During the first year of the first week in the forty-second jubilee [2010], Abraham returned and lived opposite Hebron — that is, Kiriath Arba — for two weeks of years.

In the first year of the third week of this jubilee [2024] the days of Sarah’s life were completed and she died in Hebron.

When Abraham went to mourn for her and to bury her, we were testing whether he himself was patient and not annoyed in the words that he spoke. But in this respect, too, he was found to be patient and not disturbed,

because he spoke with the Hittites in a patient spirit so that they would give him a place in which to bury his dead.

The Lord gave him a favorable reception before all who would see him. He mildly pleaded with the Hittites, and they gave him the land of the double cave which was opposite Mamre — that is, Hebron — for a price of 400 silver pieces.

They pleaded with him: ‘Allow us to give (it) to you for nothing’! Yet he did not take (it) from them for nothing but he gave as the price of the place the full amount of money. He bowed twice to them and afterwards buried his dead in the double cave.

All the time of Sarah’s life was 127 — that is, two jubilees, four weeks, and one year. This was the time in years of Sarah’s life.

This was the tenth test by which Abraham was tried, and he was found to be faithful (and) patient in spirit.

He said nothing about the promise of the land which said that the Lord would give it to him and his descendants after him. He pleaded for a place there to bury his dead because he was found to be faithful and was recorded on the heavenly tablets as the friend of the Lord.

In its fourth year [2027] he took a wife for his son Isaac. Her name was Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel (the son of Abraham’s brother Nahor), the sister of Laban — Bethuel was their father — the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Abraham married a third wife whose name was Keturah — one of the children of his household servants — when Hagar died prior to Sarah.

She gave birth to six sons for him — Zimran, Jokshan, Medai, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah — during two weeks of years.

In the sixth week, during its second year [2046], Rebecca gave birth to two sons for Isaac: Jacob and Esau. Jacob was perfect and upright, while Esau was a harsh, rustic, and hairy man. Jacob used to live in tents.

When the boys grew up, Jacob learned (the art of) writing, but Esau did not learn (it) because he was a rustic man and a hunter. He learned (the art of) warfare, and everything that he did was harsh.

Abraham loved Jacob but Isaac (loved) Esau.

As Abraham observed Esau’s behavior, he realized that through Jacob he would have a reputation and descendants. He summoned Rebecca and gave her orders about Jacob because he saw that she loved Jacob much more than Esau.

He said to her: ‘My daughter, take care of my son Jacob because he will occupy my place on the earth and (will prove) a blessing among mankind and the glory of all the descendants of Shem.

For I know that the Lord will choose him as his own people (who will be) special from all who are on the surface of the earth.

My son Isaac now loves Esau more than Jacob, but I see that you rightly love Jacob.

Increase your favor to him still more; may your eyes look at him lovingly because he will prove to be a blessing for us on the earth from now and throughout all the history of the earth.

May your hands be strong and your mind be happy with your son Jacob because I love him much more than all my sons; for he will be blessed forever and his descendants will fill the entire earth.

If a man is able to count the sands on the earth, in the same way his descendants, too, will be counted.

May all the blessings with which the Lord blessed me and my descendants belong to Jacob and his descendants for all time.

Through his descendants may my name and the name of my ancestors Shem, Noah, Enoch, Malaleel, Enos, Seth, and Adam be blessed.

May they serve (the purpose of) laying heaven’s foundations, making the earth firm, and renewing all the luminaries which are above the firmament’.

Then he summoned Jacob into the presence of his mother Rebecca, kissed him, blessed him, and said:

‘My dear son Jacob whom I myself love, may God bless you from above the firmament. May he give you all the blessings with which he blessed Adam, Enoch, Noah, and Shem. Everything that he said to me and everything that he promised to give me may he attach to you and your descendants until eternity — like the days of heaven above the earth.

May the spirits of Mastema not rule over you and your descendants to remove you from following the Lord who is your God from now and forever.

May the Lord God become your father and you his first-born son and people for all time. Go in peace, my son’.

The two of them departed together from Abraham.

Rebecca loved Jacob with her entire heart and her entire being very much more than Esau; but Isaac loved Esau much more than Jacob.