Verse 1
And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.
Verse 2
She became the mother of Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.
Verse 3
And Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And from Dedan came the Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.
Verse 4
And from Midian came Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the offspring of Keturah.
Verse 5
Now Abraham gave all his property to Isaac;
Verse 6
But to the sons of his other women he gave offerings, and sent them away, while he was still living, into the east country.
Verse 7
Now the years of Abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five.
Verse 8
And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.
Verse 9
And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;
Verse 10
The same field which Abraham got from the children of Heth: there Abraham was put to rest with Sarah, his wife.
Verse 11
Now after the death of Abraham, the blessing of God was with Isaac, his son.
Verse 12
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah:
Verse 13
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael by their generations: Ishmael's first son was Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam
Verse 14
And Mishma and Dumah and Massa,
Verse 15
Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
Verse 16
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples.
Verse 17
And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people.
Verse 18
And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers.
Verse 19
Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:
Verse 20
Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.
Verse 21
Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.
Verse 22
And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.
Verse 23
And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.
Verse 24
And when the time came for her to give birth, there were two children in her body.
Verse 25
And the first came out red from head to foot like a robe of hair, and they gave him the name of Esau.
Verse 26
And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.
Verse 27
And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
Verse 28
Now Isaac's love was for Esau, because Esau's meat was greatly to his taste: but Rebekah had more love for Jacob.
Verse 29
And one day Jacob was cooking some soup when Esau came in from the fields in great need of food;
Verse 30
And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.
Verse 31
And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright.
Verse 32
And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me?
Verse 33
And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob.
Verse 34
Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.