Genesis

¹ Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah.

² She gave him sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

³ Jokshan fathered Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim;

⁴ and the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

⁵ Abraham had left all that he had to Isaac.

⁶ But to the sons of his concubines, Abraham had given gifts while he was still alive, and had sent them away from Isaac his son, eastward, to the east country.

⁷ Abraham had lived for one hundred and seventy-five years,

⁸ when he breathed his last, dying in a good old age, old and satisfied with living, and was gathered to his forefathers.

⁹ Then 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 east of Mamre,

¹⁰ the field which Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife.

¹¹ After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son, who settled at Beer-lahai-roi.

¹² This is a list of descendants of Ishmael, Abraham’s son whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid-servant gave to Abraham.

¹³ These then are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named according to their order of 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 princes according to their peoples.

¹⁷ Ishmael lived for one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

¹⁸ They settled from Havilah to Shur that is east of Egypt, as far as Assyria; he settled down alongside all his people.

¹⁹ These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham fathered Isaac.

²⁰ Isaac was forty years old, when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean. Esau and Jacob

²¹ Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she had no children; and the Lord heard his prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins.

²² The children struggled against each other in her womb, and she said, “Why is this happening to me? What does it mean?” She went to ask the Lord ,

²³ who said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, two peoples divided from birth, One will be stronger than the other, the elder will serve the younger.”

²⁴ When the time came for her to give birth, she became the mother of twin boys.

²⁵ The first was born red, his whole body covered with hair like a fur coat, so they named him Esau.

²⁶ Afterwards his brother came holding Esau’s heel with his hand; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

²⁷ As they grew up, Esau became a skilful hunter, a man who lived out in the fields; but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed about the tents.

²⁸ Isaac loved Esau, for he had a taste for venison; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

²⁹ Once when Jacob was preparing a stew, Esau came in from the fields, and he was very hungry;

³⁰ so he said to Jacob, “Let me swallow some of that red stew, for I am very hungry.” (This is why he was called Edom.)

³¹ But Jacob said, “Sell me first of all your right as the eldest.”

³² Esau replied, “See, I am nearly dead now! So of what use is this birthright to me?”

³³ Jacob said, “First solemnly promise to give it to me.” So Esau solemnly promised and sold his birthright to Jacob.

³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau bread and stewed lentils, and when he had finished eating and drinking, he got up and went away. In this way Esau gave away his birthright.