![]() ![]() ( Q) 4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and in your descendants all the nations of the earth will find blessing- ( R) 5 this because Abraham obeyed me, keeping my mandate, my commandments, my ordinances, and my instructions.Ħ So Isaac settled in Gerar. 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and bless you for to you and your descendants I will give all these lands, in fulfillment of the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. ![]() ![]() ( P) 2 The Lord appeared to him and said: Do not go down to Egypt, but camp in this land wherever I tell you. 1 ( O)There was a famine in the land, distinct from the earlier one that had occurred in the days of Abraham, and Isaac went down to Abimelech, king of the Philistines in Gerar. So Esau treated his right as firstborn with disdain. ( N) 34 Jacob then gave him some bread and the lentil stew and Esau ate, drank, got up, and went his way. What good is the right as firstborn to me?” 33 But Jacob said, “Swear to me first!” So he sold Jacob his right as firstborn under oath. 31 But Jacob replied, “First sell me your right as firstborn.” ( M) 32 “Look,” said Esau, “I am on the point of dying. 30 He said to Jacob, “Let me gulp down some of that red stuff I am famished.” That is why he was called Edom. ![]() 29 Once, when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. ( L) 28 Isaac preferred Esau, because he was fond of game but Rebekah preferred Jacob. ( K)Ģ7 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country whereas Jacob was a simple man, who stayed among the tents. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. 26 Next his brother came out, gripping Esau’s heel so he was named Jacob. ( J) 25 The first to emerge was reddish, and his whole body was like a hairy mantle so they named him Esau. ( I)Ģ4 When the time of her delivery came, there were twins in her womb. Two peoples are separating while still within you Īnd the older will serve the younger. 22 But the children jostled each other in the womb so much that she exclaimed, “If it is like this, why go on living!” She went to consult the Lord, 23 and the Lord answered her: The Lord heard his entreaty, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. ( H) 21 Isaac entreated the Lord on behalf of his wife, since she was sterile. 20 Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean. 19 These are the descendants of Isaac, son of Abraham Abraham begot Isaac. 18 The Ishmaelites ranged from Havilah, by Shur, which is on the border of Egypt, all the way to Asshur and they pitched camp alongside their various kindred. After he had breathed his last and died, he was gathered to his people. ( F)ġ7 The span of Ishmael’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, their names by their villages and encampments twelve chieftains of as many tribal groups. 13 ( D)These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, listed in the order of their birth: Ishmael’s firstborn Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ( E) 14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 12 These are the descendants of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave, bore to Abraham. 11 After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.ĭescendants of Ishmael. 9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, son of Zohar the Hittite, which faces Mamre, ( C) 10 the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites there he was buried next to his wife Sarah. 8 Then he breathed his last, dying at a ripe old age, grown old after a full life and he was gathered to his people. 7 The whole span of Abraham’s life was one hundred and seventy-five years. 6 To the sons of his concubines, however, he gave gifts while he was still living, as he sent them away eastward, to the land of Kedem, away from his son Isaac.ĭeath of Abraham. All of these were descendants of Keturah.ĥ Abraham gave everything that he owned to his son Isaac. ( B) 4 The descendants of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim. 3 Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 1 ( A)Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. ![]()
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