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The Death of Abraham

¹ Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah. ² She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. ³ Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites. ⁴ The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

⁵ Everything he owned Abraham left to his son Isaac. ⁶ But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac.

⁷ Abraham lived a total of 175 years. ⁸ Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. He joined his ancestors. ⁹ His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite. ¹⁰ This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. ¹¹ After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi.

The Sons of Ishmael

¹² This is the account of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.

¹³ These are the names of Ishmael's sons, by their names according to their records: Nebaioth (Ishmael's firstborn), 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 settlements and their camps—twelve princes according to their clans.

¹⁷ Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors. ¹⁸ His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives.

Jacob and Esau

¹⁹ This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham.

Abraham became the father of Isaac. ²⁰ When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.

²¹ Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. ²² But the children struggled inside her, and she said, "If it is going to be like this, I'm not so sure I want to be pregnant!" So she asked the Lord, ²³ and the Lord said to her,

²⁴ When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb. ²⁵ The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau. ²⁶ When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

²⁷ When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents. ²⁸ Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

²⁹ Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished. ³⁰ So Esau said to Jacob, "Feed me some of the red stuff—yes, this red stuff—because I'm starving!" (That is why he was also called Edom.)

³¹ But Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright." ³² "Look," said Esau, "I'm about to die! What use is the birthright to me?" ³³ But Jacob said, "Swear an oath to me now." So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew; Esau ate and drank, then got up and went out. So Esau despised his birthright.