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1Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

1Abraham had taken another wife whose name was Keturah.

2And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

2She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

3And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

3Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan's sons were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.

4And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

4Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah's descendants.

5And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

5Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac.

6But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

6While he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to his concubines and sent them to the east country in order to keep them away from his son Isaac.

7And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

7Abraham lived for 175 years,

8Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

8then passed away, dying at a ripe old age, having lived a full life, and joined his ancestors.

9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field that used to belong to Zohar the Hittite's son Ephron.

10The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

10This was the same field that Abraham had bought from the son of Heth, where Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried.

11And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.

11After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who continued to live near Beer-lahai-roi.

12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

12Now this is what happened to Ishmael, whom Sarah's Egyptian servant Hagar bore for Abraham.

13And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

13Here's a list of the names of Ishmael's sons, recorded by their names and descendants: Nebaioth was the firstborn, followed by Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

14And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

14Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

15Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

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

16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

16These were Ishmael's children, listed by their names according to their villages and their camps. There were a total of twelve tribal chiefs, according to their clans.

17And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.

17Ishmael lived for 137 years, then he took his last breath, died, and joined his ancestors.

18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

18His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur (that's near Egypt), all the way to Assyria, in defiance of all of his relatives.

19And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:

19This is the account of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham fathered Isaac.

20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

20Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the Aramean from Paddan-aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.

21And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, since she was unable to conceive children, and the LORD responded to him—his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

22And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.

22But when the infants kept on wrestling each other inside her womb, she asked herself, "Why is this happening?" So she asked the LORD for an explanation.

23And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

23"Two nations are in your womb," the LORD responded, "and two separate people will emerge. One people will be the stronger, and the older one will serve the younger."

24And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

24Sure enough, when her due date arrived, she delivered twin sons.

25And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

25The first son came out reddish—his entire body was covered with hair—so they named him Esau.

26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

26After that, his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, so they named him Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born.

27And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

27As the boys were growing up, Esau became skilled at hunting and was a man of the outdoors, but Jacob was the quiet type who tended to stay indoors.

28And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

28Isaac loved Esau, because he loved to hunt, while Rebekah loved Jacob.

29And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

29One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau happened to come in from being outdoors, and he was feeling famished.

30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

30Esau told Jacob, "Let me gobble down some of this red stuff, since I'm starving." (That's how Esau got his nickname "Edom".)

31And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

31But Jacob responded, "Sell me your birthright. Do it now."

32And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

32"Look! I'm about to die," Esau replied. "What good is this birthright to me?"

33And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

33But Jacob insisted, "Swear it by an oath right now." So he swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

34Then Jacob gave Esau some of his food, along with some boiled stew. So Esau ate, drank, got up, and left, after having belittled his own birthright.

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