1 Mose 25
Hoffnung für Alle
Weitere Nachkommen Abrahams
25 Abraham heiratete noch einmal; seine Frau hieß Ketura. 2 Sie bekamen viele Söhne: Simran, Jokschan, Medan, Midian, Jischbak und Schuach. 3 Jokschans zwei Söhne hießen Saba und Dedan. Von Dedan stammen die Aschuriter, die Letuschiter und die Lëummiter ab. 4 Midians Söhne waren Efa, Efer, Henoch, Abida und Eldaa. Sie alle sind die Nachkommen von Abraham und Ketura.
5 Abraham vermachte Isaak seinen ganzen Besitz; 6 den anderen Söhnen, die er von den Nebenfrauen hatte, gab er Geschenke und schickte sie noch zu seinen Lebzeiten in den Osten, damit sie sich nicht in Isaaks Nähe ansiedelten.
Abrahams Tod
7 Abraham wurde 175 Jahre alt; 8 dann starb er nach einem erfüllten Leben und wurde im Tod mit seinen Vorfahren vereint. 9-10 Seine Söhne Isaak und Ismael begruben ihn in der Höhle von Machpela, östlich von Mamre. Es war das Grundstück, das Abraham von dem Hetiter Efron, dem Sohn Zohars, gekauft hatte. Er wurde neben Sara begraben.
11 Nach Abrahams Tod segnete Gott Isaak. Ihm galt jetzt, was Gott Abraham versprochen hatte. Isaak wohnte bei dem Brunnen, der den Namen trägt: »Brunnen des Lebendigen, der mich sieht«.
Ismaels Nachkommen
12 Es folgt der Stammbaum von Ismael, dem Sohn von Abraham und der Ägypterin Hagar.
13 Die Namen der Söhne sind nach der Geburtsfolge angegeben: Nebajot, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mischma, Duma, Massa, 15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Nafisch und Kedma.
16 Diese zwölf Söhne waren die Begründer von zwölf Stämmen, die nach ihnen benannt wurden. 17 Ismael starb im Alter von 137 Jahren und wurde im Tod mit seinen Vorfahren vereint. 18 Seine Nachkommen wohnten in dem Gebiet von Hawila bis Schur, das östlich der ägyptischen Grenze in Richtung Assyrien liegt. Was Gott über Ismael gesagt hatte, traf auch auf sie zu: Niemand konnte sie vertreiben. Sie lebten in Feindschaft mit allen ihren Verwandten und boten ihnen immer wieder die Stirn.
Esau und Jakob
19 Hier beginnt die Familiengeschichte von Isaak:
Isaak war Abrahams Sohn. 20 Er war 40 Jahre alt, als er Rebekka heiratete. Sie war die Tochter des Aramäers Betuël und Schwester von Laban, und sie stammte aus Mesopotamien. 21 Rebekka blieb kinderlos. Isaak betete für sie zum Herrn, und der Herr erhörte seine Bitte. Rebekka wurde schwanger. 22 Als sie merkte, dass es Zwillinge waren, die sich im Mutterleib gegenseitig stießen, seufzte sie: »Jetzt bin ich endlich schwanger. Warum müssen sich meine Kinder nun ausgerechnet bekämpfen?« Sie fragte den Herrn, 23 und er antwortete ihr: »Von den zwei Söhnen in deinem Leib werden einmal zwei verfeindete Völker abstammen. Eins wird mächtiger sein als das andere, der Ältere wird dem Jüngeren dienen.«
24 Und tatsächlich – als die Stunde der Geburt kam, brachte Rebekka Zwillinge zur Welt. 25 Der erste war am ganzen Körper mit rötlichen Haaren bedeckt, wie ein Tierfell. Darum nannten ihn seine Eltern Esau (»der Behaarte«[a]). 26 Dann kam sein Bruder; er hielt bei der Geburt Esau an der Ferse fest, und so nannten sie ihn Jakob (»Fersenhalter«). Isaak war 60 Jahre alt, als die beiden geboren wurden.
27 Die Jungen wuchsen heran. Esau wurde ein erfahrener Jäger, der gern im Freien umherstreifte. Jakob dagegen war ein ruhiger Mann, der lieber bei den Zelten blieb. 28 Isaak mochte Esau mehr als Jakob, weil er gern sein gebratenes Wild aß; Jakob war Rebekkas Lieblingssohn.
Esau verkauft sein Erstgeburtsrecht
29 Eines Tages – Jakob hatte gerade ein Linsengericht gekocht – kam Esau erschöpft von der Jagd nach Hause. 30 »Lass mich schnell etwas von der roten Mahlzeit da essen, ich bin ganz erschöpft!«, rief er. Darum bekam er auch den Beinamen Edom (»Roter«). 31 »Nur wenn du mir dafür das Vorrecht überlässt, das dir als dem ältesten Sohn zusteht!«, forderte Jakob. 32 »Was nützt mir mein Vorrecht als ältester Sohn, wenn ich am Verhungern bin!«, rief Esau. 33 Jakob ließ nicht locker. »Schwöre erst!«, sagte er. Esau schwor es ihm und verkaufte damit sein Recht, den größten Teil des Erbes zu bekommen, an seinen jüngeren Bruder.
