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Rebekah has come to the land of Canaan, where Isaac lives. Isaac was walking in the field. He looked up and saw the camels coming. When they came nearer he saw Rebekah. Rebekah came down from the camel, and Isaac brought her into the house. Isaac loved Rebekah, and took her for his wife. God was very kind to Isaac and blessed him. And Isaac and Rebekah had two sons, whose names were Jacob and Esau.<br>Isaac has grown old. He cannot see. He has told his son Esau to go out in the woods and kill a deer, and cook some of the meat for him to eat. Then Isaac says he will bless Esau and tell him of all the things he is to have for his own, after his father is dead. So Esau has gone out into the woods to kill the deer for his father. But while Esau is gone, Jacob, Esau's brother, comes to his father. Jacob pretends that he is Esau, and his father cannot see; he feels the goat-skin on Jacob's hands and thinks he is Esau, because Esau had a rough, hairy skin, So he blesses Jacob and gives him the
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