15. And Abraham loved Jacob, but Isaac loved Esau. 16. And Abraham saw the deeds of Esau, and he knew that in Jacob 1 should his name and seed be called; and he called Rebecca and gave commandment regarding Jacob, for he knew that she (too) loved Jacob much more than Esau. 17. And he said unto her: "My daughter, watch over my son Jacob, For he shall be in my stead on the earth,
And for a blessing in the midst of the children of men,
And for the glory of the whole seed of Shem.
20. Add still further to thy kindness to him,
And let thine eyes be upon him in love;
For he will be a blessing unto us on the earth from henceforth unto all generations of the earth.
21. Let thy hands be strong
And let thy heart rejoice in thy son Jacob;
For I have loved him far beyond all my sons.
He will be blessed for ever,
And his seed will fill the whole earth.
22. If a man can number the sand of the earth,
His seed also will be numbered. 3
To lay the foundations of the heaven,
And to strengthen the earth,
And to renew all the luminaries which are in the firmament."
114:1 Jacob was to be the founder of the chosen nation; cf. ii. 20.
114:2 Cf. Deut. vii. 6.
114:3 Cf. Gen. xiii. 16 (cf. also xiii. 20 of our Book).
115:1 Notice that Methuselah is omitted, and Adam is reckoned among the saints (with Noah and Enoch).
115:2 Cf. xxii. 13.
115:3 As over the Gentiles.
