1And in the fifty-ninth year of the life of Isaac the son of Abraham,

2And Rebecca said unto Isaac, Truly I have heard, my lord, that thy mother

3Now therefore stand up, pray thou also to God and he will hear thy prayer

4And Isaac answered his wife Rebecca, saying, Abraham has already prayed for

5And Rebecca said unto him, But arise now thou also and pray, that the Lord

6And Isaac said, O Lord God of heaven and earth, whose goodness and mercies

7For thou art the Lord our God, our eyes are toward thee to give us seed of

8And the Lord heard the prayer of Isaac the son of Abraham, and the Lord was

9And in about seven months after the children struggled together within her,

10And she said unto them, Why am I alone in this amongst all the omen that

11And she also asked Abraham to seek and inquire of the Lord about all that

12And they all inquired of the Lord concerning this matter, and they brought

13And when her days to be delivered were completed, she knelt down, and

14And the first came out red all over like a hairy garment, and all the

15And after that came his brother, and his hand took hold of Esau's heel,

16And Isaac, the son of Abraham, was sixty years old when he begat them.

17And the boys grew up to their fifteenth year, and they came amongst the

18And Isaac and the children of his household dwelt with his father Abraham

19And Ishmael the son of Abraham went with his children and all belonging to

20And all the children of Abraham's concubines went to dwell in the land of

21And Abraham gave all that he had to his son Isaac, and he also gave him

22And he commanded him saying, Dost thou not know and understand the Lord is

23And it was he who took me from my father's house, and from my birthplace,

24And he brought me to this place, and he delivered me from Ur Casdim; and

25Now therefore my son, hearken to my voice, and keep the commandments of

26And remember the wonderful works of the Lord, and his kindness that he has

27And teach thou thy children and thy seed the instructions of the Lord and

28And Isaac answered his father and said unto him, That which my Lord has

29And it was at that time that Abraham died, in the fifteenth year of the

30And when the inhabitants of Canaan heard that Abraham was dead, they all

31And all the inhabitants of the land of Haran, and all the families of the

32And all the inhabitants of Canaan, and all those who had known Abraham,

33And all the little children, and all the inhabitants of the land wept on

34And there arose not a man who feared God like unto Abraham, for he had

35And the Lord was with him and delivered him from the counsel of Nimrod and

36And he brought all the children of the earth to the service of God, and he

37And he formed a grove and he planted a vineyard therein, and he had always

38And the Lord God delivered the whole earth on account of Abraham.

39And it was after the death of Abraham that God blessed his son Isaac and

Chapter 26

Isaac and Rebecca pray for children. Their Prayers answered, and