Genesis 25:1-34 BSB

[1] Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah, [2] and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. [3] Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites. [4] The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah. [5] Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. [6] But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east. [7] Abraham lived a total of 175 years. [8] And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people. [9] His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite. [10] This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah. [11] After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi. [12] This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham. [13] These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, [14] Mishma, Dumah, Massa, [15] Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. [16] These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments — twelve princes of their tribes. [17] Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people. [18] Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers. [19] This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac, [20] and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean. [21] Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived. [22] But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD, [23] and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.” [24] When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb. [25] The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau. [26] After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born. [27] When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home. [28] Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob. [29] One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished. [30] He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.) [31] “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied. [32] “Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?” [33] “Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright. [34] Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.