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Genesis 25:1 (show verse)
Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.
Genesis 25:2 (show verse)
She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Genesis 25:3 (show verse)
Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
Genesis 25:4 (show verse)
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
Genesis 25:5 (show verse)
Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.
Genesis 25:6 (show verse)
But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country.
Genesis 25:7 (show verse)
These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years.
Genesis 25:8 (show verse)
Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 25:9 (show verse)
Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,
Genesis 25:10 (show verse)
the field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife.
Genesis 25:11 (show verse)
After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.
Genesis 25:12 (show verse)
These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.
Genesis 25:13 (show verse)
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Genesis 25:14 (show verse)
Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
Genesis 25:15 (show verse)
Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
Genesis 25:16 (show verse)
These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.
Genesis 25:17 (show verse)
(These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)
Genesis 25:18 (show verse)
They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.
Genesis 25:19 (show verse)
These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham fathered Isaac,
Genesis 25:20 (show verse)
and 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.
Genesis 25:21 (show verse)
And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 25:22 (show verse)
The children struggled together within her, and she said, "If it is thus, why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the LORD.
Genesis 25:23 (show verse)
And the LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger."
Genesis 25:24 (show verse)
When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb.
Genesis 25:25 (show verse)
The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau.
Genesis 25:26 (show verse)
Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
Genesis 25:27 (show verse)
When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.
Genesis 25:28 (show verse)
Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Genesis 25:29 (show verse)
Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted.
Genesis 25:30 (show verse)
And Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom.)
Genesis 25:31 (show verse)
Jacob said, "Sell me your birthright now."
Genesis 25:32 (show verse)
Esau said, "I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?"
Genesis 25:33 (show verse)
Jacob said, "Swear to me now." So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.
Genesis 25:34 (show verse)
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.