Abraham and Keturah’s Descendants

¹ Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. ² She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

³ Jokshan became 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 descendants of Keturah.

⁵ Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac, ⁶ but Abraham, while he was still living, gave gifts to the sons of Abraham’s concubines, and he sent them away from Isaac his son, eastward, to an eastern country.

⁷ These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: 175 years. ⁸ Abraham gave up his spirit and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. ⁹ Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is near Mamre, ¹⁰ the field which Abraham purchased from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with Sarah, his wife.

¹¹ After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.

Ishmael and his Descendants

¹² Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham. ¹³ These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by name, according to the order of their birth: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, 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 by their encampments: twelve leaders, according to their clans. ¹⁷ These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He gave up his spirit and died and was gathered to his people. ¹⁸ They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived in opposition to all his relatives.

Jacob and Esau

¹⁹ This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham became the father of Isaac. ²⁰ Isaac was 40 years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.

²¹ Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. The Lord answered him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. ²² The children struggled together within her. She said, “If it is like this, why do I live?” She went to inquire of the Lord. ²³ The Lord said to her,

“Two nations are in your womb.
Two peoples, from your body, will be separated.
The one people will be stronger than the other people.
The elder will serve the younger.”

²⁴ When the days until her delivery were fulfilled, there were twins in her womb. ²⁵ The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau. ²⁶ After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold of Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when she bore them.

²⁷ The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents. ²⁸ Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his game. Rebekah loved Jacob.

Esau Sells his Birthright

²⁹ Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished. ³⁰ Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me some of that red stew, 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. What good is the birthright to me?”

³³ Jacob said, “Swear to me first.”

He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob. ³⁴ Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

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