Abraham and Keturah
1. Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah.
2. And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
3. Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan.
4. The sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.
5. The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
6. Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
The Death of Abraham
7. But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
8. Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years.
9. Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a ripe old age, old and contented, and he was gathered to his people.
10. His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.
11. After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
The Descendants of Ishmael
12. This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
13. These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then 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 encampments: twelve princes according to their tribes.
17. And Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He took to wife an Egyptian woman named Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth.
18. And these are the sons of Ishmael—the sons of Abraham’s son—whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
Jacob and Esau
19. This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham.
20. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
21. Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
22. But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the LORD.
23. And the LORD said to her: “Two nations 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.”
24. When the time came for her to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
25. The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
26. After this, his brother came out with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah bore them.
27. The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
28. Isaac favored Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought, but Rebekah favored Jacob.
Esau Sells His Birthright
29. Once, when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field, exhausted.
30. He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
31. “First, sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.
32. “Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
33. “Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him his birthright.
34. Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau; he ate and drank, and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.