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¹ [xr] Abraham again took a wife, and her name was Keturah.² And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.³ Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.⁴ And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. ⁵ And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.⁶ But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east. ⁷ This is the sum of the years of Abraham's life which he lived: one hundred and seventy-five years.⁸ Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.⁹ And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,¹⁰ the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was 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 at Beer Lahai Roi. ¹² [xr] Now this is the genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maidservant, bore to Abraham.¹³ And these were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,¹⁴ Mishma, Dumah, Massa,¹⁵ Hadar, [fn] Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These were the sons of Ishmael and these were their names, by their towns and their settlements, twelve princes according to their nations.¹⁷ These were the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.¹⁸ (They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria.) He died in the presence of all his brethren.

¹⁹ This is the genealogy of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham begot Isaac.²⁰ Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian.²¹ Now Isaac pleaded with the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.²² But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If all is well, why am I like this?|" So she went to inquire of the LORD. ²³ And the LORD said to her: "Two nations are in your womb, Two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other, And the older shall serve the younger." ²⁴ So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb.²⁵ And the first came out red. He was like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name Esau. [fn] ²⁶ Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; so his name was called Jacob. [fn] Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. ²⁷ So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents.²⁸ And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

²⁹ [xr] Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary.³⁰ And Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary." Therefore his name was called Edom. [fn] ³¹ But Jacob said, "Sell me your birthright as of this day." ³² And Esau said, "Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?" ³³ Then Jacob said, "Swear to me as of this day." So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.³⁴ And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.