And Isaac made intercessiõ vnto y^e LORde for his wife: because she was barẽ: and y^e LORde was ĩtreated of hĩ/ and Rebecca his wife cõceaued: and y^e childern stroue together withĩ her. thẽ she sayde: yf it shulde goo so to passe/ what helpeth it y^t I am with childe? And she went & axed y^e LORde. And y^e LORde sayde vnto her there are .ij. maner of people in thi wombe and ij. nations shall springe out of thy bowels/ and the one nation shalbe myghtier than the other/ and the eldest shalbe servaunte vnto the yonger. And whẽ hir tyme was come to be delyuered beholde: there were .ij. twyns in hir wõbe. And he that came out first/ was redde & rough ouer all as it were an hyde: and they called his name Esau. And after ward his brother came out & his hande holdynge Esau by the hele. Wherfore his name was called Iacob. And Isaac was .lx. yere olde whẽ she bare thẽ: and the boyes grewe/ and Esau bcame a conynge hunter & a tyllman. But Iacob was a simple man & dwelled in the tentes. Isaac loved Esau because he dyd eate of his venysõ/ but Rebecca loued Iacob. Iacob sod potage & Esau came from the feld & was faĩtte/ & sayd to Iacob: let me syppe of y^t redde potage/ for I am fayntte. And therfore was his name called Edom. And Iacob sayde: sell me this daye thy byrthrighte. And Esau answered: Loo I am at the poynte to dye/ and what profit shall this byrthrighte do me? And Iacob sayde/ swere to me then this daye. And he swore to him & sold his byrthrighte vnto Iacob. Than Iacob gaue Esau brede & potage of redde ryse. And he ate & dronke & rose vp and went his waye. And so Esau regarded not his byrthrighte. The .xxvi. Chapter. And there fell a derth in y^e lande/ passinge the first derth y^t fell in the dayes of Abraham. Wherfore Isaac went vnto Abimelech kinge of y^e Philistiãs vnto Gerar. Thẽ the LORde apeared vnto him & sayde goo not doune in to Egipte/ but byde in y^e land which I saye vnto y^e: Sogeorne in this lãde/ & I wyll be with y^e & wyll blesse y^e: for vnto the & vnto thy sede I will geue all these cõtreis And I will performe the oothe which I swore vnto Abrahã thy father/ & will multiplye thy seed as y^e starres of heavẽ/ & will geue vnto thy seed all these contreis. And thorow thy seed shall all the natiõs of the erth be blessed/ because y^t Abrahã harkened vnto mi voyce & kepte mine ordinaũces/ cõmaũdmẽtes/ statutes & lawes