Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. She bore him
Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan fathered
Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and
Leummim. The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and
Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. Abraham gave all he
had to Isaac. But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts,
and while he was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac,
eastward to the east country.
These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years.
Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man
and full of years, and was gathered to his people. Isaac and
Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field
of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre, the field
that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried,
with Sarah his wife. After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac
his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.
These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar
the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham. These are the names
of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth:
Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their
villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to
their tribes. (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137
years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his
people.) They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt
in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his
kinsmen.
These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham
fathered Isaac, and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah,
the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of
Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. And Isaac prayed to the LORD for
his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD granted his prayer,
and Rebekah his wife conceived. The children struggled together
within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to
me?” So she went to inquire of the LORD. And the LORD said to her,
“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you shall be divided;
the one shall be stronger than the other,
the older shall serve the younger.”
When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there
were twins in her womb. The first came out red, all his body like a
hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. Afterward his brother
came out with his hand holding Esau's heel, so his name was called
Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the
field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. Isaac loved
Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field,
and he was exhausted. And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of
that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called
Edom.) Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright now.” Esau said, “I am
about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?” Jacob said,
“Swear to me now.” So he swore to him and sold his birthright to
Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and
drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
