52 When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he (A)bowed himself to the ground [a]before the Lord. 53 And the servant brought out (B)articles of silver and articles of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother. 54 Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they got up in the morning, he said, “(C)Send me away to my master.” 55 But her brother and her mother said, “(D)Let the young woman stay with us a few days, say ten; afterward she may go.” 56 However, he said to them, “Do not delay me, since (E)the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away so that I may go to my master.” 57 And they said, “We will call the young woman and [b]ask her.” 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 their sister Rebekah and (F)her nurse with Abraham’s servant and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,

“May you, our sister,
(G)Become thousands of ten thousands,
And may (H)your [c]descendants possess
The gate of those who hate them.”

61 Then Rebekah got up with her female attendants, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.

Isaac Marries Rebekah

62 Now Isaac had come back from [d]a journey to (I)Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in (J)the [e]Negev. 63 Isaac went out (K)to [f]meditate in the field toward evening; and (L)he raised his eyes and looked, and behold, camels were coming. 64 Rebekah raised her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel. 65 She said to the servant, “Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “He is my master.” Then she took her [g]veil and covered herself. 66 The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67 Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and (M)he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and (N)he loved her; so Isaac was comforted after (O)his mother’s death.

Abraham’s Death

25 Now Abraham took another wife, [h]whose name was Keturah. (P)She bore to him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were the sons of Keturah. (Q)Now Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac; but to the sons of [i]his concubines, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and (R)sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.

These are [j]all the years of Abraham’s life that he lived, (S)175 years. Abraham breathed his last and died (T)at a good old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was (U)gathered to his people. Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in (V)the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre, 10 (W)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 (X)God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac [k]lived by (Y)Beer-lahai-roi.

Descendants of Ishmael

12 Now these are the records of the generations of (Z)Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave woman, bore to Abraham; 13 and these are the names of (AA)the sons of Ishmael, by their names, [l]in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; (AB)twelve princes according to their [m]tribes. 17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael, (AC)137 years; and he breathed his last and died, and was (AD)gathered to his people. 18 They [n]settled from (AE)Havilah to (AF)Shur which is [o]east of Egypt [p]going toward Assyria; (AG)he [q]settled in defiance of all his relatives.

Isaac’s Sons

19 Now these are the records of (AH)the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac; 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took (AI)Rebekah, the (AJ)daughter of Bethuel the [r]Aramean of Paddan-aram, the (AK)sister of Laban the [s]Aramean, to be his wife. 21 Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children; and (AL)the Lord [t]answered him, and his wife Rebekah (AM)conceived. 22 But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is so, why am I in this condition?” So she went to (AN)inquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said to her,

(AO)Two nations are in your womb;
(AP)And two peoples will be separated from your body;
And one people will be stronger than the other;
And (AQ)the older will serve the younger.”

24 When her days leading to the delivery were at an end, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 Now the first came out red, (AR)all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau. 26 Afterward his brother came out with (AS)his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so (AT)he was named [u]Jacob; and Isaac was (AU)sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a [v]civilized man, (AV)living in tents. 28 Now Isaac loved Esau because [w]he had (AW)a taste for game; (AX)but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 When Jacob had cooked a (AY)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 [x]that red stuff there, for I am exhausted.” Therefore he was called [y]Edom by name. 31 But Jacob said, “[z]First sell me your (AZ)birthright.” 32 Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?” 33 And Jacob said, “[aa]First swear to me”; so he swore an oath to him, and (BA)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.

Isaac Settles in Gerar

26 Now there was (BB)a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to (BC)Abimelech king of the Philistines. And the Lord (BD)appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; (BE)stay in the land of which I shall tell you. Live for a time in this land and (BF)I will be with you and (BG)bless you, for (BH)to you and to your [ab]descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish (BI)the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. (BJ)I will multiply your [ac]descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your [ad]descendants all these lands; and (BK)by your [ae]descendants all the nations of the earth [af]shall be blessed, because Abraham [ag](BL)obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

So Isaac lived in Gerar. When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “(BM)She is my sister,” for he was (BN)afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, “[ah]the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, since she is (BO)beautiful.” Now it came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down through a window, and saw them, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah. Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she certainly is your wife! So how is it that you said, ‘She is my sister’?” And Isaac said to him, “Because I thought, ‘otherwise I might be killed on account of her.’” 10 And (BP)Abimelech said, “What is this that you have done to us? One of the people might easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.” 11 So Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who (BQ)touches this man or his wife will certainly be put to death.”

