{"book":"Genesis","slug":"genesis","ch":25,"genre":"prose","sub":"The First Book of Moses","prev":"genesis/24","next":"genesis/26","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,","f":[],"h":"Abraham and Keturah","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah."},{"style":"reg","t":"All these were descendants of Keturah."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"Abraham lived a total of 175 years.","f":[],"h":"The Death of Abraham","style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.","f":[],"h":"The Descendants of Ishmael","style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"Mishma, Dumah, Massa,","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments — twelve princes of their tribes.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"[Ishmael’s descendants] settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.","f":["Or Assyria"],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,","f":[],"h":"Jacob and Esau","style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.","f":["That is, northwest Mesopotamia"]},{"v":21,"t":"Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she [was] barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said,“ Why is this happening to me?” So [Rebekah] went to inquire of the LORD,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"and [He] declared 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.”","f":["Cited in Romans 9:12"],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"and [He] declared to her:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Two nations are in your womb,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and two peoples from within you will be separated;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"one people will be stronger than the other,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the older will serve the younger.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":24,"t":"When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.","f":["Esau sounds like a Hebrew term that means hairy."]},{"v":26,"t":"After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when [the twins] were born.","f":["Jacob means he grasps the heel or he deceives."]},{"v":27,"t":"When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":28,"t":"Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.","f":[]},{"v":29,"t":"One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.","f":[],"h":"Esau Sells His Birthright","style":"reg"},{"v":30,"t":"He said to Jacob,“ Let me eat some of that red [stew], for I am famished.”( That is why he was also called Edom.)","f":["Edom means red."]},{"v":31,"t":"“ First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":32,"t":"“ Look,” said Esau,“ I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":33,"t":"“ Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So [Esau] swore to [Jacob] and sold him the birthright.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"“ Swear to me first,” Jacob said."},{"style":"reg","t":"So [Esau] swore to [Jacob] and sold him the birthright."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":34,"t":"Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, [who] ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.","f":[]}]}