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Genesis 25 :: New International Version (NIV)

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The Death of Abraham

(1Ch 1:32, 33 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:1 - Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:2 - She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:3 - Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:4 - The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:5 - Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:6 - But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:7 - Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10 - the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites.[fn] There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:11 - After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.

Ishmael’s Sons

(1Ch 1:29–31 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12 - This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Sarah’s slave, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:13 - These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:14 - Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:15 - Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward[fn] all the tribes related to them.

Jacob and Esau

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:19 - This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20 - and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram[fn] and sister of Laban the Aramean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:21 - Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:22 - The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - The LORD said 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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:24 - When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:25 - The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob.[fn] Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 - The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:28 - Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
(Heb 12:16 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29 - Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.[fn])

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:32 - “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.
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NIV Footnotes
Or the descendants of Heth
Or lived to the east of
That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
Esau may mean hairy.
Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
Edom means red.
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