Genesis 25

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Abraham and Keturah

¹Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,

¹And Abraham again took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

²and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

²And she bore to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

³Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.

³And Jokshan begat Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurites, and Letushites, and Leummites.

⁴The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.

All these were descendants of Keturah.

⁴And the sons of Midian were Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were sons of Keturah.

⁵Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.

⁵And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.

⁶But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

⁶And to the sons of the concubines unto Abraham, Abraham gave gifts, and he sent them away from Isaac his son while he was still living eastward, to the land of the east.

The Death of Abraham

⁷Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

⁷And these are the days of the years of the life of Abraham, which he lived: A hundred years and seventy years and five years.

⁸And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

⁸And Abraham expired, and he died at a good old age, old and satisfied, and he was gathered to his people.

⁹His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

⁹And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite which is before Mamre—

¹⁰This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.

¹⁰the field that Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.

¹¹After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.

¹¹And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac dwelt near Beer-lahai-roi.

The Descendants of Ishmael

¹²This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

¹²And these are the generations of Ishmael son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptianess, maidservant of Sarah, bore to Abraham.

¹³These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

¹³And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: Nebajoth the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

¹⁴Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

¹⁴and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

¹⁵Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

¹⁵Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

¹⁶These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.

¹⁶These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names, by their towns and their settlements—two and ten princes according to their tribes.

¹⁷Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

¹⁷And these were the years of the life of Ishmael: A hundred years and thirty years and seven years. And he expired and died, and he was gathered to his people.

¹⁸Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur.^a And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.

¹⁸And they dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is before Egypt, as you go toward Asshur; Against the faces of all his brothers has he fallen.

Jacob and Esau

¹⁹This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,

¹⁹And these are the generations of Isaac son of Abraham: Abraham begat Isaac,

²⁰and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram^a and the sister of Laban the Aramean.

²⁰and Isaac was a son of forty years when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean from Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to him as wife.

²¹Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

²¹And Isaac entreated YHWH for his wife, because she was barren. And YHWH was entreated for him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

²²But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,

²²And the children struggled together within her, and she said, “If so, why this I?” And she went to inquire of YHWH.

²³and He declared to her:

“Two nations are in your womb,

and two peoples from within you will be separated;

one people will be stronger than the other,

and the older will serve the younger.”^a

²³And YHWH said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from your bowels shall be separated; and one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

²⁴When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

²⁴And her days to give birth were fulfilled, and indeed there were twins in her womb.

²⁵The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.^a

²⁵And the first came out ruddy all over, hairy like a cloak, and they called his name Esau.

²⁶After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob.^a And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.

²⁶And afterward his brother came out, and his hand was grasping at the heel of Esau, and he called his name Jacob. And Isaac was a son of sixty years when she bore them.

²⁷When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

²⁷And the boys grew, and Esau was a skillful man, a hunter and a man of the field; Jacob was a blameless man, dwelling in tents.

²⁸Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

²⁸And Isaac loved Esau because of the game in his mouth, and Rebekah loved Jacob.

Esau Sells His Birthright

²⁹One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.

²⁹And Jacob boiled a stew, and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary.

³⁰He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)^a

³⁰And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me gulp down, please, from the red, the red, this one, for I am weary!” (Upon thus his name was called Edom.)

³¹“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.

³¹And Jacob said, “Sell—today—your birthright to me.”

³²“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”

³²And Esau said, “Behold, I am going to die; and for what is this birthright to me?”

³³“Swear to me first,” Jacob said.

So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.

³³And Jacob said, “Swear to me today.” And he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

³⁴Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

³⁴And Jacob gave to Esau bread and stew of lentils, and he ate and he drank, and he arose and went; and Esau despised the birthright.