Genesis 25

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

And Abraam again took a wife, whose name was Chettura.

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

And she bore to him Zombran, and Jezan, and Madal, and Madiam, and Jesboc, and Soie.

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

And Jezan begot Saba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Assurians and the Latusians, and Laomim.

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

And the sons of Madiam [were] Gephar and Aphir, and Enoch, and Abeida, and Eldaga; all these were sons of Chettura.

5 And Abraham gives all that he has to Isaac;

But Abraam gave all his possessions to Isaac his son.

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.

But to the sons of his concubines Abraam gave gifts, and he sent them away from his son Isaac, while he was yet living, to the east into the country of the east.

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

And these [were] the years of the days of the life of Abraam as many as he lived, 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 Abraam failing died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added 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, in the field of Ephron the son of Saar the Chettite, which is over against Mambre:

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

[even] the field and the cave which Abraam bought of the sons of Chet; there they buried Abraam and Sarrha 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 it came to pass after Abraam was dead, that God blessed Isaac his son, and Isaac lived by the well of the vision.

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

And these [are] the generations of Ismael the son of Abraam, whom Agar the Egyptian the handmaid of Sarrha bore to Abraam.

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 the sons of Ismael, according to the names of their generations. The firstborn of Ismael, Nabaioth, and Kedar, and Nabdeel, and Massam,

14 and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

and Masma, and Duma, and Masse,

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

and Choddan, and Thaeman, and Jetur, and Naphes, and Kedma.

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 in their tents and in their dwellings, twelve princes according to their nations.

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 these [are] the years of the life of Ismael, a hundred and thirty-seven years; and he failed and died, and was added to his fathers.

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 lived from Evilat to Sur, which is opposite Egypt, until one comes to the Assyrians; he lived in the presence of all his brethren.

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

And these [are] the generations of Isaac the son of Abraam.

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.

Abraam begot Isaac. And Isaac was forty years old when he took as wife Rebecca, daughter of Bathuel the Syrian, out of Syrian Mesopotamia, sister of Laban the Syrian.

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 prayed the Lord concerning Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife Rebecca conceived in her womb.

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.

And the babes leaped within her; and she said, If it will be so with me, why is this to me? And she went to enquire of 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 the Lord said to her, There are two nations in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your belly, and one people shall excel 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 the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered, and she had twins in her womb.

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

And the first came out red, hairy all over like a skin; and she called his name Esau.

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.

And after this came forth his brother, and his hand took hold of the heel of Esau; and she called his name Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when Rebecca bore them.

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 the lads grew, and Esau was a man skilled in hunting, dwelling in the country, and Jacob a simple man, dwelling in a house.

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

And Isaac loved Esau, because his venison was his food, but Rebecca loved Jacob.

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

And Jacob cooked pottage, and Esau came from the plain, fainting.

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;

And Esau said to Jacob, Let me taste of that red pottage, because I am fainting; therefore his name was called Edom.

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

And Jacob said to Esau, Sell me this day your birthright.

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

And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and for what good does this birthright [belong] to me?

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

And Jacob said to him, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him; and Esau sold his birthright to Jacob.

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 Jacob gave bread to Esau, and pottage of lentiles; and he ate and drank, and he arose and departed; so Esau slighted his birthright.