaac's wife (for he had suspected that she was his sister), decreed death if anyone should insult her. Then Isaac sowed, and found a hundredfold of barley. And as he came into great wealth from the blessing of God, the Philistines envied him, and Abimelech drove him from there. But he did not defend himself, but withdrew, and dug wells, and they fought over them. But he did not resist, but dug others, until they ceased. And God blessed him. And when Abimelech came to him, Isaac received him gladly and feasted him, not remembering the wrongs he had suffered. Esau took Canaanite wives, and they were a grief to Rebecca. Isaac grew old and his eyes were dim, and he commanded his son Esau to hunt and make him a savory meal, that he might bless him. But Jacob, with his mother cooperating with him, came before Esau; for having cooked two kids, and having put their skins on him, to conceal the smoothness of the boy, she gave the savory food into his hands, and sent him in. And he, having entered, received the blessings. But Esau, having come, and learned what had happened, cried out and wept, and asked to be blessed himself also, and he obtained it by persistence, though not as much as he had hoped; nevertheless he obtained it. Having then been blessed with small things instead of great, he was angry with his brother, held a grudge, and waited for his father's death, so that he might then plot against him more fearlessly. His mother reported these things to Jacob, and advised him to find safety in flight; and saying to Isaac that her life would be unlivable if Jacob also took a wife from the Canaanites, she arranged for Isaac to send Jacob to Mesopotamia to her brother Laban, and to take a wife from his daughters. And when Jacob had departed, Esau took the daughter of Ishmael as a wife for himself. And Ishmael was the son of Abraham, born to him from Hagar. Jacob sees the ladder, sets up a pillar, and promises to give a tenth of his possessions to God, if he should return in health. He comes to Mesopotamia, saw Rachel, and loved her; the girl went and told her father Laban. He himself came and recognized Jacob, and brought him to himself. He served him for the wages of his daughter; but he gave the elder. And when Jacob was displeased with the deceit, he proposed that he serve another seven years, if he wished to take the younger also. And he endured this also, and took the younger also. Now the elder was weak in the eyes, Leah; but the younger was beautiful, Rachel. And they are types, the 56.322 elder of the synagogue of the Jews, and the younger of the Church of Christ. Leah conceived, and