¹Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah. ²She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. ³Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites. ⁴The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah. ⁵Everything he owned Abraham left to his son Isaac. ⁶But 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. ⁷Abraham lived a total of 175 years.⁸Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. He joined his ancestors. ⁹His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hittite.¹⁰This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. ¹¹After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi. ¹²This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham. ¹³These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, by their names according to their records: Nebaioth (Ishmael’s firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ¹⁴Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ¹⁵Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ¹⁶These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their settlements and their camps—twelve princes according to their clans. ¹⁷Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors. ¹⁸His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives. ¹⁹This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham.Abraham became the father of Isaac. ²⁰When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean. ²¹Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. ²²But the children struggled inside her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she asked the Lord, ²³and 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.” ²⁴When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb. ²⁵The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau. ²⁶When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. ²⁷When 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. ²⁸Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. ²⁹Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished. ³⁰So 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.) ³¹But Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.” ³²“Look,” said Esau, “I’m about to die! What use is the birthright to me?”³³But Jacob said, “Swear an oath to me now.” So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. ³⁴Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew; Esau ate and drank, then got up and went out. So Esau despised his birthright.