Genesis 25:12-28

New American Standard Bible 1995

Descendants of Ishmael

¹² Now these are the records of the generations of ^(A)Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham; ¹³ and these are the names of ^(B)the sons of Ishmael, by their names, ^[a]in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam ¹⁴ and Mishma and Dumah and Massa, ¹⁵ Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; ^(C)twelve princes according to their ^[b]tribes. ¹⁷ These are the years of the life of Ishmael, ^(D)one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was ^(E)gathered to his people. ¹⁸ They ^[c]settled from ^(F)Havilah to ^(G)Shur which is ^[d]east of Egypt ^[e]as one goes toward Assyria; ^(H)he ^[f]settled in defiance of all his ^[g]relatives.

Isaac’s Sons

¹⁹ Now these are the records of ^(I)the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham ^[h]became the father of Isaac; ²⁰ and Isaac was forty years old when he took ^(J)Rebekah, the ^(K)daughter of Bethuel the ^[i]Aramean of Paddan-aram, the ^(L)sister of Laban the ^[j]Aramean, to be his wife. ²¹ Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and ^(M)the Lord ^[k]answered him and Rebekah his wife ^(N)conceived. ²² But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is so, why then am I this way?” So she went to ^(O)inquire of the Lord. ²³ The Lord said to her,

²⁴ When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. ²⁵ Now the first came forth red, ^(S)all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau. ²⁶ Afterward his brother came forth with ^(T)his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so ^(U)his name was called ^[l]Jacob; and Isaac was ^(V)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 ^[m]peaceful man, ^[n](W)living in tents. ²⁸ Now Isaac loved Esau, because ^[o]he had ^(X)a taste for game, ^(Y)but Rebekah loved Jacob.