Genesis 25:17-27

17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael, ¹one hundred and thirty-seven * years; and he breathed his last and died, and was ²gathered to his people.

18 They settled from ³Havilah to ⁴Shur which is east * of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria; ⁵he settled in defiance * of all his relatives.

Isaac's Sons

19 Now these are the records of ⁶the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham became the father of Isaac;

20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took ⁷Rebekah, the ⁸daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the ⁹sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.

21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and ¹⁰the LORD answered him and Rebekah his wife ¹¹conceived.

22 But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why then am I this way?" So she went to ¹²inquire of the LORD.

23 The LORD said to her, "¹³Two nations are in your womb; ¹⁴And two peoples will be separated from your body; And one people shall be stronger than the other; And ¹⁵the older shall serve the younger."

24 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

25 Now the first came forth red, ¹⁶all over like a hairy garment; and they named * him Esau.

26 Afterward his brother came forth with ¹⁷his hand holding on to Esau's heel, so ¹⁸his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was ¹⁹sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a peaceful man, ²⁰living in tents.

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Genesis 25:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 25

This chapter contains an account of Abraham's marriage with another woman, and of the children he had by her and of their posterity Ge 25:1-4; of Abraham's disposal of his substance; and his sons, Ge 25:5,6; of the years of his life, his death and burial, Ge 25:7-11; of the children of Ishmael, and of the years of his life, and of his death, Ge 25:12-18; and of the sons of Isaac the fruit of prayer, and of the oracle concerning them before they were born, and of their temper and disposition, conduct and behaviour, Ge 25:19-34.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 20

1. Genesis 16:16
2. Genesis 25:8; Genesis 49:33
3. 1 Samuel 15:7
4. Genesis 20:1
5. Genesis 16:12
6. Matthew 1:2
7. Gen 24:15, 29, 67
8. Genesis 22:23
9. Genesis 24:29
10. 1 Samuel 1:17; 1 Chronicles 5:20; 2 Chronicles 33:13; Ezra 8:23; Psalms 127:3
11. Romans 9:10
12. 1 Samuel 9:9; 1 Samuel 10:22
13. Gen 17:4-6, 16; Numbers 20:14; Deuteronomy 2:4, 8
14. Genesis 27:29
15. Genesis 27:40; Malachi 1:2, 3; Romans 9:12
16. Genesis 27:11
17. Hosea 12:3
18. Genesis 27:36
19. Genesis 25:20
20. Hebrews 11:9

Footnotes 12

[a]. Lit "dwelt"
[b]. Lit "before"
[c]. Lit "as you go"
[d]. Lit "fell over against"
[e]. Lit "brothers"
[f]. Lit "begot"
[g]. I.e. Syrian
[h]. I.e. Syrian
[i]. Lit "was entreated of him"
[j]. I.e. one who takes by the heel or supplants
[k]. Lit "complete"
[l]. Lit "dwelling"