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1 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.
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And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.
2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
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She became the mother of Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.
3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
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And Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And from Dedan came the Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.
4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
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And from Midian came Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the offspring of Keturah.
5 Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.
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Now Abraham gave all his property to Isaac;
6 But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, while he was still living, and he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country.
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But to the sons of his other women he gave offerings, and sent them away, while he was still living, into the east country.
7 This is the length of Abraham's life, one hundred seventy-five years.
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Now the years of Abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five.
8 Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
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And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.
9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,
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And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;
10 the field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with his wife Sarah.
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The same field which Abraham got from the children of Heth: there Abraham was put to rest with Sarah, his wife.
11 After the death of Abraham God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.
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Now after the death of Abraham, the blessing of God was with Isaac, his son.
12 These are the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's slave-girl, bore to Abraham.
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Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah:
13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
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These are the names of the sons of Ishmael by their generations: Ishmael's first son was Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam
14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
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And Mishma and Dumah and Massa,
15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
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Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.
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These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples.
17 (This is the length of the life of Ishmael, one hundred thirty-seven years; he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)
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And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people.
18 They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria; he settled down alongside of all his people.
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And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers.
19 These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham was the father of Isaac,
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Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:
20 and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, sister of Laban the Aramean.
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Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.
21 Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
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Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.
22 The children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is to be this way, why do I live?" So she went to inquire of the Lord.
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And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.
23 And the Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples born of you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger."
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And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.
24 When her time to give birth was at hand, there were twins in her womb.
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And when the time came for her to give birth, there were two children in her body.
25 The first came out red, all his body like a hairy mantle; so they named him Esau.
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And the first came out red from head to foot like a robe of hair, and they gave him the name of Esau.
26 Afterward his brother came out, with his hand gripping Esau's heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
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And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.
27 When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
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And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
28 Isaac loved Esau, because he was fond of game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
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Now Isaac's love was for Esau, because Esau's meat was greatly to his taste: but Rebekah had more love for Jacob.
29 Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
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And one day Jacob was cooking some soup when Esau came in from the fields in great need of food;
30 Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stuff, for I am famished!" (Therefore he was called Edom. )
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And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.
31 Jacob said, "First sell me your birthright."
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And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright.
32 Esau said, "I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?"
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And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me?
33 Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.
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And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank, and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
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Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.
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