# Genesis 25

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah, [2] and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. [3] Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites. [4] The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah. [5] Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. [6] But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east. [7] Abraham lived a total of 175 years. [8] And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people. [9] His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite. [10] This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah. [11] After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi. [12] This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham. [13] These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, [14] Mishma, Dumah, Massa, [15] Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. [16] These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes. [17] Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people. [18] Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers. [19] This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac, [20] and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean. [21] Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived. [22] But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD, [23] and He declared to her:
“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you will be separated;
one people will be stronger than the other,
and the older will serve the younger.” [24] When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb. [25] The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau. [26] After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born. [27] When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home. [28] Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob. [29] One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished. [30] He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.) [31] “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied. [32] “Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?” [33] “Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright. [34] Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

## Places in this chapter

- **East** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/east
- **Assyria** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/assyria
- **Paddan-aram** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/paddan-aram
- **Egypt** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/egypt
- **Negeb** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/negeb
- **Havilah 2** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/havilah-2
- **Shur** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/shur
- **Beer-lahai-roi** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/beer-lahai-roi
- **Machpelah** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/machpelah
- **Mamre** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/mamre

## Who appears in this chapter

- **Abraham** (father of faith) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/abraham
- **Keturah** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/keturah
- **Midian** (father of the Midianites) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/midian
- **Esau** (Edom) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/esau
- **Isaac** (the son of promise) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/isaac
- **Rebekah** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/rebekah
- **Jacob** (Israel) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/jacob

## Each verse

- Genesis 25:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/1
- Genesis 25:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/2
- Genesis 25:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/3
- Genesis 25:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/4
- Genesis 25:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/5
- Genesis 25:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/6
- Genesis 25:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/7
- Genesis 25:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/8
- Genesis 25:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/9
- Genesis 25:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/10
- Genesis 25:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/11
- Genesis 25:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/12
- Genesis 25:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/13
- Genesis 25:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/14
- Genesis 25:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/15
- Genesis 25:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/16
- Genesis 25:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/17
- Genesis 25:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/18
- Genesis 25:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/19
- Genesis 25:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/20
- Genesis 25:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/21
- Genesis 25:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/22
- Genesis 25:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/23
- Genesis 25:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/24
- Genesis 25:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/25
- Genesis 25:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/26
- Genesis 25:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/27
- Genesis 25:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/28
- Genesis 25:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/29
- Genesis 25:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/30
- Genesis 25:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/31
- Genesis 25:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/32
- Genesis 25:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/33
- Genesis 25:34 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/34