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1Abraham married another wife, whose name was Keturah.

1Abraham had taken another wife whose name was Keturah.

2She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

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

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

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

4Midian’s sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. These were all descendants of Abraham through Keturah.

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

5Abraham gave everything he owned to his son Isaac.

5Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac.

6But before he died, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to a land in the east, away from Isaac.

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.

7Abraham lived for 175 years,

8and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.

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

9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

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.

10This was the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites and where he had buried his wife Sarah.

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

11After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who settled near Beer-lahai-roi in the Negev. Ishmael’s Descendants

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

12This is the account of the family of Ishmael, the son of Abraham through Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian servant.

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

13Here is a list, by their names and clans, of Ishmael’s descendants: The oldest was Nebaioth, followed by Kedar, Adbeel, 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,

14Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

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

16These twelve sons of Ishmael became the founders of twelve tribes named after them, listed according to the places they settled and camped.

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.

17Ishmael lived for 137 years. Then he breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.

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

18Ishmael’s descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives. The Births of Esau and Jacob

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

19This is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham.

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

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

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

21Isaac pleaded with the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children. The LORD answered Isaac’s prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins.

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.

22But the two children struggled with each other in her womb. So she went to ask the LORD about it. “Why is this happening to me?” she asked.

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 told her, “The sons in your womb will become two nations. From the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be stronger than the other; and your older son will serve your younger son.”

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 the time came to give birth, Rebekah discovered that she did indeed have twins!

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

25The first one was very red at birth and covered with thick hair like a fur coat. So they named him Esau.

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

26Then the other twin was born with his hand grasping Esau’s heel. So they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born. Esau Sells His Birthright

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.

27As the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter. He was an outdoorsman, but Jacob had a quiet temperament, preferring to stay at home.

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.

28Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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

29One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry.

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

30Esau said to Jacob, “I’m starved! Give me some of that red stew!” (This is how Esau got his other name, Edom, which means “red.”)

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

31“All right,” Jacob replied, “but trade me your rights as the firstborn son.”

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

32“Look, I’m dying of starvation!” said Esau. “What good is my birthright to me now?”

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

33But Jacob said, “First you must swear that your birthright is mine.” So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his brother, 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 some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn.

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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