25Genesis 25

Other Descendants of Abraham

1Abraham married another woman, whose name was Keturah.Select Genesis 25:1

2She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.Select Genesis 25:2

3Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan, and the descendants of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim.Select Genesis 25:3

4The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were Keturah's descendants.Select Genesis 25:4

5Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac;Select Genesis 25:5

6but while he was still alive, he gave presents to the sons his other wives had borne him. Then he sent these sons to the land of the East, away from his son Isaac.Select Genesis 25:6

The Death and Burial of Abraham

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

9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in Machpelah Cave, in the field east of Mamre that had belonged to Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.Select Genesis 25:9

10It was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites; both Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried there.Select Genesis 25:10

11After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near “The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me.”Select Genesis 25:11

The Descendants of Ishmael

12Ishmael, whom Hagar, the Egyptian slave of Sarah, bore to Abraham,Select Genesis 25:12

13had the following sons, listed in the order of their birth: 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

16They were the ancestors of twelve tribes, and their names were given to their villages and camping places.Select Genesis 25:16

17Ishmael was 137 years old when he died.Select Genesis 25:17

18The descendants of Ishmael lived in the territory between Havilah and Shur, to the east of Egypt on the way to Assyria. They lived apart from the other descendants of Abraham.Select Genesis 25:18

The Birth of Esau and Jacob

19This is the story of Abraham's son Isaac.Select Genesis 25:19

20Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel (an Aramean from Mesopotamia) and sister of Laban.Select Genesis 25:20

21Because Rebecca had no children, Isaac prayed to the Lord for her. The Lord answered his prayer, and Rebecca became pregnant.Select Genesis 25:21

22She was going to have twins, and before they were born, they struggled against each other in her womb. She said, “Why should something like this happen to me?” So she went to ask the Lord for an answer.Select Genesis 25:22

23The Lord said to her, “Two nations are within you; You will give birth to two rival peoples. One will be stronger than the other; The older will serve the younger.”Select Genesis 25:23

24The time came for her to give birth, and she had twin sons.Select Genesis 25:24

25The first one was reddish, and his skin was like a hairy robe, so he was named Esau.Select Genesis 25:25

26The second one was born holding on tightly to the heel of Esau, so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.Select Genesis 25:26

Esau Sells His Rights as the First-Born Son

27The boys grew up, and Esau became a skilled hunter, a man who loved the outdoors, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.Select Genesis 25:27

28Isaac preferred Esau, because he enjoyed eating the animals Esau killed, but Rebecca preferred Jacob.Select Genesis 25:28

29One day while Jacob was cooking some bean soup, Esau came in from hunting. He was hungrySelect Genesis 25:29

30and said to Jacob, “I'm starving; give me some of that red stuff.” (That is why he was named Edom.)Select Genesis 25:30

31Jacob answered, “I will give it to you if you give me your rights as the first-born son.”Select Genesis 25:31

32Esau said, “All right! I am about to die; what good will my rights do me?”Select Genesis 25:32

33Jacob answered, “First make a vow that you will give me your rights.” Esau made the vow and gave his rights to Jacob.Select Genesis 25:33

34Then Jacob gave him some bread and some of the soup. He ate and drank and then got up and left. That was all Esau cared about his rights as the first-born son.Select Genesis 25:34