GENESIS Chapter 25
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25:1 Abraham
married another woman, whose name was Keturah. |
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25:2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. |
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25:3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan,
and the descendants of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the
Leummim. |
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25:4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these
were Keturah's descendants. |
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25:5 Abraham left
everything he owned to Isaac; |
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25:6 but while he
was still alive, he gave presents to the sons his other wives had borne him.
Then he sent these sons to the land of the East, away from his son Isaac. |
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25:7 Abraham died
at the ripe old age of 175. |
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25:8 (SEE 25:7)
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25:9 His sons Isaac
and Ishmael buried him in Machpelah Cave, in the
field east of Mamre that had belonged to Ephron son
of Zohar the Hittite. |
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25:10 It was the
field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites; both Abraham and his wife
Sarah were buried there. |
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25:11 After the
death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near "The Well of
the Living One Who Sees Me." |
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25:12 Ishmael, whom
Hagar, the Egyptian slave of Sarah, bore to Abraham, |
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25:13 had the
following sons, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth,
Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, |
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25:14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, |
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25:15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. |
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25:16 They were the
ancestors of twelve tribes, and their names were given to their villages and
camping places. |
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25:17 Ishmael was
137 years old when he died. |
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25:18 The
descendants of Ishmael lived in the territory between Havilah
and Shur, to the east of Egypt on the way to
Assyria. They lived apart from the other descendants of Abraham. |
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25:19 This is the
story of Abraham's son Isaac. |
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25:20 Isaac was
forty years old when he married Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel
(an Aramean from Mesopotamia) and sister of Laban. |
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25:21
Because Rebecca
had no children, Isaac prayed to the LORD for her. The LORD answered his
prayer, and Rebecca became pregnant. |
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25:22 She was going
to have twins, and before they were born, they struggled against each other
in her womb. She said, "Why should something like this happen to
me?" So she went to ask the LORD for an answer. |
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25:23 The LORD said
to her, "Two nations are within you; You will give birth to two rival
peoples. One will be stronger than the other; The older will serve the
younger." |
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25:24 The time came
for her to give birth, and she had twin sons. |
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25:25 The first one
was reddish, and his skin was like a hairy robe, so he was named Esau. |
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25:26 The second one
was born holding on tightly to the heel of Esau, so he was named Jacob. Isaac
was sixty years old when they were born. |
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25:27 The boys grew
up, and Esau became a skilled hunter, a man who loved the outdoors, but Jacob
was a quiet man who stayed at home. |
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25:28 Isaac
preferred Esau, because he enjoyed eating the animals Esau killed, but
Rebecca preferred Jacob. |
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25:29
One day while Jacob was cooking some bean soup, Esau came in from hunting.
He was hungry |
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25:30 and said to
Jacob, "I'm starving; give me some of that red stuff." (That is why
he was named Edom. ) |
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25:31 Jacob
answered, "I will give it to you if you give me your rights as the
first-born son." |
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25:32 Esau said,
"All right! I am about to die; what good will my rights do me?" |
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25:33 Jacob
answered, "First make a vow that you will give me your rights."
Esau made the vow and gave his rights to Jacob. |
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25:34
Then Jacob
gave him some bread and some of the soup. He ate and drank and then got up
and left. That was all Esau cared about his rights as the first-born son. |
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