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    Genesis 25

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    Esau sold his birthright while declaring himself nearly dead, and received bread and lentil stew for the bargain—a very small supper carrying remarkably large paperwork.

    Abraham’s household, divided and gatheredvv. 1–11

    Abraham takes Keturah as another wife, and her sons and grandsons fill the opening like a family tree that has rather lost patience with the page. Isaac receives everything Abraham owns, while the sons of his concubines receive gifts and are sent eastward. Abraham dies at 175, old and contented; Isaac and Ishmael bury him with Sarah in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, and Isaac then lives near Beer-lahai-roi under God’s blessing.

    Ishmael’s twelve princesvv. 12–18

    Ishmael’s sons are named in birth order, twelve princes of their tribes, and Ishmael himself lives 137 years before being gathered to his people. His descendants settle from Havilah to Shur, near Egypt on the road toward Asshur, with the chapter giving their family arrangement and their notably un-neighbourly disposition in the same breath.

    The twins and the lentil transactionvv. 19–34

    Isaac marries Rebekah, but she is barren until Isaac prays and the LORD hears him. The children then struggle inside her, and the answer is grander than the immediate disturbance: two nations, two peoples, one stronger than the other, and the older serving the younger. The twins arrive with Esau red and hairy like a fur coat, and Jacob grasping his heel; later Esau hunts while Jacob stays at home, and hunger turns the birthright into a bowl of stew. Esau eats, drinks, rises, and goes away, having exchanged the elder’s portion for lunch and despised what he sold.

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    1. Gen 25:1Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,

    2. Gen 25:2and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

    3. Gen 25:3Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.

    4. Gen 25:4The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

    5. Gen 25:5Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.

    6. Gen 25:6But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

    7. Gen 25:7Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

    8. Gen 25:8And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

    9. Gen 25:9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

    10. Gen 25:10This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.

    11. Gen 25:11After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.

    12. Gen 25:12This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

    13. Gen 25:13These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

    14. Gen 25:14Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

    15. Gen 25:15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

    16. Gen 25:16These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.

    17. Gen 25:17Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

    18. Gen 25:18Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.

    19. Gen 25:19This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,

    20. Gen 25:20and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.

    21. Gen 25:21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

    22. Gen 25:22But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,

    23. Gen 25:23and He declared 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.”

    24. Gen 25:24When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

    25. Gen 25:25The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.

    26. Gen 25:26After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.

    27. Gen 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

    28. Gen 25:28Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

    29. Gen 25:29One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.

    30. Gen 25:30He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

    31. Gen 25:31“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.

    32. Gen 25:32“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”

    33. Gen 25:33“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.

    34. Gen 25:34Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

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    • 21Ezra 8:23So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.
    • 212 Chronicles 33:13And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
    • 8Genesis 35:28–29And Isaac lived 180 years.
    • 21Isaiah 58:9Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
    • 21Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
    • 23Romans 9:10–13Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
    • 211 Chronicles 5:20And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.
    • 23Genesis 27:40You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
    • 81 Chronicles 29:28He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
    • 211 Samuel 1:27I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
    • 21Genesis 15:2–3But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
    • 23Genesis 27:29May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
    • 8Genesis 49:33When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
    • 8Judges 8:32Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
    • 8Job 42:17And so Job died, old and full of years.
    • 8Genesis 47:8–9“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.

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