| 章 |
| 25:1 |
Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.
|
| 25:2 |
She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.
|
| 25:3 |
Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites and the Leummites.
|
| 25:4 |
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
|
| 25:5 |
Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
|
| 25:6 |
But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
|
| 25:7 |
Altogether, Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years.
|
| 25:8 |
Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.
|
| 25:9 |
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite,
|
| 25:10 |
the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.
|
| 25:11 |
After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.
|
| 25:12 |
This is the account of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Sarah's maidservant, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.
|
| 25:13 |
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
|
| 25:14 |
Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
|
| 25:15 |
Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah.
|
| 25:16 |
These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps.
|
| 25:17 |
Altogether, Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people.
|
| 25:18 |
His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the border of Egypt, as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
|
| 25:19 |
This is the account of Abraham's son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
|
| 25:20 |
and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.
|
| 25:21 |
Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
|
| 25:22 |
The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the LORD.
|
| 25:23 |
The LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."
|
| 25:24 |
When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.
|
| 25:25 |
The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.
|
| 25:26 |
After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau's heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.
|
| 25:27 |
The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man, staying among the tents.
|
| 25:28 |
Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
|
| 25:29 |
Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished.
|
| 25:30 |
He said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" (That is why he was also called Edom.)
|
| 25:31 |
Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright."
|
| 25:32 |
"Look, I am about to die," Esau said. "What good is the birthright to me?"
|
| 25:33 |
But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.
|
| 25:34 |
Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.
|
