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The Death of Abraham

¹ Now Abraham took another wife, ^(F1)whose name was Keturah.^2 (C1)And she bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.³ Now Jokshan ^(F1)was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.⁴ And the sons of Midian were Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.^5 (C1)And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac;⁶ but to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and he ^(C1)sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.

⁷ These are the days of the years of Abraham's life that he lived, ^(C1)175 years.⁸ And Abraham breathed his last and died ^(C1)in a good old age, an old man and full of days; and he was ^(C2)gathered to his people.⁹ Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in ^(C1)the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre,^10 (C1)the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife.¹¹ Now it happened after the death of Abraham, that ^(C1)God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac ^(F1)lived by ^(C2)Beer-lahai-roi.

The Generations of Ishmael

¹² Now these are the generations of ^(C1)Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant-woman, bore to Abraham;¹³ and these are the names of ^(C1)the sons of Ishmael, by their names, ^(F1)in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam¹⁴ and Mishma and Dumah and Massa,¹⁵ Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; ^(C1)twelve princes according to their ^(F1)tribes.¹⁷ These are the years of the life of Ishmael, ^(C1)137 years; and he breathed his last and died and was ^(C2)gathered to his people.¹⁸ And they dwelt from ^(C1)Havilah to ^(C2)Shur which is ^(F1)east of Egypt ^(F2)as one goes toward Assyria; ^(C3)he ^(F3)settled in the face of all his brothers.

The Generations of Isaac

¹⁹ Now these are ^(C1)the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham ^(F1)became the father of Isaac;²⁰ and Isaac was forty years old when he took ^(C1)Rebekah, the ^(C2)daughter of Bethuel the ^(F1)Aramean of Paddan-aram, the ^(C3)sister of Laban the ^(F1)Aramean, to be his wife.²¹ And Isaac entreated Yahweh on behalf of his wife because she was barren; and ^(C1)Yahweh ^(F1)was moved by his entreaty. So Rebekah his wife ^(C2)conceived.²² But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why then am I this way?" So she went to ^(C1)inquire of Yahweh.²³ And Yahweh said to her,

"^(C1)Two nations are in your womb;
^(C2)And two peoples will be separated from your body;
And one people shall be stronger than the other;
And ^(C3)the older shall serve the younger."

Esau Sells His Birthright

²⁷ And the boys grew up; Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a ^(F1)peaceful man, ^(F2)(C1)living in tents.²⁸ Isaac loved Esau because ^(F1)he had ^(C1)an appetite for hunted game, ^(C2)but Rebekah loved Jacob.

²⁹ And Jacob had cooked ^(C1)stew. And Esau came in from the field, and he was ^(F1)famished.³⁰ Then Esau said to Jacob, "Please give me a swallow from the red stuff—^(F1)this red stuff, for I am ^(F2)famished." Therefore his name was called ^(F3)Edom.³¹ But Jacob said, "^(F1)First sell me your ^(C1)birthright."³² And Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?"³³ And Jacob said, "^(F1)First swear to me"; so he swore to him and ^(C1)sold his birthright to Jacob.³⁴ So Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank and rose and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.