| 1 | Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. |
| 2 | She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. |
| 3 | Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. |
| 4 | The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. |
| 5 | Abraham gave all he had to Isaac. |
| 6 | But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, while he was still living, and he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country. |
| 7 | This is the length of Abraham’s life, one hundred seventy-five years. |
| 8 | Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. |
| 9 | His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre, |
| 10 | the field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with his wife Sarah. |
| 11 | After the death of Abraham God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi. |
| 12 | These are the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave-girl, bore to Abraham. |
| 13 | 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, |
| 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 encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes. |
| 17 | (This is the length of the life of Ishmael, one hundred thirty-seven years; he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.) |
| 18 | They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria; he settled down alongside of all his people. |
| 19 | These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham was the father of Isaac, |
| 20 | and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, sister of Laban the Aramean. |
| 21 | Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived. |
| 22 | The children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is to be this way, why do I live?” So she went to inquire of the LORD. |
| 23 | And the LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples born of you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger.” |
| 24 | When her time to give birth was at hand, there were twins in her womb. |
| 25 | The first came out red, all his body like a hairy mantle; so they named him Esau. |
| 26 | Afterward his brother came out, with his hand gripping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. |
| 27 | When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents. |
| 28 | Isaac loved Esau, because he was fond of game; but Rebekah loved Jacob. |
| 29 | Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was famished. |
| 30 | Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stuff, for I am famished!” (Therefore he was called Edom.) |
| 31 | Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.” |
| 32 | Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?” |
| 33 | Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. |
| 34 | Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank, and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. |