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Genesis 25 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Abraham's Death

(1Ch 1:32, 33 )
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:1 - And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:2 - She became the mother of Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:3 - And Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And from Dedan came the Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:4 - And from Midian came Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the offspring of Keturah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:5 - Now Abraham gave all his property to Isaac;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:6 - But to the sons of his other women he gave offerings, and sent them away, while he was still living, into the east country.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:7 - Now the years of Abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10 - The same field which Abraham got from the children of Heth: there Abraham was put to rest with Sarah, his wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:11 - Now after the death of Abraham, the blessing of God was with Isaac, his son.

Descendants of Ishmael

(1Ch 1:29–31 )
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12 - Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:13 - These are the names of the sons of Ishmael by their generations: Ishmael's first son was Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:14 - And Mishma and Dumah and Massa,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:15 - Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers.

Isaac's Sons

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:19 - Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20 - Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:21 - Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:22 - And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:24 - And when the time came for her to give birth, there were two children in her body.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:25 - And the first came out red from head to foot like a robe of hair, and they gave him the name of Esau.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 - And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:28 - Now Isaac's love was for Esau, because Esau's meat was greatly to his taste: but Rebekah had more love for Jacob.
(Heb 12:16 )
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29 - And one day Jacob was cooking some soup when Esau came in from the fields in great need of food;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:32 - And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.
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