34 Jakob gab ihm das Brot und die Linsensuppe. Esau schlang es hinunter, trank noch etwas und ging wieder weg. So gleichgültig war ihm sein Erstgeburtsrecht.
Footnotes
- 25,25 Die Bedeutung des Namens ist unsicher.
Genesis 25
King James Version
25 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham 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 by the well Lahairoi.
12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.
23 And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
Genesis 25
Complete Jewish Bible
25 (vi) Avraham took another wife, whose name was K’turah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Yokshan, Medan, Midyan, Yishbak; and Shuach. 3 Yokshan fathered Sh’va and D’dan. The sons of D’dan were Ashurim, L’tushim and L’umim. 4 The sons of Midyan were ‘Eifah, ‘Efer, Hanokh, Avida and Elda‘ah. All these were descendants of K’turah.
5 Avraham gave everything he owned to Yitz’chak. 6 But to the sons of the concubines he made grants while he was still living and sent them off to the east, to the land of Kedem, away from Yitz’chak his son.
7 This is how long Avraham lived: 175 years. 8 Then Avraham breathed his last, dying at a ripe old age, an old man full of years; and he was gathered to his people. 9 Yitz’chak and Yishma‘el his sons buried him in the cave of Makhpelah, in the field of ‘Efron the son of Tzochar the Hitti, by Mamre, 10 the field which Avraham purchased from the sons of Het. Avraham was buried there with Sarah his wife.
11 After Avraham died, God blessed Yitz’chak his son, and Yitz’chak lived near Be’er-Lachai-Ro’i.
(vii) 12 Here is the genealogy of Yishma‘el, Avraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian woman bore to Avraham. 13 These are the names of the sons of Yishma‘el, listed in the order of their birth. The firstborn of Yishma‘el was N’vayot; followed by Kedar, Adbe’el, Mivsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 Hadad, Teima, Y’tur, Nafish and Kedmah. (Maftir) 16 These are the sons of Yishma‘el, and these are their names, according to their settlements and camps, twelve tribal rulers.
17 This is how long Yishma‘el lived: 137 years. Then he breathed his last, died and was gathered to his people.
18 Yishma‘el’s sons lived between Havilah and Shur, near Egypt as you go toward Ashur; he settled near all his kinsmen.
Haftarah Hayyei-Sarah: M’lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 1:1–31
B’rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Hayyei-Sarah: Mattityahu (Matthew) 8:19–22; 27:3–10; Luke 9:57–62
Parashah 6: Tol’dot (History) 25:19–28:9
19 Here is the history of Yitz’chak, Avraham’s son. Avraham fathered Yitz’chak. 20 Yitz’chak was forty years old when he took Rivkah, the daughter of B’tu’el the Arami from Paddan-Aram and sister of Lavan the Arami, to be his wife. 21 Yitz’chak prayed to Adonai on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. Adonai heeded his prayer, and Rivkah became pregnant. 22 The children fought with each other inside her so much that she said, “If it’s going to be like this, why go on living?” So she went to inquire of Adonai, 23 who answered her, “There are two nations in your womb. From birth they will be two rival peoples. One of these peoples will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
24 When the time for her delivery came, there were twins in her womb. 25 The first to come out was reddish and covered all over with hair, like a coat; so they named him ‘Esav [completely formed, that is, having hair already]. 26 Then his brother emerged, with his hand holding ‘Esav’s heel, so he was called Ya‘akov [he catches by the heel, he supplants]. Yitz’chak was sixty years old when she bore them.
27 The boys grew; and ‘Esav became a skillful hunter, an outdoorsman; while Ya‘akov was a quiet man who stayed in the tents. 28 Yitz’chak favored ‘Esav, because he had a taste for game; Rivkah favored Ya‘akov.
29 One day when Ya‘akov had cooked some stew, ‘Esav came in from the open country, exhausted, 30 and said to Ya‘akov, “Please! Let me gulp down some of that red stuff — that red stuff! I’m exhausted!” (This is why he was called Edom [red].) 31 Ya‘akov answered, “First sell me your rights as the firstborn.” 32 “Look, I’m about to die!” said ‘Esav. “What use to me are my rights as the firstborn?” 33 Ya‘akov said, “First, swear to me!” So he swore to him, thus selling his birthright to Ya‘akov. 34 Then Ya‘akov gave him bread and lentil stew; he ate and drank, got up and went on his way. Thus ‘Esav showed how little he valued his birthright.
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