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. Or [the descendants of Heth] There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

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 Or [lived to the east of] all the tribes related to them.

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 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia and sister of Laban the Aramean.

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. [Esau] may mean [hairy].

26 - After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau's heel; so he was named Jacob. [Jacob] means [he grasps the heel], a Hebrew idiom for [he deceives]. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

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. [Edom] means [red.])

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.