The old man stretched out his hands. "Who art thou?" he cried.
"I am Esau, your first-born. Know you not that I am Esau?"
"Who was it then that came just now and received my blessing?" Isaac asked.
Then Esau knew that to him was lost the blessing as an eldest son.
The old man wailed. "Alas! alas! my son," he said, "much wealth can I yet bestow upon thee; still the greater honors are now with Jacob."
Now Esau's heart was filled with rage. He would have slain his brother; but Rebekah, knowing this, sent Jacob away.
When night came on Jacob lay down upon the cold ground and placed a stone beneath his head. And as he slept God sent a beautiful vision to bless him.
He saw a ladder set upon the earth, whose top reached to Heaven. Holy angels were going up and down the ladder, and, above them all, stood God.
JACOB'S DREAM.