Abraham’s Death and His Descendants
Gen 25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
Gen 25:2 And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Gen 25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.
Gen 25:4 And the sons of Midian: Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
Gen 25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.
Gen 25:6 But to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. And he sent them away from Isaac his son while he still lived, eastward to the east country.
Gen 25:7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life, which he lived: a hundred seventy-five years.
Gen 25:8 And Abraham expired and died in a good old age, old and satisfied. And he was gathered to his people.
Gen 25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre,
Gen 25:10 The field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth. Abraham and Sarah his wife were buried there.
Gen 25:11 And after the death of Abraham, it came to pass that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac lived by The Well of the Living One, My Beholder.
Gen 25:12 And these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bore to Abraham.
Gen 25:13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations. The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
Gen 25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
Gen 25:15 Hadad, and Tema and Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
Gen 25:16 These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their towns and by their settlements; twelve chiefs according to their nations.
Gen 25:17 And these were the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred thirty-seven years. And he expired and died, and was gathered to his people.
Gen 25:18 And they lived from Havilah to Shur, which is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. And he died in the presence of all his brethren.
The Birth of Esau and Jacob
Gen 25:19 And these were the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham begat Isaac.
Gen 25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian.
Gen 25:21 And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife because she was barren. And the LORD heard him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Gen 25:22 And the sons struggled together within her. And she said, “If it is well, why am I this way?” And she went to inquire of the LORD.
Gen 25:23 And the LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two kinds of people shall be separated from your belly. And the one people shall be stronger than the other people, the older shall serve the younger.”
Gen 25:24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, twins were in her womb!
Gen 25:25 And the first came out red, like a hairy garment all over. And they called his name Esau.
Gen 25:26 And after that his brother came out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel. And his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
Gen 25:27 And the boys grew. And Esau was a skilled hunter, a man of the field. And Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
Gen 25:28 And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his venison. But Rebekah loved Jacob.
Esau Sells His Birthright
Gen 25:29 And Jacob boiled soup. And Esau came from the field, and he was faint.
Gen 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, “I beg you, let me eat of the red, this red soup, for I am faint.” Therefore, his name was called Edom.
Gen 25:31 And Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright today.”
Gen 25:32 And Esau said, “Behold, I am at the point of dying, and what profit shall this birthright be to me?”
Gen 25:33 And Jacob said, “Swear to me this day.” And he swore to him, and he sold his birthright to Jacob.
Gen 25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and soup of lentils. And he ate and drank, and rose up and went his way. Thus did Esau despise his birthright.
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