Genesis 25
1 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
Abida, 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.