1Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 2And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 3And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
5¶ And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 6But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. 7And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. 8Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. 9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; 10The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
11¶ And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.
12¶ Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham: 13And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 14And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 15Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:25.15 Hadar: or, Hadad 16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. 17And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people. 18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.25.18 died: Heb. fell
19¶ And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac: 20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 21And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD. 23And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
24¶ And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. 26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. 27And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. 28And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.25.28 he…: Heb. venison was in his mouth
29¶ And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: 30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.25.30 with…: Heb. with that red, with that red pottage25.30 Edom: that is Red 31And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?25.32 at…: Heb. going to die 33And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
Abrahams efterkommere gennem Ketura
1Abraham havde taget25,1 Eller: „tog”. Det er uvist, om det skete før eller efter, at Sara døde. sig endnu en kone. Hun hed Ketura, 2og sammen fik de følgende sønner: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midjan, Jishbak og Shua. 3Jokshan blev far til Saba og Dedan; Dedan blev stamfar til ashuritterne, letushitterne og leumitterne. 4Midjan blev far til Efa, Efer, Hanok, Abida og Elda’a. De var alle sammen efterkommere af Ketura.
5Abraham indsatte Isak som arving til alt, hvad han ejede. 6De sønner, han havde med sine andre koner, gav han gaver og sendte dem derefter bort fra Isak, østpå til landet øst for Jordanfloden.
Abrahams død og begravelse
7Abraham blev 175 år gammel. 8Han døde i en høj alder, gammel og mæt af dage. 9-10Isak og Ishmael begravede ham i Makpela-klippehulen ved Mamres lund på den mark, som Abraham havde købt af hittitten Efron, Sohars søn, og hvor hans kone Sara allerede lå begravet.
11Efter Abrahams død velsignede Gud hans søn Isak. Isak boede i Be’er-Lahaj-Roi i Negev.
Ishmaels slægt
12-13Det følgende er en liste over Ishmaels25,12-13 Abrahams søn med Hagar. efterkommere: Nebajot, den førstefødte, Kedar, Adbe’el, Mibsam, 14Mishma, Duma, Massa, 15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Nafish og Kedma. 16Disse 12 sønner blev stamfædre til de 12 stammer, som er opkaldt efter dem. 17Ishmael var 137 år gammel, da han døde. 18Hans efterkommere slog sig ned i området fra Havila til Shur nordøst for Egyptens grænse ved vejen til Assyrien. De lå konstant i krig med hinanden.
Jakob køber førstefødselsretten
19Det følgende er Isaks slægtshistorie: Isak var søn af Abraham. 20Da han var 40 år gammel, giftede han sig med Rebekka, en datter af aramæeren Betuel fra Paddan-Aram, og søster til Laban. 21Isak bad til Herren for Rebekka, for hun kunne ikke blive gravid. Og Herren hørte Isaks bøn: Rebekka blev gravid 22med tvillinger, og hun følte det, som om drengene sloges inde i hende. „Hvorfor sker sådan noget for mig?” klagede hun. Så gik hun hen og spurgte Herren.
23Herrens svar lød: „Sønnerne i dit moderliv bliver stamfædre til to rivaliserende folkeslag. Den ene bliver stærkere end den anden, og den ældste kommer til at tjene den yngste.”
24Da tiden kom, hvor Rebekka skulle føde, var det ganske rigtigt tvillinger. 25Den første, der kom ud, var rødlig og lodden som en skindkappe med hår over hele kroppen. Ham kaldte de Esau. 26Den anden tvilling blev født med hånden om Esaus hæl, og derfor kaldte de ham Jakob.25,26 Det minder om det hebraiske ord for „hæl”, men det minder også om ordet for „den, der udnytter andre”. Isak var 60 år gammel, da tvillingerne blev født.
27Som drengene voksede op, blev Esau en dygtig jæger og færdedes meget ude i de øde områder, hvorimod Jakob var en stille natur og blev hjemme ved teltene. 28Isak holdt mest af Esau, fordi han elskede kødet fra de vildtlevende dyr. Men Rebekka holdt mest af Jakob.
29En dag, da Jakob var ved at lave mad, kom Esau træt og sulten hjem fra en jagttur. Esau udbrød:
30„Giv mig noget af det røde der. Jeg er ved at dø af sult!” Derfor fik han også navnet Edom.25,30 Det betyder: „rød”.
31„Du må først sælge mig din førstefødselsret,” svarede Jakob.
32„Hvad bryder jeg mig om min førstefødselsret, når jeg er ved at dø af sult?” sagde Esau.
33„Sværg så på, at førstefødselsretten er min!” vedblev Jakob. Så svor Esau og solgte dermed sine rettigheder som ældste søn til sin yngre bror Jakob. 34Jakob serverede nu brød og stuvede, røde linser for Esau, og da han havde spist og drukket, rejste han sig og gik sin vej. Sådan ringeagtede Esau sin førstefødselsret.
