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Abraham’s Death
1 Now Abraham took another wife,
1whose name was Keturah.
2 AShe bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.
3 Jokshan
1became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.
4 The sons of Midian
were Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these
were the sons of Keturah.
5 ANow Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac;
6 but to the sons of
1his concubines, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and
Asent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.
7 These are
1all the years of Abraham’s life that he lived,
Aone hundred and seventy-five years.
8 Abraham breathed his last and died
Ain a
1ripe old age, an old man and satisfied
with life; and he was
Bgathered to his people.
9 Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in
Athe cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre,
10 Athe field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife.
11 It came about after the death of Abraham, that
AGod blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac
1lived by
BBeer-lahai-roi.
Descendants of Ishmael
12 Now these are
the records of the generations of
AIshmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham;
13 and these are the names of
Athe sons of Ishmael, by their names,
1in 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;
Atwelve princes according to their
1tribes.
17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael,
Aone hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was
Bgathered to his people.
18 They
1settled from
AHavilah to
BShur which is
2east of Egypt
3as one goes toward Assyria;
Che
4settled in defiance of all his
5relatives.
Isaac’s Sons
19 Now these are
the records of Athe generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham
1became the father of Isaac;
20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took
ARebekah, the
Bdaughter of Bethuel the
1Aramean of Paddan-aram, the
Csister of Laban the
1Aramean, to be his wife.
21 Isaac prayed to the Loʀᴅ on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and
Athe Loʀᴅ
1answered him and Rebekah his wife
Bconceived.
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
Ainquire of the Loʀᴅ.
23 The Loʀᴅ said to her,
“
ATwo nations are in your womb;
BAnd two peoples will be separated from your body;
And one people shall be stronger than the other;
And
Cthe older shall serve the younger.”
24 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 Now the first came forth red,
Aall over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau.
26 Afterward his brother came forth with
Ahis hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so
Bhis name was called
1Jacob; and Isaac was
Csixty years old when she gave birth to them.
27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a
1peaceful man,
2Aliving in tents.
28 Now Isaac loved Esau, because
1he had
Aa taste for game,
Bbut Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 When Jacob had cooked
Astew, Esau came in from the field and he was
1famished;
30 and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a swallow of
1that red stuff there, for I am
2famished.” Therefore his name was called
3Edom.
31 But Jacob said, “
1First sell me your
Abirthright.”
32 Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die; so of what
use then is the birthright to me?”
33 And Jacob said, “
1First swear to me”; so he swore to him, and
Asold his birthright to Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and rose and went on his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.