Genesis 25
1 Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
Forsothe Abraham weddide another wijf, Ceture bi name,
2 and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
which childide to him Samram, and Jexan, and Madan, and Madian, and Jesboth, and Sue.
3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
Also Jexan gendride Saba and Dadan. Forsothe the sones of Dadan weren Asurym, and Lathusym, and Laomym.
4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
And sotheli of Madian was borun Efa, and Ofer, and Enoth, and Abida, and Heldaa; alle these weren the sones of Cethure.
5 Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
And Abraham yaf alle thingis whiche he hadde in possessioun to Isaac;
6 But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
sotheli he yaf yiftis to the sones of concubyns; and Abraham, while he lyuede yit, departide hem fro Ysaac, his sone, to the eest coost.
7 Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
Forsothe the daies of lijf of Abraham weren an hundrid and `fyue and seuenti yeer;
8 And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
and he failide, and diede in good eelde, and of greet age, and ful of daies, and he was gaderid to his puple.
9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
And Ysaac and Ismael, his sones, birieden him in the double denne, which is set in the feeld of Efron, sone of Seor Ethei,
10 This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.
euene ayens Mambre, which denne he bouyte of the sones of Heth; and he was biried there, and Sare his wijf.
11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
And aftir the deeth of Abraham God blesside Isaac his sone, which dwellide bisidis the pit bi name of hym that lyueth and seeth.
12 This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
These ben the generaciouns of Ismael, sone of Abraham, whom Agar Egipcian, seruauntesse of Sare, childide to Abraham;
13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
and these ben the names of the sones of Ismael, in her names and generaciouns. The firste gendride of Ismael was Nabaioth, aftirward Cedar, and Abdeel, and Mabsan,
14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
and Masma, and Duma, and Massa,
15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
and Adad, and Thema, and Ithur, and Nafir, and Cedma.
16 These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
These weren the sones of Ismael, and these weren names by castels and townes of hem, twelue princes of her lynagis.
17 Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
And the yeeris of lijf of Ismael weren maad an hundrid and seuene and thretti, and he failide, and diede, and was put to his puple.
18 Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
Forsothe he enhabitide fro Euila til to Sur, that biholdith Egipt, as me entrith in to Assiriens; he diede bifore alle his britheren.
19 This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
Also these ben the generaciouns of Ysaac sone of Abraham. Abraham gendride Isaac,
20 and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
and whanne Isaac was of fourti yeer, he weddide a wijf, Rebecca, douyter of Batuel, of Sirie of Mesopotanye, the sistir of Laban.
21 Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
And Isaac bisouyte the Lord for his wijf, for sche was bareyn; and the Lord herde him, and yaf conseiuyng to Rebecca.
22 But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,
But the litle children weren hurtlid togidre in hir wombe; and sche seide, If it was so to comynge to me, what nede was it to conseyue? And sche yede and axide counsel of the Lord,
23 and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
which answerde, and seide, Twei folkis ben in thi wombe, and twei puplis schulen be departid fro thi wombe, and a puple schal ouercome a puple, and the more schal serue the lesse.
24 When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
Thanne the tyme of childberyng cam, and lo! twei children weren foundun in hir wombe.
25 The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
He that yede out first was reed, and al rouy in the manere of a skyn; and his name was clepid Esau.
26 After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
Anoon the tothir yede out, and helde with the hond the heele of the brother; and therfore he clepide him Jacob. Isaac was sixti yeer eeld, whanne the litle children weren borun.
27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
And whanne thei weren woxun, Esau was maad a man kunnynge of huntyng, and a man erthe tilier; forsothe Jacob was a symple man, and dwellide in tabernaclis.
28 Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Isaac louyde Esau, for he eet of the huntyng of Esau; and Rebecca louyde Jacob.
29 One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
Sotheli Jacob sethide potage; and whanne Esau cam weri fro the feld,
30 He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
he seide to Jacob, Yyue thou to me of this reed sething, for Y am ful weri; for which cause his name was clepid Edom.
31 “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.
And Jacob seide to him, Sille to me the riyt of the first gendrid childe.
32 “Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
He answerde, Lo! Y die, what schulen the firste gendrid thingis profite to me?
33 “Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
Jacob seide, therfor swere thou to me. Therfor Esau swoor, and selde the firste gendrid thingis.
34 Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
And so whanne he hadde take breed and potage, Esau eet and drank, and yede forth, and chargide litil that he hadde seld the riyt of the firste gendrid child.
