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¹THEN again Abraham took another wife, and her name was Kenturah. ²And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. ³And Jokshan begot Sheba and Daran. And the sons of Daran were Asshurim, Letushim, and Ammim. ⁴And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Haphar, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Kenturah.

⁵And Abraham gave everything that he had to Isaac. ⁶But to the sons of his concubine, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac, his son, eastward to the east country, while he was still alive. ⁷And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, 175 years. ⁸Then Abraham became sick, and died in a good old age, an old man satisfied with his days; and was gathered to his people. ⁹And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the double cave, which is in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; ¹⁰The field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth, as a possession for a burial ground. There was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

¹¹And it came to pass after the death of Abraham that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived by the well of Khayakhezan, The Well of The Living One who saw me.

¹²Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maid, bore to Abraham; ¹³And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebioth, and Kedar, Arbal, and Mibsam, ¹⁴Mishma, Romah, Massa, ¹⁵Hadar, Tema, Nator, Naphish, and Kedem. ¹⁶These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their villages and by their sheepfolds, 12 princes according to their nations. ¹⁷And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, 137 years; and he became sick and died; and was gathered to his people. ¹⁸And they lived from Havilah as far as Shud, which extends from the border of Egypt to the gateway of Assyria; he lived adjacent to the lands of all his brothers.

¹⁹These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begot Isaac; ²⁰And Isaac was 40 years old when he took Rebekah as his wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Padanaram, the sister of Laban, the Aramean. ²¹And Isaac prayed before Yahvah for his wife, because she was barren; and Yahvah answered him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. ²²And the children struggled together inside her womb; and she said, If it is to be like this, why do I live? So she went to ask Yahvah. ²³And Yahvah said to her, 2 peoples are in your womb, and 2 nations will be separated from your body; and the one nation will be stronger than the other nation; and the elder will serve the younger.

²⁴And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, look, there were twins in her womb. ²⁵And the first came out red, all covered with ringlets of hair; and they called his name Esau. ²⁶And after him his brother came forth, and his hand held Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was 60 years old when Rebekah bore them. ²⁷And the boys grew up; and Esau became an expert hunter, a man of outdoor life; but Jacob was a simple man, living in a tent. ²⁸And Isaac was fond of Esau, because he ate of Esau's game; but Rebekah was fond of Jacob.

²⁹And Jacob cooked pottage, and look, his brother Esau came in from the field, and he was very hungry; ³⁰And Esau said to Jacob, Give me some of that pottage, for I am famished; that is why he was called Edom. ³¹And Jacob said, Sell me this day your birthright. ³²And Esau said, Look, I am at the point of death; and what profit will a birthright be to me? ³³And Jacob said to him, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him; and he sold his birthright to Jacob. ³⁴Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage; and he ate, and drank, and rose up and went his way; thus Esau despised his birthright.