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¹ Abraham took another wife, whose name was Ketu'rah.² She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Mid'ian, Ishbak, and Shuah.³ Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshu'rim, Letu'shim, and Le-um'mim.⁴ The sons of Mid'ian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abi'da, and Elda'ah. All these were the children of Ketu'rah.⁵ Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.⁶ But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country.⁷ These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, a hundred and seventy-five years.⁸ 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 Isaac and Ish'mael his sons buried him in the cave of Mach-pe'lah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,¹⁰ the field which Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife.

¹¹ After the death of Abraham God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac dwelt at Beer-la'hai-roi.¹² These are the descendants of Ish'mael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maid, bore to Abraham.¹³ These are the names of the sons of Ish'mael, named in the order of their birth: Neba'ioth, the first-born of Ish'mael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,¹⁴ Mishma, Dumah, Massa,¹⁵ Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Ked'emah.¹⁶ These are the sons of Ish'mael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.¹⁷ (These are the years of the life of Ish'mael, a hundred and thirty-seven years; he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his kindred.)¹⁸ They dwelt from Hav'ilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria; he settled over against all his people.

¹⁹ These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham was the father of Isaac,²⁰ and Isaac was forty years old when he took to wife Rebekah, the daughter of Bethu'el the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.²¹ And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.²² The children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is thus, why do I live?" So she went to inquire of the LORD.²³ And the LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples, born of you, shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger."²⁴ When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.²⁵ The first came forth red, all his body like a hairy mantle; so they called his name Esau.²⁶ Afterward his brother came forth, and his hand had taken hold of Esau's heel; so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.²⁷ When the boys grew up, Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.²⁸ Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

²⁹ Once when Jacob was boiling pottage, Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.³⁰ And Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red pottage, for I am famished!" (Therefore his name was called Edom.)³¹ Jacob said, "First sell me your birthright."³² Esau said, "I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?"³³ Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils, and he ate and drank, and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.