Genesis 25

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The Death of Abraham

25 Now Abraham took another wife, ^[a]whose name was Keturah. ^2 (A)And she bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah. ³ Now Jokshan ^[b]was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim. ⁴ And the sons of Midian were Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. ^5 (B)And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac; ⁶ but to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and he ^(C)sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.

⁷ These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life that he lived, ^(D)175 years. ⁸ And Abraham breathed his last and died ^(E)in a good old age, an old man and full of days; and he was ^(F)gathered to his people. ⁹ Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in ^(G)the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre, ^10 (H)the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife. ¹¹ Now it happened after the death of Abraham, that ^(I)God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac ^[c]lived by ^(J)Beer-lahai-roi.

The Generations of Ishmael

¹² Now these are the generations of ^(K)Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant-woman, bore to Abraham; ¹³ and these are the names of ^(L)the sons of Ishmael, by their names, ^[d]in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam ¹⁴ and Mishma and Dumah and Massa, ¹⁵ Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; ^(M)twelve princes according to their ^[e]tribes. ¹⁷ These are the years of the life of Ishmael, ^(N)137 years; and he breathed his last and died and was ^(O)gathered to his people. ¹⁸ And they dwelt from ^(P)Havilah to ^(Q)Shur which is ^[f]east of Egypt ^[g]as one goes toward Assyria; ^(R)he ^[h]settled in the face of all his brothers.

The Generations of Isaac

¹⁹ Now these are ^(S)the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham ^[i]became the father of Isaac; ²⁰ and Isaac was forty years old when he took ^(T)Rebekah, the ^(U)daughter of Bethuel the ^[j]Aramean of Paddan-aram, the ^(V)sister of Laban the ^[k]Aramean, to be his wife. ²¹ And Isaac entreated Yahweh on behalf of his wife because she was barren; and ^(W)Yahweh ^[l]was moved by his entreaty. So Rebekah his wife ^(X)conceived. ²² But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is so, why then am I this way?” So she went to ^(Y)inquire of Yahweh. ²³ And Yahweh said to her,

²⁴ And her days to give birth were fulfilled, and behold, there were twins in her womb. ²⁵ And the first came forth red, ^(AC)all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau. ²⁶ Afterward his brother came forth with ^(AD)his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so ^(AE)his name was called ^[m]Jacob; and Isaac was ^(AF)sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

Esau Sells His Birthright

²⁷ And the boys grew up; Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a ^[n]peaceful man, ^[o](AG)living in tents. ²⁸ Isaac loved Esau because ^[p]he had ^(AH)an appetite for hunted game, ^(AI)but Rebekah loved Jacob.

²⁹ And Jacob had cooked ^(AJ)stew. And Esau came in from the field, and he was ^[q]famished. ³⁰ Then Esau said to Jacob, “Please give me a swallow from the red stuff—^[r]this red stuff, for I am ^[s]famished.” Therefore his name was called ^[t]Edom. ³¹ But Jacob said, “^[u]First sell me your ^(AK)birthright.” ³² And Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?” ³³ And Jacob said, “^[v]First swear to me”; so he swore to him and ^(AL)sold his birthright to Jacob. ³⁴ So Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank and rose and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.