Toldos: Yitzchak and Rivkah pray for children • Rivkah is expecting a child, experiences pain, receives word of twin children • First Eisav, then Yaakov, are born • Eisav sells his firstborn rights for lentil soup • Hashem commands Yitzchak not to leave Eretz Yisrael • Yitzchak settles in Gerar • Fearful for his life, Yitzchak claims Rivkah is his sister • Avimelech realizes their relationship and assures their protection • Yitzchak prospers and the envious Avimelech sends him away • Avimelech’s men claim Yitzchak’s wells • Avimelech comes to make a treaty • Yitzchak’s men find water at Be’er Sheva • Eisav marries at the age of forty • Yitzchak wishes to bless his son, Eisav • Rivkah commands Yaakov to seize the blessings • Eisav is bitterly disappointed and vows to kill Yaakov • Rivkah sends Yaakov to stay with her brother Lavan • Yitzchak exhorts Eisav not to marry a Canaanite woman • Eisav marries Yishmael’s daughter in addition to his other wives
