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Genesis 25 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Abraham’s Death

(1Ch 1:32, 33 )
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Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:2 - She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:3 - Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:4 - The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:5 - Now Abraham gave [fn]everything that he had to Isaac;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:6 - but to the sons of his [fn]concubines [Hagar and Keturah], Abraham gave gifts while he was still living and he sent them to the east country, away from Isaac his son [of promise].
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The days of Abraham’s life were a hundred and seventy-five years.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - Then Abraham breathed his last and he died at a good old age, an old man who was satisfied [with life]; and he [fn]was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - So his sons [fn]Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is east of Mamre,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10 - the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:11 - Now after the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived at Beer-lahai-roi.

Descendants of Ishmael

(1Ch 1:29–31 )
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Now [fn]these are the records of the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:13 - and these are the names of the [twelve] sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their births: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:14 - Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:15 - Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their settlements, and by their encampments (sheepfolds); twelve princes (sheiks) according to their tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years; then he breathed his last and died, and [fn]was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - Ishmael’s sons (descendants) settled from Havilah to Shur which is [fn]east of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria; he [fn]settled [fn]opposite (east) of all his relatives.

Isaac’s Sons

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Now these are the records of the descendants of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham was the father of Isaac.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20 - Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean (Syrian) of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:21 - Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was unable to conceive children; and the LORD granted his prayer and Rebekah his wife conceived [twins].
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:22 - But the children struggled together within her [kicking and shoving one another]; and she said, “If it is so [that the LORD has heard our prayer], why then am I this way?” So she went to inquire of the LORD [praying for an answer].
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - The LORD said to her,

[The founders of] two nations are in your womb;

And the separation of two nations has begun in your body;

The one people shall be stronger than the other;

And the older shall serve the younger.”

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When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:25 - The first came out reddish all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau (hairy).
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - Afterward his brother came out, and his hand grasped Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob ([fn]one who grabs by the heel, supplanter). Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.
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When the boys grew up, Esau was an able and skilled hunter, a man of the outdoors, but Jacob was a quiet and peaceful man, living in tents.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:28 - Now Isaac loved [and favored] Esau, because [fn]he enjoyed eating his game, but Rebekah loved [and favored] Jacob.
(Heb 12:16 )
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29 - Jacob had cooked [reddish-brown lentil] stew [one day], when Esau came from the field and was famished;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - and Esau said to Jacob, “Please, let me have a quick swallow of that red stuff there, because I am exhausted and famished.” For that reason Esau was [also] called Edom (Red).
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - Jacob answered, “First sell me your [fn]birthright (the rights of a firstborn).”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:32 - Esau said, “Look, I am about to die [if I do not eat soon]; so of what use is this birthright to me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - Jacob said, “Swear [an oath] to me today [that you are selling it to me for this food]”; so he swore [an oath] to him, and sold him his birthright.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and got up and went on his way. In this way Esau scorned his birthright.
AMP Footnotes
As the legal firstborn, Isaac was entitled to at least a double share of his father’s estate.
See note 22:24.
This expression is a reference to the Old Testament belief in a life after death and to the expectation of a reunion with loved ones.
Isaac was seventy-five and Ishmael nearly ninety years of age when their father died. Jacob and Esau were fifteen, and may have been present.
Lit these are the generations of.
See note v 8.
Lit before.
Lit fell over against his brothers.
Or in defiance.
Another meaning may be protect, i.e. may God protect.
Lit game was in his mouth.
In later times, this was the right of the firstborn to take over as head of the family and to receive a double share of the inheritance (cf Deut 21:17). The rewards given to Jacob appear to have been even greater (Gen 27:37). Furthermore, in Jewish tradition it was reported that before the tabernacle was set up, sacrifices were offered by the firstborn of a family.
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