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Abraham's Death

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

⁷ These are ^(F1)all the years of Abraham's life that he lived, ^(C1)175 years.⁸ Abraham breathed his last and died ^(C1)at a good old age, an old man and satisfied with life; 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 purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.¹¹ It came about after the death of Abraham, that ^(C1)God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac ^(F1)lived by ^(C2)Beer-lahai-roi.

Descendants of Ishmael

¹² Now these are the records of the generations of ^(C1)Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's slave 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, 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 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 They ^(F1)settled from ^(C1)Havilah to ^(C2)Shur which is ^(F2)east of Egypt ^(F3)going toward Assyria; ^(C3)he ^(F4)settled in defiance of all his relatives.

Isaac's Sons

¹⁹ Now these are the records of ^(C1)the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham fathered 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 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children; and ^(C1)the LORD ^(F1)answered him, and his wife Rebekah ^(C2)conceived.²² But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why am I in this condition?" So she went to ^(C1)inquire of the LORD.²³ And the LORD said to her,

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

²⁷ When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a ^(F1)civilized man, ^(C1)living in tents.²⁸ Now Isaac loved Esau because ^(F1)he had ^(C1)a taste for game; ^(C2)but Rebekah loved Jacob.²⁹ When Jacob had cooked a ^(C1)stew one day, Esau came in from the field and he was exhausted;³⁰ and Esau said to Jacob, "Please let me have a mouthful of ^(F1)that red stuff there, for I am exhausted." Therefore he was called ^(F2)Edom by name.³¹ But Jacob said, "^(F1)First sell me your ^(C1)birthright."³² Esau said, "Look, 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 an oath to him, and ^(C1)sold his birthright to Jacob.³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and got up and went on his way. So Esau despised his birthright.