The 27th Chapter
     When Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith the daughter of Bery an Hethite, and Basmath the daughter of Elon an Hethite also, which were disobedient unto Isaac and Rebecca. And it came to pass that Isaac waxed old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see. Then called he Esau his eldest son and said unto him: my son. And he said unto him: here am I. And he said: behold, I am old and know not the day of my death: Now therefore take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and get you to the fields, and take me some venison, and make me meat such as I love, and bring it me, and let me eat that my soul may bless you before that I die. But Rebecca heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And as soon as Esau was gone to the field to catch venison, and to bring it, she spoke unto Jacob her son saying: Behold I have heard your father talking with Esau your brother and saying: bring me venison and make me meat, that I may eat and bless you before the Lord before I die. Now therefore my son hear my voice in that which I command you: get you to the flock, and bring me here two good kids, and I will make meat of them for your father, such as he loves. And you shall bring it to your father, and he shall eat, that he may bless you before his death.
     Then said Jacob to Rebecca his mother: Behold Esau my brother is rough and I am smooth. My father shall peradventure feel me, and I shall seem unto him as though I went about to beguile him, and so shall he bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing: and his mother said unto him. Upon me be your curse my son, only hear my voice, and go and fetch me them. And Jacob went and fetched them, and brought them to his mother. And his mother made meat of them, according as his father loved. And she went and fetched goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which she had in the house with her, and put them upon Jacob her youngest son, and she put the skins upon his hands and upon the smooth of his neck. And she put the meat and bread which she had made in the hand of her son Jacob.
     And he went in to his father saying: my father? And he answered: here am I, who are you my son? And Jacob said unto his father: I am Esau your eldest son, I have done according as you bade me: up and sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me. But Isaac said unto his son: How comes it that you have found it so quickly my son? He answered: The Lord your God brought it to my hand. Then said Isaac unto Jacob: come near and let me feel you my son, whether you be my son Esau or not. Then went Jacob to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said: the voice is Jacobs voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. And he knew him not, because his hands were rough as his brother Esaus hands and so he blessed him.
     And he asked him: are you my son Esau? And he said: that I am. Then said he: bring me and let me eat of my sons venison, that my soul may bless you. And he brought him, and he ate. And he brought him wine also, and he drank. And his father Isaac said unto him: come near and kiss me my son. And he went to him and kissed him. And he smelled the savour of his raiment and blessed him, and said: See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed. God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine. People be your servants, and nations bow unto you. Be lord over your brethren, and your mothers children stoop unto you. Cursed be he that curses you, and blessed be he that blesses you.
     As soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing, Jacob was scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father: then came Esau his brother from his hunting, and had made also meat, and brought it in unto his father, and said unto him: Arise my father, and eat of your sons venison, that your soul may bless me. Then his father Isaac said unto him: Who are you? he answered: I am your eldest son Esau. And Isaac was greatly astoned (astonished) out of measure, and said: Where is he then that has hunted venison and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him, and he shall be blessed still. When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out greatly and bitterly above measure, and said unto his father: bless me also my father. And he said: your brother came with subtlety, and has taken away your blessing. Then said he: He may well be called Jacob, for he has undermined me now two times, first he took away my birthright: and see, now has he taken away my blessing also. And he said, have you kept never a blessing for me?
     Isaac answered and said unto Esau: behold I have made him your lord, and all his mothers children have I made his servants. Moreover with corn and wine have I stablished him, what can I do unto you now my son? And Esau said unto his father: have you but that one blessing my father? bless me also my father: so lifted up Esau his voice and wept. Then Isaac his father answered and said unto him: Behold your dwelling place shall have of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above. And with your sword shall you live, and shall be your brothers servant. But the time will come, when you shall get the mastery, and loose his yoke from off your neck.
     And Esau hated Jacob, because of the blessing that his father blessed him withal, and said in his heart: The days of my fathers sorrow are at hand, for I will slay my brother Jacob. And these words of Esau her eldest son, were told to Rebecca. And she sent and called Jacob her youngest son, and said unto him: behold your brother Esau threatens to kill you: Now therefore my son hear my voice, make you ready, and flee to Laban my brother at Haran: And tarry with him a while, until your brothers fierceness be assuaged (less intense), and until your brothers, wrath turn away from you, and he forget that which you have done to him. Then will I send and fetch you away from there. Why should I lose you both in one day? And Rebecca spoke to Isaac: I am weary of my life, for fear of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such one as these are, or of the daughters of the land, what lust should I have to live?

The 28th Chapter
     Then Isaac called Jacob his son and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him: see you take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan, but arise and get you to Mesopotamia to the house of Bethuel your mothers father: and there take you a wife of the daughters of Laban your mothers brother. And God almighty bless you, increase you, and multiply you that you may be a number of people, and give you the blessing of Abraham: both to you and to your seed with you, that you may possess the land (wherein you are a stranger) which God gave unto Abraham. Thus Isaac sent forth Jacob, to go to Mesopotamia unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Sirien, and brother to Rebecca Jacobs and Esaus mother.
