Genesis 25

1 And Abraham adds and takes a wife, and her name [is] Keturah;

And Abraham married another wife, named Cetura:

2 and she bears to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

Who bore him Zamran, and Jecsan, and Madan, and Madian, and Jesboc, and Sue.

3 And Jokshan has begotten Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim;

Jecsan also begot Saba and Dadan. The children of Dadan were Assurim, and Latusim, and Loomin.

4 and the sons of Midian [are] Ephah, and Epher, and Enoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah: all these [are] sons of Keturah.

But of Madian was born Epha, and Opher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaa: all these were the children of Cetura.

5 And Abraham gives all that he has to Isaac;

And Abraham gave all his possessions to Isaac.

6 and to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham has, Abraham has given gifts, and sends them away from his son Isaac (in his being yet alive) eastward, to the east country.

And to the children of the concubines he gave gifts, and separated them from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, to the east country.

7 And these [are] the days of the years of the life of Abraham, which he lived, one hundred and seventy-five years;

And the days of Abraham’s life were a hundred and seventy-five years.

8 and Abraham expires, and dies in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered to his people.

And decaying he died in a good old age, and having lived a long time, and being full of days: and was gathered to his people.

9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael bury him at the cave of Machpelah, at the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre—

And Isaac and Ismael his sons buried him in the double cave, which was situated in the field of Ephron the son of Seor the Hethite, over against Mambre;

10 the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth—there Abraham has been buried, and his wife Sarah.

Which he had bought of the children of Heth: there was he buried, and Sara his wife.

11 And it comes to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blesses his son Isaac; and Isaac dwells by the Well of the Living One, my Beholder.

And after his death, God blessed Isaac his son, who dwelt by the well named Of the living and seeing.

12 And these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, has borne to Abraham;

These are the generations of Ismael the son of Abraham, whom Agar the Egyptian, Sara’s servant, bore unto him:

13 and these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their births: firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

And these are the names of his children according to their calling and generations. The firstborn of Ismael was Nabajoth, then Cedar, and Adbeel, and Mabsam.

14 and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

And Masma, and Duma, and Massa,

15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

Hadar, and Thema, and Jethur, and Naphis, and Cedma.

16 these are sons of Ishmael, and these [are] their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples.

These are the sons of Ismael: and these are their names by their castles and towns, twelve princes of their tribes.

17 And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he expires, and dies, and is gathered to his people;

And the years of Ismael’s life were a hundred and thirty-seven, and decaying he died, and was gathered unto his people.

18 and they dwell from Havilah to Shur, which [is] before Egypt, in [your] going toward Asshur; in the presence of all his brothers has he fallen.

And he dwelt from Hevila as far as Sur, which looketh towards Egypt, to them that go towards the Assyrians. He died in the presence of all his brethren.

19 And these [are] the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham has begotten Isaac;

These also are the generations of Isaac the son of Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac:

20 and Isaac is a son of forty years in his taking Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean, from Padan-Aram, sister of Laban the Aramean, to him for a wife.

Who when he was forty years old, took to wife Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, sister to Laban.

21 And Isaac makes plea to YHWH before his wife, for she [is] barren: and YHWH accepts his plea, and his wife Rebekah conceives,

And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive.

22 and the children struggle together within her, and she says, “If [it is] right—why [am] I thus?” And she goes to seek YHWH.

But the children struggled in her womb: and she said: If it were to be so with me, what need was there to conceive? And she went to consult the Lord.

23 And YHWH says to her, “Two nations [are] in your womb, and two peoples from your bowels are parted; and the [one] people is stronger than the [other] people; and the older serves the younger.”

And he answering said: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb, and one people shall overcome the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.

24 And her days to bear are fulfilled, and behold, twins [are] in her womb;

And when her time was come to be delivered, behold twins were found in her womb.

25 and the first comes out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau;

He that came forth first was red, and hairy like a skin: and his name was called Esau. Immediately the other coming forth, held his brother’s foot in his hand, and therefore he was called Jacob.

26 and afterward his brother has come out, and his hand is taking hold on Esau’s heel, and one calls his name Jacob; and Isaac [is] a son of sixty years in her bearing them.

Isaac was threescore years old when the children were born unto him.

27 And the youths grew, and Esau is a man acquainted [with] hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob [is] a plain man, inhabiting tents;

And when they were grown up, Esau became a skillful hunter, and a husbandman, but Jacob a plain man dwelt in tents.

28 and Isaac loves Esau, for [his] game [is] in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob.

Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his hunting: and Rebecca loved Jacob.

29 And Jacob boils stew, and Esau comes in from the field, and he [is] weary;

And Jacob boiled pottage: to whom Esau, coming faint out of the field,

30 and Esau says to Jacob, “Please let me eat some of this red-red thing, for I [am] weary”; therefore [one] has called his name Edom;

Said: Give me of this red pottage, for I am exceeding faint. For which reason his name was called Edom.

31 and Jacob says, “Sell your birthright to me today.”

And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright.

32 And Esau says, “Behold, I am going to die, and what is this to me—a birthright?”

He answered: Lo I die, what will the first birthright avail me?

33 And Jacob says, “Swear to me today”: and he swears to him, and sells his birthright to Jacob;

Jacob said: Swear therefore to me. Esau swore to him, and sold his first birthright.

34 and Jacob has given bread and stew of lentils to Esau, and he eats, and drinks, and rises, and goes; and Esau despises the birthright.

And so taking bread and the pottage of lentils, he ate, and drank, and went his way; making little account of having sold his first birthright.