25Genesis 25

Abraham Marries Keturah

1Abraham married Keturah,Select Genesis 25:1

2and they had six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.Select Genesis 25:2

3Later, Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan, and when Dedan grew up, he had three sons: Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.Select Genesis 25:3

4Midian also had five sons: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.Select Genesis 25:4

6While Abraham was still alive, he gave gifts to the sons of Hagar and Keturah. He also sent their sons to live in the east far from his son Isaac, and when Abraham died, he left everything to Isaac.Select Genesis 25:6

The Death of Abraham

8Abraham died at the ripe old age of 175.Select Genesis 25:8

10His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him east of Hebron in Machpelah Cave that was part of the field Abraham had bought from Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite. Abraham was buried there beside his wife Sarah.Select Genesis 25:10

11God blessed Isaac after this, and Isaac moved to a place called “The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me.”Select Genesis 25:11

Ishmael's Descendants

12Ishmael was the son of Abraham and Hagar, the slave woman of Sarah.Select Genesis 25:12

13Ishmael had twelve sons, in this order: Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,Select Genesis 25:13

14Mishma, Dumah, Massa,Select Genesis 25:14

15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.Select Genesis 25:15

16Each of Ishmael's sons was a tribal chief, and a village was named after each of them.Select Genesis 25:16

18Ishmael had settled in the land east of his brothers, and his sons settled everywhere from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt on the way to Asshur. Ishmael was 137 when he died.Select Genesis 25:18

The Birth of Esau and Jacob

19Isaac was the son of Abraham,Select Genesis 25:19

20and he was 40 years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel. She was also the sister of Laban, the Aramean from northern Syria. Almost 20 years later,Select Genesis 25:20

21Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac asked the Lord to let her have a child, and the Lord answered his prayer.Select Genesis 25:21

22Before Rebekah gave birth, she knew she was going to have twins, because she could feel them inside her, fighting each other. She thought, “Why is this happening to me?” Finally, she asked the Lord why her twins were fighting,Select Genesis 25:22

23and he told her: “Your two sons will become two separate nations. The younger of the two will be stronger, and the older son will be his servant.”Select Genesis 25:23

24When Rebekah gave birth,Select Genesis 25:24

25the first baby was covered with red hair, so he was named Esau.Select Genesis 25:25

26The second baby grabbed on to his brother's heel, so they named him Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born.Select Genesis 25:26

Esau Sells His Rights as the First-Born Son

27As Jacob and Esau grew older, Esau liked the outdoors and became a good hunter, while Jacob lived the quiet life of a shepherd.Select Genesis 25:27

28Esau would take the meat of wild animals to his father Isaac, so Isaac loved him more, but Jacob was his mother's favorite son.Select Genesis 25:28

29One day, when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came home hungrySelect Genesis 25:29

30and said, “I'm starving to death! Here and now give me some of that red stew!” That's how Esau got the name “Edom.”Select Genesis 25:30

31Jacob replied, “Sell me your rights as the first-born son.”Select Genesis 25:31

32“I'm about to die,” Esau answered. “What good will those rights do me?”Select Genesis 25:32

33But Jacob said, “Promise me your birthrights, here and now!” And that's what Esau did.Select Genesis 25:33

34Jacob then gave Esau some bread and some of the bean stew, and when Esau had finished eating and drinking, he just got up and left, showing how little he thought of his rights as the first-born.Select Genesis 25:34