ULT GEN chapter 25

Abraham and Keturah’s Descendants

25:1-6

25 Then Abraham added and took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 2 And she bore for him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. And the descendants of Dedan were the Asshurim and the Letushim and the Leummim. 4 And the sons of Midian were Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All of those were the descendants of Keturah.

5 And Abraham gave everything that belonged to him to Isaac. 6 And to the sons of the concubines who belonged to Abraham, Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still alive he sent them eastward to the land of Kedem, away from Isaac his son.

Abraham’s Death and Burial

25:7-11

7 And these are the days of the years of the life of Abraham that he lived: 175 years. 8 Then Abraham exhaled and died at a good old age, elderly and full, and he was gathered to his people. 9 Then Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which was before Mamre, 10 the field that Abraham had bought from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife. 11 And it happened after the death of Abraham, then God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi.

Ishmael’s Descendants

25:12-18

12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, the maidservant of Sarah, had born for Abraham. 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names according to their births: the firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam 14 and Mishma and Dumah and Massa, 15 Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedermah. 16 Those were the sons of Ishmael, and those are their names by their settlements and by their camps, twelve rulers according to their tribes. 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. Then he exhaled and died, and he was gathered to his people. 18 And they settled from Havilah to Shur that is near Egypt as you go toward Asshur. He fell in the face of all his brothers.

The Birth of Isaac’s Sons Jacob and Esau

25:19-26

19 And these are the generations of Isaac the son of Abraham: Abraham fathered Isaac, 20 then Isaac was a son of forty years when he took Rebekah for himself as a wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean. 21 And Isaac entreated Yahweh on behalf of his wife because she was barren. So Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled against each other inside her, so she said, “Why is this so? Why am I like this?” And she went to inquire of Yahweh. 23 And Yahweh said to her,

“Two nations are inside your womb,

and two peoples will be divided from inside your womb.

And one people will be stronger than the other people,

and the older will serve the younger.”

24 Then her days were fulfilled to deliver, and behold, twins were inside her womb. 25 And the first came out red; all of him was like a garment of hair, so they called his name Esau. 26 Then after that, his brother came out, and his hand was grabbing on to the heel of Esau, so he called his name Jacob. And Isaac was a son of sixty years when she bore them.

Esau Sells His Birthright to Jacob

25:27-34

27 Then the boys grew up, and Esau became a man who knew hunting, a man of the field, and Jacob was a quiet man who stayed among the tents. 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he liked game meat in his mouth, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

29 Now Jacob was cooking stew, and Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. 30 Then Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me devour some of that very red stuff because I am exhausted!” For that reason they called his name Edom. 31 But Jacob said, “On this day sell your birthright to me.” 32 And Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die! So for what use is that to me, a birthright?” 33 But Jacob said, “Swear to me on this day!” So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave to Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank, and got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.

ULT GEN Chapter 25