Genesis 27:24 New International Version (NIV) 24 “Are you really my son Esau?” he asked. “I am,” he replied. Jacob got the blessing he wanted. He deceived his father, and it cost him. He never saw his mother again. His brother wanted to kill him. He got deceived by...

Genesis 27:11-12 New International Version (NIV) 11 Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin. 12 What if my father touches me? I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse on myself rather than a...

Genesis 26:34-35 New International Version (NIV) Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing 34 When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah. Esau...

  Genesis 26:17-22 New International Version (NIV) 17 So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled. 18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after...

Genesis 26:12-16 New International Version (NIV) 12 Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold,because the Lord blessed him. 13 The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy. 14 He had so many flocks...

Genesis 25:21 New International Version (NIV) 21 Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. Isaac pleaded with God for children. The Bible encourages us to ask and even...