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¹ THEN again Abraham took another wife, and her name was Kenturah.² And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.³ And Jokshan begot Sheba and Daran. And the sons of Daran were Asshurim, Letushim, and Ammim.⁴ And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Haphar, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Kenturah.⁵ And Abraham gave everything that he had to Isaac.⁶ But to the sons of his concubine, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac, his son, eastward to the east country, while he was still alive.⁷ And these are the days of the years of Abrahams life which he lived, a hundred and seventy-five years.⁸ Then Abraham became sick, and died in a good old age, an old man satisfied with his days; and was gathered to his people.⁹ And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the double cave, (Machpelah) which is in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;¹⁰ The field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth, as a possession for a burial ground. There was Abraham 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 by the well of Khaya-khezan (The Well of The Living One who saw me).¹² Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abrahams son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarahs maid, bore to Abraham;¹³ And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebioth, and Kedar, Arbal, and Mibsam,¹⁴ Mishma, Romah, Massa,¹⁵ Hadar, Tema, Nator, Naphish, and Kedem.¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their villages and by their sheepfolds, twelve princes according to their nations.¹⁷ And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty-seven years; and he became sick and died; and was gathered to his people.¹⁸ And they dwelt from Havilah as far as Shud, which extends from the border of Egypt to the gateway of Assyria; he dwelt adjacent to the lands of all his brethren.

¹⁹ These are the generations of Isaac, Abrahams son: Abraham begot Isaac;²⁰ And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Padan-aram, the sister of Laban, the Aramean (Syrian).²¹ And Isaac prayed before the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD answered him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.²² And the children struggled together within her womb; and she said, If it is to be like this, why do I live? So she went to enquire of the LORD.²³ And the LORD said to her, Two peoples are in your womb, and two nations shall be separated from your body; and the one nation shall be stronger than the other nation; and the elder shall serve the younger.²⁴ And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.²⁵ And the first came out red, all covered with ringlets of hair; and they called his name Esau.²⁶ And after him his brother came forth, and his hand held Esaus heel; and his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah bore them.²⁷ And the boys grew up; and Esau became an expert hunter, a man of outdoor life; but Jacob was a simple man, living in a tent.²⁸ And Isaac was fond of Esau, because he ate of Esaus game; but Rebekah was fond of Jacob.

²⁹ And Jacob cooked pottage, and behold, his brother Esau came in from the field, and he was very hungry;³⁰ And Esau said to Jacob, Give me some of that pottage, for I am famished; that is why he was called Edom.³¹ And Jacob said, Sell me this day your birthright.³² And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point of death; and what profit shall a birthright be to me?³³ And Jacob said to him, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him; and he sold his birthright to Jacob.³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage; and he ate, and drank, and rose up and went his way; thus Esau despised his birthright.