bore Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah. But Rachel, since she did not bear children, gave Jacob a second wife, her handmaid Bilhah, and she bore Dan and Naphtali. And Leah also gave Zilpah her handmaid to Jacob as a wife; and she bore Gad and Asher. And next, after these things, Leah bore Issachar and Zebulun. Then Rachel also bore Joseph. And when Jacob wanted to depart to his own land, Laban gave him the wage which Jacob himself had determined, every dark-colored one among the lambs, and every white one among the goats; but since the many

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αὐτοῖς· τῆς δὲ οὐσίας Ἰσαὰκ κληρονόμον ἐποίησε, καὶ ἀπέθανε. Τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσμαὴλ ἔγκειται ἐνταῦθα· κατῴκησε δὲ ἀπὸ Εὐιλὰτ ἕως Σούρ. Τῆς Ῥεβέκκας ἐστειρωμένης, ἐδεῖτο Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ Θεοῦ,ὥστε κυεῖν αὐτήν· καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἐκύει, φησὶν αὐτῇ ὁ Θεός· ∆ύο ἔθνη ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ σου, καὶ λαὸς λαοῦ ὑπερέξει· προλέγων τὰ περὶ Ἰουδαίων καὶ ἡμῶν τῶν Χριστιανῶν. Ὡς δὲ ἐτέχθη τὰ παιδία καὶ ηὐξήθη, 56.321 ἀποδίδοται καὶ πιπράσκει ἑψήματος φακῆς τὰ πρωτοτόκια ἑαυτοῦ ὁ Ἡσαῦ τῷ Ἰακώβ. Βουλόμενον δὲ τὸν Ἰσαὰκ εἰς Αἴγυπτον κατελθεῖν, ἐπειδὴ λιμὸς κατίσχυε, κωλύει ὁ Θεὸς, παραινῶν ἔνθα ᾤκει, ἐκεῖ μένειν, καὶ ὑπισχνούμενος ἔσεσθαι μετ' αὐτοῦ, καὶ εὐλογήσειν τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ καὶ πληθυνεῖν. Μαθὼν δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς Γεράρων Ἀβιμέλεχ, ὅτι ἡ Ῥεβέκκα γυνή ἐστι τοῦ Ἰσαὰκ (ὑπώπτευσε γὰρ ἀδελφὴν αὐτοῦ εἶναι αὐτὴν), θάνατον ὥρισε εἴ τις ἐξυβρίσει εἰς αὐτήν. Τότε ἔσπειρεν ὁ Ἰσαὰκ, καὶ εὗρεν ἑκατοστεύουσαν κριθήν. Ὡς δὲ ἦλθεν εἰς πλοῦτον μέγαν ἐκ τῆς εὐλογίας τοῦ Θεοῦ, διεφθονοῦντο αὐτῷ οἱ Φυλιστιεὶμ, καὶ ὁ Ἀβιμέλεχ ἀπήλαυνεν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν. Ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἠμύνατο, ἀλλ' ἀνεχώρησε, καὶ ὤρυξε φρέατα, καὶ ἐμάχοντο περὶ αὐτῶν. Ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἀνθίστατο, ἀλλ' ἕτερα ὤρυσσεν, ἕως οὗ ἐπαύσαντο. Καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν ὁ Θεός. Καὶ ὁ Ἰσαὰκ ἐλθόντα πρὸς αὐτὸν τὸν Ἀβιμέλεχ ἐδέξατο ἀσμένως καὶ εἱστίασεν, οὐ μνησθεὶς ὧν ἠδικήθη. Ἔλαβεν ὁ Ἡσαῦ Χαναναίας γυναῖκας, καὶ ἤριζον τῇ Ῥεβέκκᾳ. Ἐγήρασεν ὁ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ ἠμβλυώπησε, καὶ προστάσσει τῷ υἱῷ Ἡσαῦ θηρεῦσαι καὶ ποιῆσαι αὐτῷ ἔδεσμα, ἵνα εὐλογήσῃ αὐτόν. Ὁ δὲ Ἰακὼβ, συμπραττούσης αὐτῷ τῆς μητρὸς, ἔφθασε τὸν Ἡσαῦ· ἑψήσασα γὰρ ἐρίφους δύο, καὶ τὰ δέρματα αὐτῶν περιθεῖσα αὐτῷ, ἵνα ἐπικρύψῃ τὴν λειότητα τοῦ παιδὸς, ἔδωκε τὰ ἐδέσματα εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰσέπεμψεν. Ὁ δὲ εἰσελθὼν ἔλαβε τὰς εὐλογίας. Ἐλθὼν δὲ ὁ Ἡσαῦ, καὶ μαθὼν τὸ γεγονὸς, ἀπωδύρετο καὶ ἐθρήνει, καὶ ᾔτει εὐλογηθῆναι καὶ αὐτὸς, καὶ ἤνυσε τῇ ἐπιμονῇ, οὐδὲν μὲν τοσοῦτον ὅσον ἤλπισεν· ἤνυσε δὲ ὅμως. Μικρὰ τοίνυν εὐλογηθεὶς ἀντὶ μεγάλων, ὠργίζετο πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν, ἐμνησικάκει, περιέμενε τοῦ πατρὸς τὴν τελευτὴν, ὡς τότε ἀδεέστερον ἐπιβουλεύσων αὐτῷ. Μηνύει τῷ Ἰακὼβ ταῦτα ἡ μήτηρ, καὶ παραινεῖ φυγῇ τὴν σωτηρίαν εὑρηκέναι· εἰποῦσά τε πρὸς τὸν Ἰσαὰκ, ὅτι ἀβίωτος αὐτῇ ἔσται ὁ βίος, εἰ καὶ Ἰακὼβ ἀπὸ τῶν Χαναναίων λάβοι γυναῖκα, παρασκευάζει τὸν Ἰσαὰκ ἐκπέμψαι τὸν Ἰακὼβ εἰς Μεσοποταμίαν πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτῆς τὸν Λάβαν, καὶ ἐκ τῶν θυγατέρων αὐτοῦ γυναῖκα λαβεῖν. Ἀπελθόντος δὲ τοῦ Ἰακὼβ, λαμβάνει τὴν θυγατέρα Ἰσμαὴλ ἑαυτῷ γυναῖκα ὁ Ἡσαῦ. Ὁ δὲ Ἰσμαὴυἱὸς ἦν τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ, ἀπὸ τῆς Ἄγαρ γενόμενος αὐτῷ. Βλέπει τὴν κλίμακα ὁ Ἰακὼβ, ἵστησι στήλην, καὶ ἐπαγγέλλεται τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῷ ἀποδεκατώσειν τῷ Θεῷ, εἰ ὑγιαίνων ἐπανέλθοι. Ἔρχεται εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν, εἶδε τὴν Ῥαχὴλ, ἐφίλησεν αὐτήν· ἀπελθοῦσα ἡ κόρη ἀπήγγειλε τῷ πατρὶ Λάβαν. Ἐλθὼν αὐτὸς ἐπέγνω τὸν Ἰακὼβ, εἰσήγαγεν αὐτὸν πρὸς ἑαυτόν. Ἐδούλευσεν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ μισθῷ θυγατρός· ὁ δὲ τὴν πρεσβυτέραν ἔδωκε· δυσχεραίνοντι δὲ τῷ Ἰακὼβ ἐπὶ τῇ ἀπάτῃ, προτείνει ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἕτερα δουλεῦσαι, εἰ βούλοιτο καὶ τὴν νεωτέραν λαβεῖν. Ὁ δὲ καὶ τοῦτο ὑπέμεινε, καὶ λαμβάνει καὶ τὴν νεωτέραν. Ἦν δὲ ἡ μὲν πρεσβυτέρα ἀσθενὴς τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς, Λεία· ἡ δὲ νεωτέρα ὡραία, ἡ Ῥαχήλ. Εἰσὶ δὲ τύποι αὐταὶ, ἡ 56.322 μὲν πρεσβυτέρα τῆς συναγωγῆς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἡ δὲ νεωτέρα τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Συνέλαβε Λεία, καὶ ἔτεκε τὸν Ῥουβεὶμ, τὸν Συμεὼν, τὸν Λευῒ, τὸν Ἰούδαν. Ἡ δὲ Ῥαχὴλ, ἐπεὶ μὴ ἔτικτε, δίδωσιτῷ Ἰακὼβ γυναῖκα δευτέραν, τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτῆς Βάλαν, καὶ ἔτεκεν ἐκείνη τὸν ∆ὰν καὶ τὸν Νεφθαλείμ. Ἔδωκε δὲ καὶ ἡ Λεία Ζελφὰν τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτῆς τῷ Ἰακὼβ γυναῖκα· ἡ δὲ ἔτεκε τὸν Γὰδ καὶ τὸν Ἀσήρ. Ἔτεκε δὲ ἑξῆς Λεία μετὰ ταῦτα τὸν Ἰσάχαρ καὶ τὸν Ζαβουλών. Τότε ἔτεκε καὶ ἡ Ῥαχὴλ τὸν Ἰωσήφ. Ὡδὲ ἤθελεν ὁ Ἰακὼβ ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὴν οἰκείαν γῆν, δίδωσιν αὐτῷ τὸν μισθὸν ὁ Λάβαν, ὃν αὐτὸς ὁ Ἰακὼβ ὥρισε, πᾶν φαιὸν ἐν τοῖς ἄρνασι, καὶ πᾶν λευκὸν ἐν ταῖς αἰξίν· ὡς δὲ πολλὰ τὰ