25:1  Now Abraham took another wife, who had the name of Keturah.

25:2  She bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.

25:3  Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan we identify as Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.

25:4  The sons of Midian we identify as Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these we identify as the sons of Keturah.

25:5  Now Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac;

25:6  but to the sons of his concubines, Abraham gave gifts while he still lived, and sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.

25:7  These constitute all the years of Abraham's life that he lived, one hundred and seventy-five years.

25:8  Abraham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he became gathered to his people.

25:9  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,

25:10  the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there they buried Abraham with Sarah his wife.

25:11  It came about after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived by Beer-lahai-roi.

25:12  Now these we acknowledge as the records of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maid, bore to Abraham;

25:13  and these we identify as 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

25:14  and Mishma and Dumah and Massa,

25:15  Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah.

25:16  These we identify as the sons of Ishmael and these we identify as their names, by their villages, and by their camps; twelve princes according to their tribes.

25:17  These we acknowledge as the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and became gathered to his people.

25:18  They settled from Havilah to Shur which lies to the east of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria; he settled in defiance of all his relatives.

25:19  Now these we identify as the records of the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham became the father of Isaac;

25:20  and Isaac had reached forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to become his wife.

25:21  Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she found herself barren; and the LORD answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived.

25:22  But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If this has happened, why then have I found myself in this predicament?" So she went to inquire of the LORD.

25:23  The LORD said to her, "Two nations exist in your womb; And two peoples will become separated from your body; And one people shall have more strength than the other; And the older shall serve the younger."

25:24  When her days to become delivered had reached conclusion, behold, she found twins in her womb.

25:25  Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau.

25:26  Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau's heel, so they named him Jacob; and Isaac reached sixty years when she gave birth to them.

25:27  When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob lived a peaceable life, living in tents.

25:28  Now Isaac loved Esau, because he had a taste for game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

25:29  When Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and he became famished;

25:30  and Esau said to Jacob, "Please let me have a swallow of that red stuff there, for I feel famished." Therefore he had the name of Edom.

25:31  But Jacob said, "First sell me your birthright."

25:32  Esau said, "Behold, I will soon die; so of what use then will I have for this birthright ?"

25:33  And Jacob said, "First swear to me"; so he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

25:34  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.