Genesis 25

Abraham and Keturah

25Abraham again took a wife, and her name was ^aKeturah. ²And ^bshe bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. ³Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. ⁴And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

⁵And ^cAbraham gave all that he had to Isaac. ⁶But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he ^dsent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to ^ethe country of the east.

Abraham’s Death and Burial

⁷This is the sum of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred and seventy-five years. ⁸Then Abraham breathed his last and ^fdied in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and ^gwas gathered to his people. ⁹And ^hhis sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of ⁱMachpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, ^10jthe field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. ^kThere Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife. ¹¹And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at ^lBeer Lahai Roi.

The Families of Ishmael and Isaac

¹²Now this is the ^mgenealogy of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham. ¹³And ⁿthese were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ¹⁴Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ¹⁵¹Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ¹⁶These were the sons of Ishmael and these were their names, by their towns and their ²settlements, ^otwelve princes according to their nations. ¹⁷These were the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred and thirty-seven years; and ^phe breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people. ^18q(They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria.) He ³died ^rin the presence of all his brethren.

¹⁹This is the ^sgenealogy of Isaac, Abraham’s son. ^tAbraham begot Isaac. ²⁰Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, ^uthe daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, ^vthe sister of Laban the Syrian. ²¹Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; ^wand the Lord granted his plea, ^xand Rebekah his wife conceived. ²²But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” ^ySo she went to inquire of the Lord.

²³And the Lord said to her:

^z“Two nations are in your womb,

Two peoples shall be separated from your body;

One people shall be stronger than ^athe other,

^bAnd the older shall serve the younger.”

²⁴So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb. ²⁵And the first came out red. He was ^clike a hairy garment all over; so they called his name ⁴Esau. ²⁶Afterward his brother came out, and ^dhis hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so ^ehis name was called ⁵Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

²⁷So the boys grew. And Esau was ^fa skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was ^ga ⁶mild man, ^hdwelling in tents. ²⁸And Isaac loved Esau because he ⁱate of his game, ^jbut Rebekah loved Jacob.

Esau Sells His Birthright

²⁹Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. ³⁰And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called ⁷Edom.

³¹But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.”

³²And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so ^kwhat is this birthright to me?”

³³Then Jacob said, ⁸“Swear to me as of this day.”

So he swore to him, and ^lsold his birthright to Jacob. ³⁴And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then ^mhe ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau ⁿdespised his birthright.