The man was glad when he heard this, for he knew the Lord had led him, and had brought him to the house to which he was sent. And he bowed his head and gave thanks. [Illustration: RE-BEK-AH JOUR-NEY-ING TO I-SAAC.] The next day Re-bek-ah and her maids went with A-bra-ham's head man. And they came to the land of Ca-naan. At the close of the day I-saac went to walk in the fields, and as he raised his eyes he saw the cam-els on their way home, and he went out to meet them. Re-bek-ah said to the man with whom she rode, What man is this that comes through the field to meet us? And the man told her that it was A-bra-ham's son, I-saac. Then the maid drew her veil round her so as to hide her face, and came down from the cam-el. And I-saac took her to his house and made her his wife. And A-bra-ham gave, all that he had to I-saac; and when he died he was laid by the side of Sa-rah, his wife, in the tomb he had bought at Mach-pe-lah. [Illustration: THE MEET-ING OF I-SAAC AND RE-BEK-AH.] And to this day no one has had such faith or trust in God as did A-bra-ham. CHAPTER IV. JACOB AND ESAU. I-SAAC and Re-bek-ah had two sons. Their names were Ja-cob and E-sau. E-sau was the first-born, and in those days the first-born son had what was called the birth-right. This made him chief of all the rest, and heir to the most of his sire's wealth. When the boys grew up to be men, E-sau took to the fields and to out-door sports, while Ja-cob was a plain man and dwelt in tents. And I-saac was fond of E-sau, who killed the deer, and brought him the meat to eat. But Re-bek-ah was more fond of Ja-cob. One day Ja-cob had made some food called pot-tage, and E-sau came in from the field and said, Feed me, I pray thee, with that pot-tage, for I am faint. And Ja-cob said, Sell me thy birth-right. And E-sau said, I am at the point of death, so what good will a birth-right do me? So he sold his birth-right to Ja-cob--which was a wrong thing for him to do--and took the bread and meat, and ate and drank, and then went on his way. Now there came a time when I-saac was an old man, and his eyes were dim, for he had not long to live. And he called E-sau to his bed-side and told him to go out with his bow and shoot a deer and bring him some of the meat he was so fond of, that he might eat it and bless E-sau ere he died. And Re-bek-ah heard what I-saac had said to E-sau, and she told it to Ja-cob. And she said to him, Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids, and I will make such a dish as thy fa-ther loves. And thou shalt bring it to him that he may eat, and that he may bless thee ere his death. So Ja-cob did as he was told, and brought the kids to his mo-ther that she might cook them in a way that would please the good man of the house.