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Isaac Blessing Jacob]] SUMMARY See Also: Genesis Esau and Jacob After being married for 20 years, appeared to Isaac and repeated promises that He had made to Abraham . Rebekah, whom Isaac represented as his sister, was endangered in the country of the Philistines , but King Abimelech himself averted disaster. In spite of the hostility of Abimelech's people, Isaac was fortunate in all his undertakings in that country, especially in digging wells. God appeared to Isaac at Beersheba , encouraged him, and promised him blessings and numerous descendants. And Abimelech entered into a covenant with him at the same place. Esau married Canaanite women, to the regret of his parents. Rebekah persuaded Jacob to dress himself as Esau, and thus obtain from his blinded-by-old-age father the blessing intended for Esau. So that Isaac would escape Esau’s vengeance, Rebekah arranged for Isaac to send Jacob to Rebekah’s brother Laban in Padan-aram , to find a wife there. Realizing that the Canaanite women displeased his parents, Esau took to wife Mahalath , daughter of Ishmael . COMMANDMENTS According to Maimonides and Sefer Ha-Chinuch , there are no Commandments in the parshah. HAFTARAH The Haftarah for the parshah is:
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