Genesis 24:52-25:27

New King James Version

⁵² And it came to pass, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, that ^(A)he worshiped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth. ⁵³ Then the servant brought out ^(B)jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave ^(C)precious things to her brother and to her mother.

⁵⁴ And he and the men who were with him ate and drank and stayed all night. Then they arose in the morning, and he said, ^(D)“Send me away to my master.”

⁵⁵ But her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us a few days, at least ten; after that she may go.”

⁵⁶ And he said to them, “Do not ^[a]hinder me, since the Lord has prospered my way; send me away so that I may go to my master.”

⁵⁷ So they said, “We will call the young woman and ask her personally.” ⁵⁸ Then they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?”

And she said, “I will go.”

⁵⁹ So they sent away Rebekah their sister ^(E)and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant and his men. ⁶⁰ And they blessed Rebekah and said to her:

⁶¹ Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.

⁶² Now Isaac came from the way of ^(H)Beer Lahai Roi, for he dwelt in the South. ⁶³ And Isaac went out ^(I)to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels were coming. ⁶⁴ Then Rebekah lifted her eyes, and when she saw Isaac ^(J)she dismounted from her camel; ⁶⁵ for she had said to the servant, “Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?”

The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took a veil and covered herself.

⁶⁶ And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. ⁶⁷ Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he ^(K)took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac ^(L)was comforted after his mother’s death.

Abraham and Keturah^(M)

25 Abraham again took a wife, and her name was ^(N)Keturah. ² And ^(O)she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. ³ Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. ⁴ And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

⁵ And ^(P)Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. ⁶ But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he ^(Q)sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to ^(R)the country of the east.

Abraham’s Death and Burial

⁷ This is the sum of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred and seventy-five years. ⁸ Then Abraham breathed his last and ^(S)died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and ^(T)was gathered to his people. ⁹ And ^(U)his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of ^(V)Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, ^10 (W)the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. ^(X)There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife. ¹¹ And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at ^(Y)Beer Lahai Roi.

The Families of Ishmael and Isaac^(Z)

¹² Now this is the ^(AA)genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham. ¹³ And ^(AB)these were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ¹⁴ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ^15 [b]Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These were the sons of Ishmael and these were their names, by their towns and their ^[c]settlements, ^(AC)twelve princes according to their nations. ¹⁷ These were the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred and thirty-seven years; and ^(AD)he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people. ^18 (AE)(They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria.) He ^[d]died ^(AF)in the presence of all his brethren.

¹⁹ This is the ^(AG)genealogy of Isaac, Abraham’s son. ^(AH)Abraham begot Isaac. ²⁰ Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, ^(AI)the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, ^(AJ)the sister of Laban the Syrian. ²¹ Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; ^(AK)and the Lord granted his plea, ^(AL)and Rebekah his wife conceived. ²² But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” ^(AM)So she went to inquire of the Lord.

²³ And the Lord said to her:

²⁴ So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb. ²⁵ And the first came out red. He was ^(AQ)like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name ^[e]Esau. ²⁶ Afterward his brother came out, and ^(AR)his hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so ^(AS)his name was called ^[f]Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

²⁷ So the boys grew. And Esau was ^(AT)a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was ^(AU)a ^[g]mild man, ^(AV)dwelling in tents.