To Isaac, Rebecca said. <br />'I'm sick and tired <br />Of Esau's foreign wives, <br />Who're taking our lives.' <br /> <br />'If Jacob also brings <br />Similar Hittite girls, <br />From a family not so high, <br />Then, I may as well die.' <br /> <br />Isaac called Jacob and said, <br />'Better don't go and wed <br />A girl from Canaanite family <br />If you need a life homely.' <br /> <br />'At Mesopotamia pick up girls, <br />From the house of your uncles, <br />Or your grandfather, Bethuel. <br />Your life will then be peaceful.' <br /> <br />'May God bless you with a good wife, <br />To share the good and bad in your life. <br />You'll be a leader of many nations, <br />And they will be headed by your children.' <br /> <br />'May you take possession, <br />Of this land, in succession, <br />The one in which you've lived, <br />One given to Abraham by God.' <br /> <br />Jacob went to his Uncle Laban, <br />Son of Bethuel, the Aramean. <br />And Rebecca's brother, <br />To find out his partner.<br /><br />Simple Simon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a28-isaac-sends-jacob-to-laban/
