⁷ These are ^[a]all the years of Abraham’s life that he lived, ^(A)175 years. ⁸ Abraham breathed his last and died ^(B)at a good old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was ^(C)gathered to his people. ⁹ Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in ^(D)the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre, ^10 (E)the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. ¹¹ It came about after the death of Abraham, that ^(F)God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac ^[b]lived by ^(G)Beer-lahai-roi.

Isaac’s Sons

¹⁹ Now these are the records of ^(A)the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac; ²⁰ and Isaac was forty years old when he took ^(B)Rebekah, the ^(C)daughter of Bethuel the ^[a]Aramean of Paddan-aram, the ^(D)sister of Laban the ^[b]Aramean, to be his wife. ²¹ Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children; and ^(E)the Lord ^[c]answered him, and his wife Rebekah ^(F)conceived.

²⁷ When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a ^[a]civilized man, ^(A)living in tents. ²⁸ Now Isaac loved Esau because ^[b]he had ^(B)a taste for game; ^(C)but Rebekah loved Jacob. ²⁹ When Jacob had cooked a ^(D)stew one day, Esau came in from the field and he was exhausted; ³⁰ and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a mouthful of ^[c]that red stuff there, for I am exhausted.” Therefore he was called ^[d]Edom by name. ³¹ But Jacob said, “^[e]First sell me your ^(E)birthright.” ³² Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?” ³³ And Jacob said, “^[f]First swear to me”; so he swore an oath to him, and ^(F)sold his birthright to Jacob. ³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and got up and went on his way. So Esau despised his birthright.