Thematic Bible
Genesis 25:1 (show verse)
Abraham had taken 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 was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan's sons were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.
Genesis 25:4 (show verse)
Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah's descendants.
Genesis 25:5 (show verse)
Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac.
Genesis 25:6 (show verse)
While he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to his concubines and sent them to the east country in order to keep them away from his son Isaac.
Genesis 25:7 (show verse)
Abraham lived for 175 years,
Genesis 25:8 (show verse)
then passed away, dying at a ripe old age, having lived a full life, and joined his ancestors.
Genesis 25:9 (show verse)
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field that used to belong to Zohar the Hittite's son Ephron.
Genesis 25:10 (show verse)
This was the same field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites, where Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried.
Genesis 25:11 (show verse)
After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who continued to live near Beer-lahai-roi.
Genesis 25:12 (show verse)
Now this is what happened to Ishmael, whom Sarah's Egyptian servant Hagar bore for Abraham.
Genesis 25:13 (show verse)
Here's a list of the names of Ishmael's sons, recorded by their names and descendants: Nebaioth was the firstborn, followed by 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 were Ishmael's children, listed by their names according to their villages and their camps. There were a total of twelve tribal chiefs, according to their clans.
Genesis 25:17 (show verse)
Ishmael lived for 137 years, then he took his last breath, died, and joined his ancestors.
Genesis 25:18 (show verse)
His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur (that's near Egypt), all the way to Assyria, in defiance of all of his relatives.
Genesis 25:19 (show verse)
This is the account of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham fathered Isaac.
Genesis 25:20 (show verse)
Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the Aramean from Paddan-aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.
Genesis 25:21 (show verse)
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, since she was unable to conceive children, and the LORD responded to him his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
Genesis 25:22 (show verse)
But when the infants kept on wrestling each other inside her womb, she asked herself, "Why is this happening?" So she asked the LORD for an explanation.
Genesis 25:23 (show verse)
"Two nations are in your womb," the LORD responded, "and two separate people will emerge. One people will be the stronger, and the older one will serve the younger."
Genesis 25:24 (show verse)
Sure enough, when her due date arrived, she delivered twin sons.
Genesis 25:25 (show verse)
The first son came out reddish his entire body was covered with hair so they named him Esau.
Genesis 25:26 (show verse)
After that, his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, so they named him Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born.
Genesis 25:27 (show verse)
As the boys were growing up, Esau became skilled at hunting and was a man of the outdoors, but Jacob was the quiet type who tended to stay indoors.
Genesis 25:28 (show verse)
Isaac loved Esau, because he loved to hunt, while Rebekah loved Jacob.
Genesis 25:29 (show verse)
One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau happened to come in from being outdoors, and he was feeling famished.
Genesis 25:30 (show verse)
Esau told Jacob, "Let me gobble down some of this red stuff, since I'm starving." (That's how Esau got his nickname "Edom".)
Genesis 25:31 (show verse)
But Jacob responded, "Sell me your birthright. Do it now."
Genesis 25:32 (show verse)
"Look! I'm about to die," Esau replied. "What good is this birthright to me?"
Genesis 25:33 (show verse)
But Jacob insisted, "Swear it by an oath right now." So he swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.
Genesis 25:34 (show verse)
Then Jacob gave Esau some of his food, along with some boiled stew. So Esau ate, drank, got up, and left, after having belittled his own birthright.