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¹ Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name [was] Keturah.² And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.³ And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim and Leummim.⁴ And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these [were] the children of Keturah.⁵ And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.⁶ But to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son (while he yet lived) eastward, to the east country.⁷ And these [are] the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred and seventy five years.⁸ Then Abraham expired, 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, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre;¹⁰ The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham 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 by the well Lahai-roi.¹² Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham.¹³ And these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The first-born of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,¹⁴ And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,¹⁵ Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:¹⁶ These [are] the sons of Ishmael, and these [are] their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.¹⁷ And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael; a hundred and thirty and seven years: and he expired and died, and was gathered to his people.¹⁸ And they dwelt from Havilah to Shur, that [is] before Egypt, as thou goest towards Assyria: [and] he died in the presence of all his brethren.

¹⁹ And these [are] the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:²⁰ And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.²¹ And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.²² And the children struggled together within her: and she said, If [it is] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.²³ And the LORD said to her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels: and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger.²⁴ And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, [there were] twins in her womb.²⁵ And the first was born red, all over like a hairy garment: and they called his name Esau.²⁶ And after that his brother was born, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] sixty years old when she bore them.²⁷ And the boys grew: and Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man dwelling in tents.²⁸ And Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of [his] venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

²⁹ And Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint.³⁰ And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom.³¹ And Jacob said, Sell to me this day thy birth-right.³² And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall this birth-right bring to me?³³ And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him: and he sold his birth-right to Jacob.³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he ate and drank, and rose and went his way: thus Esau despised [his] birth-right.