Genesis 25 ESV
| 1 | Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. | |
| 2 | She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. | |
| 3 | Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. | |
| 4 | The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. | |
| 5 | Abraham gave all he had to Isaac. | |
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But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country. | |
| 7 | ¶ These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years. | |
| 8 | 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 | Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre, | |
| 10 | the field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife. | |
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After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi. | |
| 12 | ¶ These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham. | |
| 13 | These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, | |
| 14 | Mishma, Dumah, Massa, | |
| 15 | Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. | |
| 16 | These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes. | |
| 17 | (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.) | |
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They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settledf18 over against all his kinsmen. | |
| 19 | ¶ These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham fathered Isaac, | |
| 20 | and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. | |
| 21 | And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. | |
| 22 | The children struggled together within her, and she said, "If it is thus, why is this happening to me?"f19 So she went to inquire of the Lord. | |
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And the Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within youf20 shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger." | |
| 24 | When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. | |
| 25 | The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. | |
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Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob.f21 Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. | |
| 27 | ¶ When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. | |
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Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. | |
| 29 | ¶ Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. | |
| 30 | And Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom.f22) | |
| 31 | Jacob said, "Sell me your birthright now." | |
| 32 | Esau said, "I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?" | |
| 33 | Jacob said, "Swear to me now." So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. | |
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Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. | |
f18Hebrew fell;f19Or why do I live?;f20Or from birth;f21Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats;f22Edom sounds like the Hebrew for red;
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