     When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him to Mesopotamia, to fetch him a wife there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying: see you take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan: and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and was gone unto Mesopotamia: and seeing also that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father: Then went he unto Ismael, and took unto the wives which he had, Mahala the daughter of Ismael Abrahams son, the sister of Nabaioth to be his wife. Jacob departed from Berseba and went toward Haran, and came unto a place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was down. And took a stone of the place, and put it under his head, and laid him down in the same place to sleep. And he dreamed: and behold there stood a ladder upon the earth, and the top of it reached up to heaven. And see, the angels of God went up and down upon it, yea and the Lord stood upon it and said:
     I am the Lord God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: The land which you sleep upon will I give you and your seed. And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth: And you shall spread abroad: west, east, north and south. And through you and your seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. And see I am with you, and will be your keeper in all places where ever you go, and will bring you again into this land: Neither will I leave you until I have made good all that I have promised you.
     When Jacob was awakened out of his sleep, he said: surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware. And he was afraid and said: how fearful is this place? it is none other, but even the house of God and the gate of heaven. And Jacob stood up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had laid under his head, and pitched it up on end, and poured oil on the top of it. And he called the name of the place Bethell, for indeed the name of the city was called Lus before time. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying: If God will be with me, and will keep me in this journey which I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothes to put on, so that I come again unto my fathers house in safety: then shall the Lord be my God, and this stone which I have set up on end, shall be Gods house: And of all that you shall give me, will I give the tenth unto you.

The 29th Chapter
     Then Jacob lifted up his feet, and went toward the east country. And as he looked about, behold there was a well in the field, and three flocks of sheep lay thereby (for at that well were the flocks watered) and there lay a great stone at the well mouth. And the manner was to bring the flocks over there, and to roll the stone from the wells mouth, and to water the sheep, and to put the stone again upon the wells mouth unto his place. And Jacob said unto them: brethren, from where be ye? And they said: of Haran are we. And he said unto them: Know you Laban the son of Nahor? And they said: We know him. And he said unto them: is he in good health? And they said: he is in good health: and behold, his daughter Rahel comes with the sheep. And he said: lo, it is yet a great while to night, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water the sheep, and go and feed them. And they said: we may not, until all the flocks be brought together, and the stone be rolled from the wells mouth, and so we water our sheep.
     While he yet talked with them, Rahel came with her fathers sheep, for she kept them. As soon as Jacob saw Rahel, the daughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the sheep of Laban his mothers brother, he went and rolled the stone from the wells mouth, and watered the sheep of Laban his mothers brother. And Jacob kissed Rahel, and lifted up his voice and wept: and told her also that he was her fathers brother and Rebeccas son. Then Rahel ran and told her father. When Laban heard tell of Jacob his sisters son, he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him into his house. And then Jacob told Laban all the matter. And then Laban said: well, you are my bone and my flesh. Abide with me the space of a month. And afterward Laban said unto Jacob: though you be my brother, should you therefore serve me for naught? tell me what shall your wages be? And Laban had two daughters, the eldest called Lea and the youngest Rahel. Lea was tender eyed, but Rahel was beautiful and well favored. And Jacob loved her well, and said: I will serve you seven years for Rahel your youngest daughter. And Laban answered: it is better that I give her you, than to another man: bide therefore with me.
     And Jacob served seven years for Rahel, and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. And Jacob said unto Laban: give me my wife, that I may lie with her. For the time appointed me is come.
     Then Laban bade all the men of that place, and made a feast. And when even was come, he took Lea his daughter and brought her to him: and he went in unto Her. And Laban gave unto his daughter Lea, Zilpha his maid, to be her servant. And when the morning was come, behold it was Lea. Than said he to Laban: wherefore have you played thus with me? did not I serve you for Rahel, wherefore then have you beguiled me? Laban answered: it is not the manner of this place, to marry the youngest before the eldest. Pass out this week, and then shall this also be given you for the service which you shall serve me yet seven years more. And Jacob did even so, and passed out that week, and then he gave him Rahel his daughter to wife also. And Laban gave to Rahel his daughter, Bilha his handmaid to be her servant. So lay he by Rahel also, and loved Rahel more than Lea, and served him yet seven years more.
     When the Lord saw that Lea was despised, he made her fruitful: but Rahel was barren. And Lea conceived and bare a son, and called his name Ruben, for she said: the Lord has looked upon my tribulation. And now my husband will love me. And she conceived again and bare a son, and said: the Lord has heard that I am despised, and has therefore given me this son also, and she called him Simeon. And she conceived yet, and bare a son, and said: now this once will my husband keep me company, because I have borne him three sons: and therefore she called his name Levi. And she conceived yet again, and bare a son saying: Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Juda, and left bearing.