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Abraham's Death and His Descendants

¹ Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. ^2 (a)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 (b)Abraham gave all he had to Isaac. ⁶ But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he ^(c)sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward ^(d)to the east country.

⁷ These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years. ⁸ Abraham ^(e)breathed his last and ^(f)died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. ⁹ Isaac and Ishmael ^(g)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 ^(h)that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. ⁽ⁱ⁾There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife. ¹¹ After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at ^(j)Beer-lahai-roi.

¹² These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, ^(k)whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham. ^13 (l)These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: ^(m)Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and ⁽ⁿ⁾Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ¹⁴ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ¹⁵ Hadad, ^(o)Tema, ^(p)Jetur, ^(q)Naphish, and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, ^(r)twelve princes according to their tribes. ¹⁷ (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He ^(s)breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.) ^18 (t)They settled from Havilah to ^(u)Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled^[a] over against all his kinsmen.

The Birth of Esau and Jacob

¹⁹ These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: ^(v)Abraham fathered Isaac, ²⁰ and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, ^(w)the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of ^(x)Paddan-aram, ^(y)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 ^(z)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?"^[b] So she went ^(aa)to inquire of the Lord. ²³ And the Lord said to her,

²⁴ When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. ²⁵ The first came out red, ^(ae)all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. ²⁶ Afterward his brother came out with ^(af)his hand holding Esau's heel, so ^(ag)his name was called Jacob.^[d] Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

²⁷ When the boys grew up, Esau was ^(ah)a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, ^(ai)dwelling in tents. ²⁸ Isaac loved Esau because ^(aj)he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Esau Sells His Birthright

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.^[e]) 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 ^(ak)sold his birthright to Jacob. ³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.