1And Isaac the son of Abraham was still living in those days in the land of

2And Esau heard that his father's time was drawing nigh to die, and he and

3And Jacob and his sons sat before his father Isaac, and Jacob was still

4And Isaac said unto Jacob, Bring me hither thy sons and I will bless them;

5And Isaac placed his hands upon all the sons of Jacob, and he took hold of

6And Isaac also blessed the sons of Esau, saying, May God cause you to be a

7And Isaac called Jacob and his sons, and they all came and sat before

8Now therefore my son, teach thy children and thy children's children to

9And when Isaac had finished commanding Jacob and his children, he gave up

10And Jacob and Esau fell upon the face of their father Isaac, and they

11And all the kings of the land of Canaan went with Jacob and Esau to bury

12And the sons of Jacob and the sons of Esau went barefooted round about,

13And Jacob and Esau buried their father Isaac in the cave of Machpelah,

14And Jacob and his sons, and Esau and his sons, and all the kings of Canaan

15And at the death of Isaac, he left his cattle and his possessions and all

16And Jacob took all that Isaac had left in the land of Canaan, the cattle

17And Jacob said unto Esau, Hear thou I pray thee what I will speak unto

18Now therefore all that our father has left is before thee, and behold all

19If thou desirest the whole land take it for thee and thy children forever,

20And Nebayoth, the son of Ishmael, was then in the land with his children,

21Thus has Jacob spoken unto me, and thus has he answered me, now give thy

22And Nebayoth said, What is this that Jacob hath spoken unto thee? behold

23Go now therefore and take all thy father's riches and leave Jacob thy

24And Esau rose up and returned to Jacob, and did all that Nebayoth the son

25Jacob also took from his brother Esau the cave of Machpelah, which is in

26And Jacob wrote all these things in the book of purchase, and he signed

27And these are the words which Jacob wrote in the book, saying: The land of

28And the city of Hebron Kireath-arba, and the cave which is in it, the

29And Jacob took the book of purchase and the signature, the command and the

30Esau took all that his father had left him after his death from his

31And Esau took all this, and he and his children went home to the land of

32And Esau had possessions amongst the children of Seir, and Esau returned

33And the whole land of Canaan became an inheritance to the children of

Chapter 47

Isaac Blesses his two Sons and Dies. His Property is Divided. Esau