Thematic Bible
Genesis 25:1 (show verse)
Now Abraham again took a wife, and her name [was] Keturah.
Genesis 25:2 (show verse)
And she bore to him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Genesis 25:3 (show verse)
And Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.
Genesis 25:4 (show verse)
And the sons of Midian [were] Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All of these [were] the children of Keturah.
Genesis 25:5 (show verse)
And Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.
Genesis 25:6 (show verse)
But to the sons of Abraham's concubines Abraham gave gifts. And while he [was] still living he sent them away eastward, [away] from his son Isaac, to the land of the east.
Genesis 25:7 (show verse)
Now these [are] the days of the years of {the life of Abraham}: one hundred and seventy-five years.
Genesis 25:8 (show verse)
And Abraham passed away and died in a good old age, old and full of years. And he was gathered to his people.
Genesis 25:9 (show verse)
And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, son of Zohar the Hittite, that [was] east of Mamre,
Genesis 25:10 (show verse)
the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried and Sarah his wife.
Genesis 25:11 (show verse)
And it happened [that] after the death of Abraham God blessed Isaac his son, and Isaac settled at Beer-Lahai-Roi.
Genesis 25:12 (show verse)
Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, that Hagar the Egyptian, the maidservant of Sarah, bore to Abraham.
Genesis 25:13 (show verse)
And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names according to their family records. The firstborn of Ishmael [was] Nebaioth, then 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--12 leaders according to their tribes.
Genesis 25:17 (show verse)
Now these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. And he passed away and died, and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 25:18 (show verse)
They settled from Havilah to Shur, which [was] opposite Egypt, going toward Asshur, opposite; he {settled} opposite all his brothers.
Genesis 25:19 (show verse)
Now these [are] the generations of Isaac, the son of Abraham. 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, as his wife.
Genesis 25:21 (show verse)
And Isaac prayed to Yahweh on behalf of his wife, for she [was] barren. And Yahweh responded to his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 25:22 (show verse)
And the children in her womb jostled each other, and she said, "{If it is going to be like this, why be pregnant}?" And she went to inquire of Yahweh.
Genesis 25:23 (show verse)
And Yahweh said to her, "Two nations [are] in your womb, and two peoples {from birth} shall be divided. And {one people shall be stronger than the other}. And [the] elder shall serve [the] younger."
Genesis 25:24 (show verse)
And when her days to give birth were completed, then--behold--twins [were] in her womb.
Genesis 25:25 (show verse)
And the first came out red, all {his body} [was] like a hairy coat, so they called his name Esau.
Genesis 25:26 (show verse)
And afterward his brother came out, and his hand grasped the heel of Esau, so his name was called Jacob. And Isaac {was sixty years old} at their birth.
Genesis 25:27 (show verse)
And the boys grew up. And Esau [was] a skilled hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob [was] a peaceful man, living [in] tents.
Genesis 25:28 (show verse)
And Isaac loved Esau because {he could eat of his game}, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Genesis 25:29 (show verse)
Once Jacob cooked a thick stew, and Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted.
Genesis 25:30 (show verse)
And Esau said to Jacob, "Give me {some of that red stuff} to gulp down, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom).
Genesis 25:31 (show verse)
Then Jacob said, "Sell me your birthright {first}."
Genesis 25:32 (show verse)
And Esau said, "Look, I am going to die; now what [is] this birthright to me?"
Genesis 25:33 (show verse)
Then Jacob said, "Swear to me {first}." And he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.
Genesis 25:34 (show verse)
Then Jacob gave Esau bread, and thick lentil stew, and he ate and drank. Then he got up and went away. So Esau despised his birthright.