Genesis 25:1-16 ▼

1 Now Abraham (father of many) had taken another wife, named Keturah (incense),

2 and she bore him Zimran (musician), Jokshan (snarer), Medan (contention), Midian (strife), Ishbak (he releases), and Shuah (wealth).

3 Jokshan (snarer) was the father of Sheba (seven) and Dedan (low country). And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites (guided: blessed), the Letushites (hammered), and the Leummites (peoples).

4 The sons of Midian (strife) were Ephah (gloomy), Epher (a calf), Hanoch (dedicated), Abida (my father knows), and Eldaah (God has known). All these were descendants of Keturah (incense).

5 Abraham (father of many) left everything he owned to Isaac (he laughs).

6 But while he was still alive, Abraham (father of many) gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac (he laughs) to the land of the east.

7 Abraham (father of many) lived a total of 175 years.

8 And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died (father of many), old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

9 His sons Isaac (he laughs) and Ishmael (God hears) buried him in the cave of Machpelah (double) near Mamre (strength / fatness), in the field of Ephron (fawn-like) son of Zohar (radiance) the Hittite.

10 This was the field that Abraham (father of many) had bought from the Hittites (terror). Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah (princess).

11 After Abraham’s (father of many) death, God {Elohim} blessed his son Isaac (he laughs), who lived near Beer-lahai-roi (well of the Living One who sees me).

12 This is the account of Abraham’s (father of many) son Ishmael (God hears), whom Hagar (flight) the Egyptian (double straits), Sarah’s (princess) maidservant, bore to Abraham.

13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael (God hears) in the order of their birth: Nebaioth (heights) the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar (dark), Adbeel (chastened of God), Mibsam (sweet odor),

14 Mishma (a hearing), Dumah (silence), Massa (burden),

15 Hadad (mighty), Tema (desert), Jetur (enclosed), Naphish (refreshment), and Kedemah (original).

16 These were the sons of Ishmael (God hears), and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.