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¹⁵God said also to Abraham: “Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but Sarah. ¹⁶And I will bless her, and from her I will give you a son, whom I will bless, and he will be among the nations, and the kings of the peoples will rise from him.” ¹⁷Abraham fell on his face, and he laughed, saying in his heart: “Do you think a son can be born to a one hundred year old man? And will Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?” ¹⁸And he said to God, “If only Ishmael would live in your sight.” ¹⁹And God said to Abraham: “Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant, and with his offspring after him.

³¹There they buried him, with his wife Sarah.” And there Isaac was buried with his wife Rebekah. There also Leah lies preserved.

¹²Then Isaac sowed in that land, and he found, in that same year, one hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him. ¹³And the man was enriched, and he continued prospering as well as increasing, until he became very great. ¹⁴Likewise, he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very large family. Because of this, the Palestinians envied him,

³Then I brought your father Abraham from the parts of Mesopotamia, and I led him into the land of Canaan. And I multiplied his offspring,

²⁷And then he went to his father Isaac in Mamre, the city of Arba: this place is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. ²⁸And the days of Isaac were completed: one hundred and eighty years. ²⁹And being consumed by old age, he died. And he was placed with his people, being old and full of days. And his sons, Esau and Jacob, buried him.

¹Now Abraham was old and of many days. And the Lord had blessed him in all things. ²And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was in charge of all that he had: “Place your hand under my thigh, ³so that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live. ⁴But that you will proceed to my land and kindred, and from there take a wife for my son Isaac.” ⁵The servant responded, “If the woman is not willing to come with me into this land, must I lead your son back to the place from which you departed?” ⁶And Abraham said: “Beware that you never lead my son back to that place.

²Abraham conceived Isaac. And Isaac conceived Jacob. And Jacob conceived Judah and his brothers.

²⁰By faith, also, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, concerning future events.

²⁸Now we, brothers, like Isaac, are sons of the promise.

¹¹By faith also, Sarah herself, being barren, received the ability to conceive offspring, even though she was past that age in life. For she believed him to be faithful, who had promised.

²⁰who, when he was forty years old, took Rebekah, the sister of Laban, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian from Mesopotamia, as a wife.

¹A Psalm of David. The Lord directs me, and nothing will be lacking to me. ²He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment. ³He has converted my soul. He has led me away on the paths of justice, for the sake of his name. ⁴For, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they have given me consolation. ⁵You have prepared a table in my sight, opposite those who trouble me. You have anointed my head with oil, and my cup, which inebriates me, how brilliant it is! ⁶And your mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and so may I dwell in the house of the Lord for length of days.