Genesis 25

Abraham and Keturah

1 Abraham again took a wife, and her name was Keturah.2 And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.3 Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.4 And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.5 And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.6 But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east.

Abrahams Death and Burial

7 This is the sum of the years of Abrahams life which he lived: one hundred and seventy-five years.8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,10 the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.11 And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at Beer Lahai Roi.

The Families of Ishmael and Isaac

12 Now this is the genealogy of Ishmael, Abrahams son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarahs maidservant, bore to Abraham.13 And these were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,15 Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.16 These were the sons of Ishmael and these were their names, by their towns and their settlements, twelve princes according to their nations.17 These were the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.18 (They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria.) He died in the presence of all his brethren.19 This is the genealogy of Isaac, Abrahams son. Abraham begot Isaac.20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian.21 Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.22 But the children struggled together within her; and she said, If all is well, why am I like this? So she went to inquire of the Lord.23 And the Lord said to her: Two nations are in your womb, Two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other, And the older shall serve the younger.24 So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb.25 And the first came out red. He was like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name Esau.26 Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esaus heel; so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.27 So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents.28 And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Esau Sells His Birthright

29 Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary.30 And Esau said to Jacob, Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary. Therefore his name was called Edom.31 But Jacob said, Sell me your birthright as of this day.32 And Esau said, Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?33 Then Jacob said, Swear to me as of this day.34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

GENESIS 25

Abraham Marries Keturah

1 Abraham married Keturah, 2 and they had six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Later, Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan, and when Dedan grew up, he had three sons: Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.

4 Midian also had five sons: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.

5-6 While Abraham was still alive, he gave gifts to the sons of Hagar and Keturah. He also sent their sons to live in the east far from his son Isaac, and when Abraham died, he left everything to Isaac.

The Death of Abraham

11 God blessed Isaac after this, and Isaac moved to a place called “The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me.”t

Ishmael's Descendants

16 Each of Ishmael's sons was a tribal chief, and a village was named after each of them.

17-18 Ishmael had settled in the land east of his brothers, and his sonst settled everywhere from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt on the way to Asshur.t Ishmael was 137 when he died.

The Birth of Esau //and Jacob

20 and he was 40 years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel. She was also the sister of Laban, the Aramean from northern Syria.t
Almost 20 years later,

21 Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac asked the [Lord] to let her have a child, and the [Lord] answered his prayer.
22 Before Rebekah gave birth, she knew she was going to have twins, because she could feel them inside her, fighting each other. She thought, “Why is this happening to me?” Finally, she asked the [Lord] why her twins were fighting,

23 t and he told her:
“Your two sons will become
two separate nations.t
The younger of the two
will be stronger,
and the older son
will be his servant.”
24 When Rebekah gave birth, 25 the first baby was covered with red hair, so he was named Esau.t

26 The second baby grabbed on to his brother's heel, so they named him Jacob.t Isaac was 60 years old when they were born.

Esau Sells His Rights //as the First-Born Son

28 Esau would take the meat of wild animals to his father Isaac, so Isaac loved him more, but Jacob was his mother's favorite son.
29 One day, when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came home hungry

30 and said, “I'm starving to death! Here and now give me some of that red stew!” That's how Esau got the name “Edom.”t

31 Jacob replied, “Sell me your rights as the first-born son.”t

32 “I'm about to die,” Esau answered. “What good will those rights do me?”
33  t But Jacob said, “Promise me your birthrights, here and now!” And that's what Esau did. 34 Jacob then gave Esau some bread and some of the bean stew, and when Esau had finished eating and drinking, he just got up and left, showing how little he thought of his rights as the first-born.