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80 HISTORY OF TEE OLD TESTAMEN'P.
QUESTIONS.
1. What did Abraham desire to see before Hi8 death ? What did
he ssy to his ~ervlzn t P 2. W hat did Eliezer then c10 P 3. What waB
his prayor at evening by the well? Who came out just then fr71n
the city? 4. What did Eliezer eay wllen he nlet I~er? What did
Kebcaca reply? What did she do? 5. \17ith whqt did Eliezer then
present her? What did be ask her? What was Rebccca's answer?
6. What did Eliczer then Bay? What did he rerrise to do? When
be had stilted to the father and brother of Kcbccca thc objjcct of his
coming, what did tliey anmer? 7. What did the servant then do?
What happened nest monling? Whoee wife did Rebeccs become?
How long did Abraham live ? Where was he buried ?
CHAPTER XV.
Esau a d Jacob.
The father'a blessing establisheth the house of the children.--
Ecclus. 3,.11.
SAAC and Rcbcccrt remained twenty ycars without chil-
I dren. At length God heard their prayer, and gave them
two sons. Tllc first-born, Esau, IVBS red and l~airy,
ancl of a
rough, harsh temper. Jacob, thc sccond, waEc smooth in ap-
pearance ant1 gentle in his bearing. Esau hecunle :t slrillful
hunter and a husbandman. Jacob was n plain man, and
dwclt in tents.
2. Isaac lovcd Esau, and ate with pleasure thc game that
hc had killed. Rebecca, on the other hand, loved the lr~ild
and gentle Jacob. She loved him the more because an ai~gcl
had revealed to her in a vision that hc, instcad of Esau, had
found faror wit11 God. One clay JacoB was cookillg a mess of
pottnge, when Esau, coming homc fi'om the fit!ld faint with
hunger, said to his brother : " Givc me of this pottage, for I
am hungry.' '
3, Jacob said to him: "Sell me thy first birW~right.'?
Esnu replied: lLLo l I clie of hunger: what )trill Ihe first
birthright avail me ? " Jrtcob ms~vercd : c' Swear, therefore,