Genesis 25

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

Abraham took another wife; her name was Keturah.

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

She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

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

Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Assyrian people, the Letush people, and the Leum people.

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

Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were Keturah's descendants.

5 And Abraham gives all that he has to Isaac;

Abraham gave all that he owned 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.

However, while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them to the land of the east, away from Isaac, his son.

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

These were the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, 175 years.

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

Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man with a full life, and he 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—

Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, which is near Mamre.

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

This field Abraham had bought from the sons of Heth. Abraham was buried there with Sarah 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.

After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son, and Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi.

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

Now these were the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.

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,

These were the names of Ishmael's sons, according to their birth order: Nebaioth—the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

14 and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

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

Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

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 were Ishmael's sons, and these were their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to 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;

These were the years of the life of Ishmael, 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to 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.

They lived from Havilah to Ashhur, which is near Egypt, as one goes toward Assyria. They lived in hostility with each other.

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

These were the events concerning Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of 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.

Isaac was forty years old when he took as his wife Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.

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

Isaac prayed to Yahweh for his wife because she was childless, and Yahweh answered his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

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.

The children struggled together within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” She went to ask Yahweh about this.

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.”

Yahweh said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

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

When it was time for her to give birth, behold, there were twins in her womb.

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

The first child came out red all over like a hairy garment. They 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.

After that, his brother came out. His hand was grasping Esau's heel. He was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when his wife 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;

The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a quiet man, who spent his time in the tents.

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

Now Isaac loved Esau because he ate the animals that he had hunted, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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

Jacob cooked some stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was weak from hunger.

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;

Esau said to Jacob, “Feed me with that red stew. Please, I am exhausted!” That is why his name was called Edom.

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

Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.”

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

Esau said, “Look, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?”

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

Jacob said, “First swear to me,” so Esau swore an oath and in that way he 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.

Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, then got up and went on his way. In this manner Esau despised his birthright.