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Abraham lived for 175 years,
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and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.
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His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
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This was the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites and where he had buried his wife Sarah.
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After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who settled near Beer-lahai-roi in the Negev.
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This is the account of the family of Ishmael, the son of Abraham through Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian servant.
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Here is a list, by their names and clans, of Ishmael’s descendants: The oldest was Nebaioth, followed by Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
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Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
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These twelve sons of Ishmael became the founders of twelve tribes named after them, listed according to the places they settled and camped.
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Ishmael lived for 137 years. Then he breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.
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Ishmael’s descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.
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This is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham.
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When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
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Isaac pleaded with the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children. The LORD answered Isaac’s prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins.
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But the two children struggled with each other in her womb. So she went to ask the LORD about it. “Why is this happening to me?” she asked.
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And the LORD told her, “The sons in your womb will become two nations. From the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be stronger than the other; and your older son will serve your younger son.”