Isaac ¹  said, “Since ²  I am so old, I could die at any time. ³ 

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here and kiss me, my son.”

His father Isaac asked, ¹  “Who are you?” “I am your firstborn son,” ²  he replied, “Esau!”

But Isaac ¹  replied, “Your brother came in here deceitfully and took away ²  your blessing.”

Then Esau realized ¹  that the Canaanite women ²  were displeasing to ³  his father Isaac.

God heard their groaning, ¹  God remembered ²  his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob,

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; ignore the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people.

the promise ¹  he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac! ² 

the promise ¹  he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

Isaac said to his father Abraham, ¹  “My father?” “What is it, ²  my son?” he replied. “Here is the fire and the wood,” Isaac said, ³  “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

Then Isaac brought Rebekah ¹  into his mother Sarah’s tent. He took her ²  as his wife and loved her. ³  So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. ⁴ 

So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, “She is really ¹  your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.” ² 

Isaac reopened ¹  the wells that had been dug ²  back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up ³  after Abraham died. Isaac ⁴  gave these wells ⁵  the same names his father had given them. ⁶ 

the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled ¹  with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water belongs to us!” So Isaac ²  named the well ³  Esek ⁴  because they argued with him about it. ⁵ 

Isaac ¹  said, “Bring some of the wild game for me to eat, my son. ²  Then I will bless you.” ³  So Jacob ⁴  brought it to him, and he ate it. He also brought him wine, and Isaac ⁵  drank.

Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. ¹  As he blessed him, ²  Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.” ³ 

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

When his son Isaac was eight days old, ¹  Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do. ² 

The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared ¹  a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. ² 

You must go instead to my country and to my relatives ¹  to find ²  a wife for my son Isaac.”