1 - Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah.
2 - She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.
3 - Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites.
4 - The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
5 - Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
6 - But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
7 - Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years.
8 - Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.
9 - His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite,
10 - the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites.
11 - After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.
12 - This is the account of the family line of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Sarah's slave, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.
13 - These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
14 - Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
15 - Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah.
16 - These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps.
17 - Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people.
18 - His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward
19 - This is the account of the family line of Abraham's son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
20 - and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram
21 - Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
22 - The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the Lord.
23 - The Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."
24 - When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.
25 - The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.
26 - After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau's heel; so he was named Jacob.
27 - The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents.
28 - Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 - Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished.
30 - He said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" (That is why he was also called Edom.
31 - Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright."
32 - "Look, I am about to die," Esau said. "What good is the birthright to me?"
33 - But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.
34 - Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.