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Genesis 25
Genesis 25
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
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Now Abraham married again. Keturah was his new wife, and she bore him several children:
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Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah.
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Jokshan's two sons were Sheba and Dedan. Dedan's sons were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
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Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.
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Abraham deeded everything he owned to Isaac;
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however, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off into the east, away from Isaac.
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Then Abraham died, at the
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ripe old age of 174,
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and his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Mach-pelah near Mamre,
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in the field Abraham had purchased from Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite, where Sarah, Abraham's wife, was buried.
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After Abraham's death, God poured out rich blessings upon Isaac. (Isaac had now moved south to Beer-lahai-roi in the Negeb.)
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Here is a list, in the order of their births, of the descendants of Ishmael, who was the son of Abraham and Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's slave girl:
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Nebaioth, Kedar, Abdeel, Mibsam,
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Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
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Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, Kedemah.
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These twelve sons of his became the founders of twelve tribes that bore their names.
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Ishmael finally died at the age of 137, and joined his ancestors.
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These descendants of Ishmael were scattered across the country from Havilah to Shur (which is a little way to the northeast of the Egyptian border in the direction of Assyria). And they were constantly at war with one another.
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This is the story of Isaac's children:
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Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddam-aram. Rebekah was the sister of Laban.
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Isaac pleaded with Jehovah to give Rebekah a child, for even after many years of marriage she had no children. Then at last she became pregnant.
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And it seemed as though children were fighting each other inside her! “I can't endure this,“ she exclaimed. So she asked the Lord about it.
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And he told her, “The sons in your womb shall become two rival nations. One will be stronger than the other; and the older shall be a servant of the younger!“
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And sure enough, she had twins.
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The first was born so covered with reddish hair that one would think he was wearing a fur coat! So they called him “Esau.“
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Then the other twin was born with his hand on Esau's heel! So they called him Jacob (meaning “Grabber“). Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
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As the boys grew, Esau became a skillful hunter, while Jacob was a quiet sort who liked to stay at home.
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Isaac's favorite was Esau, because of the venison he brought home, and Rebekah's favorite was Jacob.
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One day Jacob was cooking stew when Esau arrived home exhausted from the hunt.
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Esau: “Boy, am I starved! Give me a bite of that red stuff there!“ (From this came his nickname “Edom,“ which means “Red Stuff.“)
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Jacob: “All right, trade me your birthright for it!“
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Esau: “When a man is dying of starvation, what good is his birthright?“
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Jacob: “Well then, vow to God that it is mine!“ And Esau vowed, thereby selling all his eldest-son rights to his younger brother.
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Then Jacob gave Esau bread, peas, and stew; so he ate and drank and went on about his business, indifferent to the loss of the rights he had thrown away.
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