Genesis 25
1NOW Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Chettura
2and she bore to him Zembran and Jesan and Madal and Madiam and Jesbok and Soie.
3And Jesan begot Saba and Dedan. And the children of Dedan were Assurieim and Latusieim and Laomeim.
4And the children of Madiam were Gephar and Apheir and Enoch and Abeida and Eldaga. All these were children of Chettura.
5But Abraham gave to his son Isaak all his possessions,
6and to the children of his concubines Abraham gave gifts and sent them, while he was yet living, towards the east, into the eastern country from his son Isaak.
7Now these were the years of the days of Abraham’s life which he lived, one hundred and seventy-five years.
8And Abraham declining died in a good old age, an old man and full of days and he was added to his people.
9And his sons Isaak and Ismael buried him in the double cave in the field of Ephron the son of Saar the Chettite, which is over against Mambre—
10in the field and the cave which Abraham bought of the children of Chet, there they buried Abraham with Sarah his wife.
11And after the death of Abraham God blessed his son Isaak; and Isaak dwelt at the well of Vision.
12Now these are the generations of Abraham’s son Ismael whom Agar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham;
13and these are the names of the children of Ismael according to the names of his families. The first-born of Ismael was Nabaioth, then Kedar and Nabdael and Massam
14and Masma and Duma and Masse
15and Choddan and Thaiman and Jetur and Naphes and Kedma.
16These are the children of Ismael and these are their names in their tents and in their habitations; twelve chiefs of their respective nations.
17And these were the years of the life of Ismael, one hundred and thirty-seven years, and he declining died and was added to his race.
18Now he inhabited the country from Evilat to Sour which is in front of Egypt, all the way to the Assyrians. In front of all his brethren was his habitation.
19And these are the generations of Isaak the son of Abraham:
20Abraham begot Isaak. And Isaak was forty years old when he took to wife Rebekka the daughter of Bathuel the Syrian of Syro-Mesopotamia, the sister of Laban the Syrian.
21And Isaak intreated the Lord for Rebekka his wife because she was barren, and the Lord hearkened to him;
22And Rebekka his wife conceived and the children struggled within her and she said; If it is to be so with me, what doth this portend? So she went to inquire of the Lord.
23And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in thy womb and two peoples shall be separated from thy belly, and the one people will excel the other and the elder shall serve the younger.
24So when her days to be delivered were fulfilled there were twins in her womb.
25And the first-born came forth red all over hairy like a hide and she called his name Esau;
26and after that came forth his brother and his hand had hold of Esau’s heel, and she called his name Jacob. Now Isaak was sixty years old when Rebekka bore them.
27And when they grew up to be young men, Esau was a man skilled in hunting and fond of the field; but Jacob was a man of plain manners and lived at home.
28And Isaak loved Esau, because his game was his food; But Rebekka loved Jacob.
29Now when Jacob was boiling pottage Esau came from the field faint.
30And Esau said to Jacob, Let me taste some of that red pottage, for I am faint. For this cause his name was called Edom.
31And Jacob said to Esau, give me this day in exchange thy rights of primogeniture.
32And Esau said, Lo! I am going to die, what then are these rights of primogeniture to me?
33And Jacob said to him, Swear now to me. So he swore to him. Thus were Esau’s rights of primogeniture transferred to Jacob.
34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil pottage. And when he had eaten and drunk he arose and went away. Thus did Esau undervalue the rights of primogeniture.