12 Now Isaac sowed in that land and [ai]reaped in the same year a hundred times as much. And (BR)the Lord blessed him, 13 and the man (BS)became rich, and continued to grow [aj]richer until he became very [ak]wealthy; 14 for (BT)he had possessions of flocks [al]and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him. 15 Now (BU)all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up [am]by filling them with dirt. 16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are [an](BV)too powerful for us.”

Notas al pie

  1. Genesis 24:52 Lit to
  2. Genesis 24:57 Lit ask her mouth
  3. Genesis 24:60 Lit seed
  4. Genesis 24:62 Lit coming to
  5. Genesis 24:62 I.e., South country
  6. Genesis 24:63 Or stroll; meaning uncertain
  7. Genesis 24:65 Or shawl
  8. Genesis 25:1 Lit and her name
  9. Genesis 25:6 Lit concubines which belonged to Abraham
  10. Genesis 25:7 Lit the days of
  11. Genesis 25:11 Lit dwelt
  12. Genesis 25:13 Lit in regard to their generations
  13. Genesis 25:16 Or peoples
  14. Genesis 25:18 Lit dwelt
  15. Genesis 25:18 Lit before
  16. Genesis 25:18 Lit as you go
  17. Genesis 25:18 Lit fell over against
  18. Genesis 25:20 I.e., Syrian
  19. Genesis 25:20 I.e., Syrian
  20. Genesis 25:21 Lit was entreated of him
  21. Genesis 25:26 I.e., one who takes by the heel or supplants
  22. Genesis 25:27 Lit complete
  23. Genesis 25:28 Lit game was in his mouth
  24. Genesis 25:30 Lit the red, this red
  25. Genesis 25:30 I.e., red
  26. Genesis 25:31 Lit Today
  27. Genesis 25:33 Lit Today
  28. Genesis 26:3 Lit seed
  29. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  30. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  31. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  32. Genesis 26:4 Or bless themselves
  33. Genesis 26:5 Lit listened diligently to My voice
  34. Genesis 26:7 Lit lest...place
  35. Genesis 26:12 Lit found
  36. Genesis 26:13 Lit great
  37. Genesis 26:13 Lit great
  38. Genesis 26:14 Lit and possessions of herds
  39. Genesis 26:15 Lit and filled them
  40. Genesis 26:16 Lit much mightier than we

52 When Abraham’s servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.(A) 53 Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing(B) and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts(C) to her brother and to her mother. 54 Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there.

When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way(D) to my master.”

55 But her brother and her mother replied, “Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so;(E) then you[a] may go.”

56 But he said to them, “Do not detain me, now that the Lord has granted success(F) to my journey. Send me on my way(G) so I may go to my master.”

57 Then they said, “Let’s call the young woman and ask her about it.”(H) 58 So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?”

“I will go,”(I) she said.

59 So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way,(J) along with her nurse(K) and Abraham’s servant and his men. 60 And they blessed(L) Rebekah and said to her,

“Our sister, may you increase
    to thousands upon thousands;(M)
may your offspring possess
    the cities of their enemies.”(N)

61 Then Rebekah and her attendants(O) got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

62 Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi,(P) for he was living in the Negev.(Q) 63 He went out to the field one evening to meditate,[b](R) and as he looked up,(S) he saw camels approaching. 64 Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel(T) 65 and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”

“He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil(U) and covered herself.

