1   Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. 2   She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3   Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4   The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5   And Abraham gave all that he owned to his son Isaac, 6   and to the sons of Abraham's secondary wives, Abraham gave gifts. He sent them away from Isaac his son, while he was still living, eastward, to the east country. 7   This was the length of Abraham’s life: one hundred seventy-five years. 8   Abraham breathed his last, and died in a good old age, an old man and satisfied, and was gathered to his people. 9   Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hethite, which is near Mamre, 10   the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. Abraham was buried there with Sarah, his wife. 11   It happened after the death of Abraham that God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi. 12   Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham. 13   These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to the order of their birth: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14   Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15   Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16   These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their clans. 17   These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people. 18   They lived from Havilah to Shur, which is near Egypt, all the way to Asshur. He settled near all his kinsmen. 19   These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of Isaac. 20   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 for his wife, because she was barren. The LORD was moved by his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22   The children struggled together within her. She said, "If all is well, why am I like this?" She went to inquire of the LORD. 23   The LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger. 24   When the time came for her to give birth, look, there were twins in her womb. 25   The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau. 26   After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. 27   The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents. 28   And Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison, but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29   Now Jacob was cooking stew, and Esau came in from the field, and he was famished. 30   Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom. 31   Jacob said, "First, sell me your birthright." 32   Esau said, "Look, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?" 33   Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore to him, and he sold his birthright to Jacob. 34   Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

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