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1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
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2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
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3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
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4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
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5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
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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.
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7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
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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.
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9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
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10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
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11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
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12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
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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,
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14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
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15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
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16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
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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.
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18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
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19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
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20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
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21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
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22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
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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.
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24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
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25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
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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 bare them.
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27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
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28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
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29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
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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.
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31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
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32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
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33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
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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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- 1 Now Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.
- 2 She bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.
- 3 Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.
- 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
- 5 Now Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac;
- 6 but to the sons of his concubines, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.
- 7 These are all the years of Abraham's life that he lived, one hundred and seventy-five years.
- 8 Abraham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people.
- 9 Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre,
- 10 the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife.
- 11 It came about after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived by Beer-lahai-roi.
- 12 Now these are the records of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maid, bore to Abraham;
- 13 and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam
- 14 and Mishma and Dumah and Massa,
- 15 Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah.
- 16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; twelve princes according to their tribes.
- 17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
- 18 They settled from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria; he settled in defiance of all his relatives.
- 19 Now these are the records of the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham became the father of Isaac;
- 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
- 21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived.
- 22 But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is so, why then am I 'this way?'” So she went to inquire of the LORD.
- 23 The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb; And two peoples will be separated from your body; And one people shall be stronger than the other; And the older shall serve the younger.”
- 24 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
- 25 Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau.
- 26 Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.
- 27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a peaceful man, living in tents.
- 28 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he had a taste for game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
- 29 When Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and he was famished;
- 30 and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a swallow of that red stuff there, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.
- 31 But Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.”
- 32 Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?”
- 33 And Jacob said, “First swear to me”; so he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.
- 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and rose and went on his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
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