66 Then the servant told Isaac all he had done. 67 Isaac brought her into the tent(V) of his mother Sarah,(W) and he married Rebekah.(X) So she became his wife, and he loved her;(Y) and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.(Z)

The Death of Abraham(AA)

25 Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah. She bore him Zimran,(AB) Jokshan, Medan, Midian,(AC) Ishbak and Shuah.(AD) Jokshan was the father of Sheba(AE) and Dedan;(AF) the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites. The sons of Midian were Ephah,(AG) Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.(AH) But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines(AI) and sent them away from his son Isaac(AJ) to the land of the east.(AK)

Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years.(AL) Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age,(AM) an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.(AN) His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him(AO) in the cave of Machpelah(AP) near Mamre,(AQ) in the field of Ephron(AR) son of Zohar the Hittite,(AS) 10 the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites.[c](AT) There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. 11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac,(AU) who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.(AV)

Ishmael’s Sons(AW)

12 This is the account(AX) of the family line of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Sarah’s slave, Hagar(AY) the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.(AZ)

13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth(BA) the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar,(BB) Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah,(BC) Massa, 15 Hadad, Tema,(BD) Jetur,(BE) Naphish and Kedemah. 16 These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers(BF) according to their settlements and camps.(BG) 17 Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people.(BH) 18 His descendants(BI) settled in the area from Havilah to Shur,(BJ) near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward[d] all the tribes related to them.(BK)

Jacob and Esau

19 This is the account(BL) of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac.

Abraham became the father of Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old(BM) when he married Rebekah(BN) daughter of Bethuel(BO) the Aramean from Paddan Aram[e](BP) and sister of Laban(BQ) the Aramean.(BR)

21 Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless.(BS) The Lord answered his prayer,(BT) and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. 22 The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.(BU)

23 The Lord said to her,

“Two nations(BV) 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.(BW)

24 When the time came for her to give birth,(BX) there were twin boys in her womb.(BY) 25 The first to come out was red,(BZ) and his whole body was like a hairy garment;(CA) so they named him Esau.[f](CB) 26 After this, his brother came out,(CC) with his hand grasping Esau’s heel;(CD) so he was named Jacob.[g](CE) Isaac was sixty years old(CF) when Rebekah gave birth to them.

27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter,(CG) a man of the open country,(CH) while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. 28 Isaac, who had a taste for wild game,(CI) loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.(CJ)

29 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew,(CK) Esau came in from the open country,(CL) famished. 30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew!(CM) I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.[h])(CN)

31 Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.(CO)

32 “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”

33 But Jacob said, “Swear(CP) to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright(CQ) to Jacob.

34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew.(CR) He ate and drank, and then got up and left.

So Esau despised his birthright.

Isaac and Abimelek(CS)

26 Now there was a famine in the land(CT)—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines(CU) in Gerar.(CV) The Lord appeared(CW) to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt;(CX) live in the land where I tell you to live.(CY) Stay in this land for a while,(CZ) and I will be with you(DA) and will bless you.(DB) For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands(DC) and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.(DD) I will make your descendants(DE) as numerous as the stars in the sky(DF) and will give them all these lands,(DG) and through your offspring[i] all nations on earth will be blessed,[j](DH) because Abraham obeyed me(DI) and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees(DJ) and my instructions.(DK) So Isaac stayed in Gerar.(DL)

When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,(DM)” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines(DN) looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?(DO)

Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.”

10 Then Abimelek said, “What is this you have done to us?(DP) One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

11 So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: “Anyone who harms(DQ) this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”(DR)

12 Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold,(DS) because the Lord blessed him.(DT) 13 The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.(DU) 14 He had so many flocks and herds and servants(DV) that the Philistines envied him.(DW) 15 So all the wells(DX) that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up,(DY) filling them with earth.

16 Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us;(DZ) you have become too powerful for us.(EA)

Notas al pie

  1. Genesis 24:55 Or she
  2. Genesis 24:63 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  3. Genesis 25:10 Or the descendants of Heth
  4. Genesis 25:18 Or lived to the east of
  5. Genesis 25:20 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
  6. Genesis 25:25 Esau may mean hairy.
  7. Genesis 25:26 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
  8. Genesis 25:30 Edom means red.
  9. Genesis 26:4 Or seed
  10. Genesis 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)