Genesis 25
1 and to add Abraham and to take: marry woman: wife and name her Keturah
[Some time after Sarah died], Abraham married another woman, whose name was Keturah.
2 and to beget to/for him [obj] Zimran and [obj] Jokshan and [obj] Medan and [obj] Midian and [obj] Ishbak and [obj] Shuah
She later gave birth to six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 and Jokshan to beget [obj] Sheba and [obj] Dedan and son: descendant/people Dedan to be Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim
Jokshan became the father of two sons, Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshur people-group, the Letush people-group, and the Leum people-group.
4 and son: descendant/people Midian Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah all these son: descendant/people Keturah
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. They were all descendants of Keturah.
5 and to give: give Abraham [obj] all which to/for him to/for Isaac
Abraham declared that after he died, Isaac would inherit everything he owned.
6 and to/for son: child [the] concubine which to/for Abraham to give: give Abraham gift and to send: depart them from upon Isaac son: child his in/on/with still he alive east [to] to(wards) land: country/planet front: east
But while Abraham was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his (concubines/slaves that he had taken to be his secondary wives), and then he sent them away to live in a land to the east, to keep them far from his son Isaac.
7 and these day year life Abraham which to live hundred year and seventy year and five year
Abraham lived until he was 175 years old.
8 and to die and to die Abraham in/on/with greyheaded pleasant old and sated and to gather to(wards) kinsman his
He died at a very old age, joining his ancestors who had died previously [DOU].
9 and to bury [obj] him Isaac and Ishmael son: child his to(wards) cave [the] Machpelah to(wards) land: country Ephron son: child Zohar [the] Hittite which upon face: before Mamre
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried his body in the cave at Machpelah area, near Mamre, in the field that Abraham had previously bought from Ephron, one of the descendants of Heth.
10 [the] land: country which to buy Abraham from with son: descendant/people Heth there [to] to bury Abraham and Sarah woman: wife his
Isaac and Ishmael buried his body there, where Abraham previously buried his wife Sarah.
11 and to be after death Abraham and to bless God [obj] Isaac son: child his and to dwell Isaac with Beer-lahai-roi Beer-lahai-roi Beer-lahai-roi
After Abraham died, God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac moved to live near Beer-Lahai-Roi.
12 and these generation Ishmael son: child Abraham which to beget Hagar [the] Egyptian maidservant Sarah to/for Abraham
(These are/I will now give a list of) the descendants of Abraham’s son, Ishmael, to whom Sarah’s female slave, Hagar from Egypt, had given birth.
13 and these name son: child Ishmael in/on/with name their to/for generation their firstborn Ishmael Nebaioth and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam
These are their names, in the order in which they were born: Ishmael’s oldest son was named Nebaioth. After him were born Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
14 and Mishma and Dumah and Massa
Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
15 (Hadad *LA(BH)*) and Tema Jetur Naphish and Kedemah
Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
16 these they(masc.) son: child Ishmael and these name their in/on/with village their and in/on/with encampment their two ten leader to/for people their
The twelve sons of Ishmael became the leaders/chiefs of people-groups that had those names. They each had their own settlement and campsite.
17 and these year life Ishmael hundred year and thirty year and seven year and to die and to die and to gather to(wards) kinsman his
Ishmael lived until he was 137 years old. Then he died, [EUP] joining his ancestors who had previously died.
18 and to dwell from Havilah till Shur which upon face: before Egypt to come (in): towards you Assyria [to] upon face: before all brother: male-relative his to fall: fall
His descendants (settled/went to live) in the area between Shur and Havilah, near the border of Egypt as a person travels toward Asshur. All of their camps were close to each other (OR, they all frequently attacked each other).
