Abraham Dies
1Abraham had married another woman. Her name was Keturah. 2She had Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah by Abraham. 3Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The children of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites. 4The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All of them were members of Keturah’s family line.
5Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. 6But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines. Then he sent them away from his son Isaac. He sent them to the land of the east.
7Abraham lived a total of 175 years. 8He took his last breath and died when he was very old. He had lived a very long time. Then he joined the members of his family who had already died. 9Abraham’s sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him. They put his body in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre. It was in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite. 10Abraham had bought the field from the Hittites. He was buried there with his wife Sarah. 11After Abraham died, God blessed his son Isaac. At that time Isaac was living near Beer Lahai Roi.
The Sons of Ishmael
12Here is the story of the family line of Abraham’s son Ishmael. Hagar gave birth to Ishmael by Abraham. Hagar was Sarah’s slave from Egypt.
13Here are the names of the sons of Ishmael. They are listed in the order they were born.
Nebaioth was Ishmael’s oldest son.
Then came Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
14Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
15Hadad, Tema, Jetur,
Naphish and Kedemah.
16All of them were Ishmael’s sons. They were rulers of 12 tribes. They all lived in their own settlements and camps.
17Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he took his last breath and died. He joined the members of his family who had already died. 18His children settled in the area between Havilah and Shur. It was near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. Ishmael’s children weren’t friendly toward any of the tribes related to them.
Jacob and Esau
19Here is the story of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac.
Abraham was the father of Isaac. 20Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebekah. She was the daughter of Bethuel, the Aramean from Paddan Aram. She was also the sister of Laban, the Aramean.
21Rebekah couldn’t have children. So Isaac prayed to the Lord for her. And the Lord answered his prayer. His wife Rebekah became pregnant. 22The babies struggled with each other inside her. She said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to ask the Lord what she should do.
23The Lord said to her,
“Two nations are in your body.
Two tribes that are now inside you will be separated.
One nation will be stronger than the other.
The older son will serve the younger one.”
24The time came for Rebekah to have her babies. There were twin boys in her body. 25The first one to come out was red. His whole body was covered with hair. So they named him Esau. 26Then his brother came out. His hand was holding onto Esau’s heel. So he was named Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when Rebekah had them.
27The boys grew up. Esau became a skillful hunter. He liked the open country. But Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. 28Isaac liked the meat of wild animals. So Esau was his favorite son. But Rebekah’s favorite was Jacob.
29One day Jacob was cooking some stew. Esau came in from the open country. He was very hungry. 30He said to Jacob, “Quick! I’m very hungry! Let me have some of that red stew!” That’s why he was also named Edom.
31Jacob replied, “First sell me the rights that belong to you as the oldest son in the family.”
32“Look, I’m dying of hunger,” Esau said. “What good are those rights to me?”
33But Jacob said, “First promise to sell me your rights.” So Esau promised to do it. He sold Jacob all the rights that belonged to him as the oldest son.
34Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. Esau ate and drank. Then he got up and left.
So Esau didn’t value the rights that belonged to him as the oldest son.
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.
