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25:1  Now Abraham married again. Keturah was his new wife, and she bore him several children: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah.
25:2  Now Abraham married again. Keturah was his new wife, and she bore him several children: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah.
25:3  Jokshan’s two sons were Sheba and Dedan. Dedan’s sons were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
25:4  Midian’s sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.
25:5  Abraham deeded everything he owned to Isaac;
25:6  however, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off into the east, away from Isaac.
25:7  Then Abraham died, at the ripe old age of 175,
25:8  Then Abraham died, at the ripe old age of 175,
25:9  and his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Mach-pelah near Mamre, in the field Abraham had purchased from Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite, where Sarah, Abraham’s wife, was buried.
25:10  and his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Mach-pelah near Mamre, in the field Abraham had purchased from Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite, where Sarah, Abraham’s wife, was buried.
25:11  After Abraham’s death, God poured out rich blessings upon Isaac. (Isaac had now moved south to Beer-lahai-roi in the Negeb.)
25:12  Here is a list, in the order of their births, of the descendants of Ishmael, who was the son of Abraham and Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave girl: Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, Kedemah.
25:13  Here is a list, in the order of their births, of the descendants of Ishmael, who was the son of Abraham and Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave girl: Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, Kedemah.
25:14  Here is a list, in the order of their births, of the descendants of Ishmael, who was the son of Abraham and Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave girl: Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, Kedemah.
25:15  Here is a list, in the order of their births, of the descendants of Ishmael, who was the son of Abraham and Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave girl: Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, Kedemah.
25:16  These twelve sons of his became the founders of twelve tribes that bore their names.
25:17  Ishmael finally died at the age of 137, and joined his ancestors.
25:18  These descendants of Ishmael were scattered across the country from Havilah to Shur (which is a little way to the northeast of the Egyptian border in the direction of Assyria). And they were constantly at war with one another.
25:19  This is the story of Isaac’s children:
25:20  Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram. Rebekah was the sister of Laban.
25:21  Isaac pleaded with Jehovah to give Rebekah a child, for even after many years of marriage she had no children. Then at last she became pregnant.
25:22  And it seemed as though children were fighting each other inside her! “I can’t endure this,” she exclaimed. So she asked the Lord about it.
25:23  And he told her, “The sons in your womb shall become two rival nations. One will be stronger than the other; and the older shall be a servant of the younger!”
25:24  And sure enough, she had twins.
25:25  The first was born so covered with reddish hair that one would think he was wearing a fur coat! So they called him “Esau.”
25:26  Then the other twin was born with his hand on Esau’s heel! So they called him Jacob (meaning “Grabber”). Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
25:27  As the boys grew, Esau became a skillful hunter, while Jacob was a quiet sort who liked to stay at home.
25:28  Isaac’s favorite was Esau, because of the venison he brought home, and Rebekah’s favorite was Jacob.
25:29  One day Jacob was cooking stew when Esau arrived home exhausted from the hunt.
25:30  Esau: “Boy, am I starved! Give me a bite of that red stuff there!” (From this came his nickname “Edom,” which means “Red Stuff.”)
25:31  Jacob: “All right, trade me your birthright for it!”
25:32  Esau: “When a man is dying of starvation, what good is his birthright?”
25:33  Jacob: “Well then, vow to God that it is mine!” And Esau vowed, thereby selling all his eldest-son rights to his younger brother.
25:34  Then Jacob gave Esau bread, peas, and stew; so he ate and drank and went on about his business, indifferent to the loss of the rights he had thrown away.