19 and these generation Isaac son: child Abraham Abraham to beget [obj] Isaac
(This is an account of/I will now tell you about) Abraham’s son, Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
20 and to be Isaac son: aged forty year in/on/with to take: marry he [obj] Rebekah daughter Bethuel [the] Aramean from Paddan (Paddan)-aram sister Laban [the] Aramean to/for him to/for woman: wife
and when Isaac was 40 years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel. Bethuel was one of the descendants of Aram from Paddan-Aram. Rebekah was the sister of Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group.
21 and to pray Isaac to/for LORD to/for before woman: wife his for barren he/she/it and to pray to/for him LORD and to conceive Rebekah woman: wife his
Almost 20 years after they were married, Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac prayed to Yahweh concerning his wife, and Yahweh answered his prayer. His wife Rebekah became pregnant.
22 and to crush [the] son: child in/on/with entrails: among her and to say if so to/for what? this I and to go: went to/for to seek [obj] LORD
She was carrying twins in her womb, and they kept jostling each other. So she said, “Why is it [that this is happening to me]?” So she asked Yahweh about it.
23 and to say LORD to/for her two (nation *Q(k)*) in/on/with belly: womb your and two people from belly your to separate and people from people to strengthen and many to serve little
Yahweh said to her, “The older one of your twins will serve the younger one. The twins will be ancestors of two nations. And those two people-groups will separate from each other.” [CHI]
24 and to fill day her to/for to beget and behold twin in/on/with belly: womb her
When Rebekah gave birth, it was true! Twin boys were born!
25 and to come out: produce [the] first red all his like/as clothing hair and to call: call by name his Esau
The first one born was red, and his body had hair all over it, like a garment made of hair. So they named him Esau, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘hairy'].
26 and after so to come out: produce brother: male-sibling his and hand his to grasp in/on/with heel Esau and to call: call by name his Jacob and Isaac son: aged sixty year in/on/with to beget [obj] them
Then his brother was born, grasping Esau’s heel. So they named him Jacob, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘heel’]. Isaac was 60 years old when the twins were born.
27 and to magnify [the] youth and to be Esau man to know wild game man land: country and Jacob man complete to dwell tent
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter. He spent a lot of time out in the fields. Jacob was a quiet man who stayed close to the campsite.
28 and to love: lover Isaac [obj] Esau for wild game in/on/with lip his and Rebekah to love: lover [obj] Jacob
Isaac liked Esau more, because he enjoyed the taste of the meat of the animals that Esau killed. But Rebekah liked Jacob more.
29 and to boil Jacob stew and to come (in): come Esau from [the] land: country and he/she/it faint
One day while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came home from the field, very hungry.
30 and to say Esau to(wards) Jacob to eat me please from [the] red stuff [the] red stuff [the] this for faint I upon so to call: call by name his Edom
He said to Jacob, “Give me some of that red stew to eat right now, because I am very hungry!” [That is why Esau’s other name was Edom, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘red]’.]
31 and to say Jacob to sell [emph?] like/as day: today [obj] birthright your to/for me
Jacob said, “I will give you some if you sell me (your birthright/the privileges you have because you are the firstborn son).”
32 and to say Esau behold I to go: continue to/for to die and to/for what? this to/for me birthright
Esau replied, “Well, I am about to die [from being so hungry]. [If I die now], (my birthright will not benefit me./What good will my birthright be to me?)” [RHQ]
33 and to say Jacob to swear [emph?] to/for me like/as day: today and to swear to/for him and to sell [obj] birthright his to/for Jacob
Jacob said, “(Swear to/Solemnly promise) me that you are giving me the privileges that you will have from being the firstborn son!” So that is what Esau did. He sold his birthright to Jacob.
34 and Jacob to give: give to/for Esau food: bread and stew lentil and to eat and to drink and to arise: rise and to go: journey and to despise Esau [obj] [the] birthright
Then Jacob gave to Esau some bread and some stew made of lentils/beans. Esau ate and drank, and then he got up and left. By doing that, Esau showed that he (was not interested in/did not value) the privileges that would be his because of being the firstborn son.
