1 N ow Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.

2 S he bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.

3 J okshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.

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

5 N ow Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac;

6 b ut to the sons of his concubines, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.

7 T hese are all the years of Abraham’s life that he lived, one hundred and seventy-five years.

8 A braham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people.

9 T hen his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre,

10 t he field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife.

11 I t came about after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived by Beer-lahai-roi. Descendants of Ishmael

12 N ow these are the records of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham;

13 a nd these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam

14 a nd Mishma and Dumah and Massa,

15 H adad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah.

16 T hese are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; twelve princes according to their tribes.

17 T hese are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

18 T hey settled from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria; he settled in defiance of all his relatives. Isaac’s Sons

19 N ow these are the records of the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham became the father of Isaac;

20 a nd Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.

21 I saac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived.

22 B ut the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is so, why then am I this way ?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.

23 T he Lord said to her, “ Two nations are in your womb; And two peoples will be separated from your body; And one people shall be stronger than the other; And the older shall serve the younger.”

24 W hen her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

25 N ow the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau.

26 A fterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

27 W hen the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a peaceful man, living in tents.

28 N ow Isaac loved Esau, because he had a taste for game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

29 W hen Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and he was famished;

30 a nd Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a swallow of that red stuff there, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

31 B ut Jacob said, “ First sell me your birthright.”

32 E sau said, “Behold, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?”

33 A nd Jacob said, “ First swear to me”; so he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

34 T hen Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and rose and went on his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.