1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
2 And she
bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 And
Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and
Letushim, and Leummim.
4 And the
sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these
were the children of Keturah.
5 And
Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
6 But unto
the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent
them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east
country.
7 And these
are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore
and fifteen years.
8 Then
Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of
years; and was gathered to his people.
9 And his
sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, the double cave, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the
Hittite, which is before Mamre;
10 The field
and the cave which Abraham purchased
of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
11 And it
came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and
Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi, the
Well of the Vision..
12 Now these
are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s
handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
13 And these
are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their
generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and
Mibsam,
14 And
Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15 Hadar,
and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
16 These are
the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their
castles [in their tents and in their
dwellings]; twelve princes according to their nations.
17 And these
are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years:
and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people, and was added to his fathers.
18 And they
dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward
Assyria: and he died, he dwelt, in the
presence of all his brethren.
19 And these
are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:
20 And Isaac
was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the
Syrian, out of Syrian Mesopotamia, of
Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac prayed, intreated the LORD for Rebecca his wife, because she was
barren: and the LORD was intreated of him,
heard him, and Rebekah his wife conceived in her womb.
22 And the
children struggled together, leaped within
her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the
LORD.
23 And the
LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall
be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the
other people; and the elder shall serve the
younger.
24 And when
her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the
first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name
Esau.
26 And after
that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name
was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she, Rebecca, bare them.
27 And the
boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field, dwelling in the country; and Jacob was
a plain man, dwelling in tents [in a
house].
28 And Isaac
loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 And Jacob
sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
30 And Esau
said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am
faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob
said to Esau, Sell me this day thy
birthright.
32 And Esau
said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit, what good shall this birthright do to me?
33 And Jacob
said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright
unto Jacob.
34 Then
Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and
rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
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