Genesis 25 (NET)

Genesis 25:1¹Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:2²She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:3³Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:4⁴The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:5⁵Everything he owned Abraham left to his son Isaac.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:6⁶But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:7⁷Abraham lived a total of 175 years.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:8⁸Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. He joined his ancestors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:9⁹His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hittite.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:10¹⁰This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:11¹¹After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:12¹²This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:13¹³These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, by their names according to their records: Nebaioth (Ishmael’s firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:14¹⁴Mishma, Dumah, Massa,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:15¹⁵Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:16¹⁶These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their settlements and their camps—twelve princes according to their clans.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:17¹⁷Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:18¹⁸His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:19¹⁹This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:20²⁰When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:21²¹Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:22²²But the children struggled inside her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she asked the Lord,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:23²³and the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:24²⁴When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:25²⁵The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:26²⁶When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:27²⁷When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:28²⁸Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:29²⁹Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:30³⁰So Esau said to Jacob, “Feed me some of the red stuff—yes, this red stuff—because I’m starving!” (That is why he was also called Edom.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:31³¹But Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:32³²“Look,” said Esau, “I’m about to die! What use is the birthright to me?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:33³³But Jacob said, “Swear an oath to me now.” So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Genesis 25:34³⁴Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew; Esau ate and drank, then got up and went out. So Esau despised his birthright.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions