Genesis 25

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Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,

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and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

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Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.

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The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

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Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.

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But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

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Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

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And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

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His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

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This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.

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After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.

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This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

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These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

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Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

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These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.

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Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

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Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.

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This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,

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and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.

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Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

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But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,

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and He declared 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.”

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When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

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The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.

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After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.

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When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

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Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.

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He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

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“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.

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“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”

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“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.

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Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.