Abraham’s Death

25 Now Abraham took another wife, ^[a]whose name was Keturah. ^2 (A)She bore to him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. ³ Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. ⁴ The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were the sons of Keturah. ^5 (B)Now Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac; ⁶ but to the sons of ^[b]his concubines, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and ^(C)sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.

⁷ These are ^[c]all the years of Abraham’s life that he lived, ^(D)175 years. ⁸ Abraham breathed his last and died ^(E)at a good old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was ^(F)gathered to his people. ⁹ Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in ^(G)the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre, ^10 (H)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 ^(I)God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac ^[d]lived by ^(J)Beer-lahai-roi.

Descendants of Ishmael

¹² Now these are the records of the generations of ^(K)Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave woman, bore to Abraham; ¹³ and these are the names of ^(L)the sons of Ishmael, by their names, ^[e]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; ^(M)twelve princes according to their ^[f]tribes. ¹⁷ These are the years of the life of Ishmael, ^(N)137 years; and he breathed his last and died, and was ^(O)gathered to his people. ¹⁸ They ^[g]settled from ^(P)Havilah to ^(Q)Shur which is ^[h]east of Egypt ^[i]going toward Assyria; ^(R)he ^[j]settled in defiance of all his relatives.

Isaac’s Sons

¹⁹ Now these are the records of ^(S)the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac; ²⁰ and Isaac was forty years old when he took ^(T)Rebekah, the ^(U)daughter of Bethuel the ^[k]Aramean of Paddan-aram, the ^(V)sister of Laban the ^[l]Aramean, to be his wife. ²¹ Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children; and ^(W)the Lord ^[m]answered him, and his wife Rebekah ^(X)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 ^(Y)inquire of the Lord. ²³ And the Lord said to her,

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, ^(AC)all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau. ²⁶ Afterward his brother came out with ^(AD)his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so ^(AE)he was named ^[n]Jacob; and Isaac was ^(AF)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 ^[o]civilized man, ^(AG)living in tents. ²⁸ Now Isaac loved Esau because ^[p]he had ^(AH)a taste for game; ^(AI)but Rebekah loved Jacob. ²⁹ When Jacob had cooked a ^(AJ)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 ^[q]that red stuff there, for I am exhausted.” Therefore he was called ^[r]Edom by name. ³¹ But Jacob said, “^[s]First sell me your ^(AK)birthright.” ³² Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?” ³³ And Jacob said, “^[t]First swear to me”; so he swore an oath to him, and ^(AL)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.