1Abraham married another wife; her name was Keturah.

2She had the following sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

3Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.

4The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. These were all descendants of Keturah.

5Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.

6But while he was still alive, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them to live in the east, well away from Isaac.

7Abraham lived to be 175

8when he breathed his last and died at a good old age. He had lived a full life, and now he joined his forefathers in death.

9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field that had belonged to Ephron, son of Zohar, the Hittite.

10This was the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.

11After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who was living near Beer-lahai-roi.

12This is the genealogy of Abraham's son Ishmael. His mother Hagar was Sarah's Egyptian slave.

13These were the names of the sons of Ishmael according to their family genealogy: Nebaioth (firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

14Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

16These were the sons of Ishmael, and these became the names of the places where they lived and camped—the twelve family rulers of their tribes.

17Ishmael lived to be 137. Then he breathed his last and died, and joined his forefathers in death.

18Ishmael's descendants inhabited the region from Havilah to Shur, near the border of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. They were forever fighting with one other. ⁹⁵

19The following is the genealogy of Abraham's son Isaac. Abraham was the father of Isaac.

20When Isaac was 40 he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.

21Isaac prayed to the Lord for help on behalf of his wife because she couldn't have children. The Lord answered his prayer and she became pregnant.

22The twin babies inside her struggled with each other. So she asked the Lord, “Why is this happening to me?”

23“You have two nations inside you,” the Lord replied. “You're going to give birth to two peoples who will compete against each other. One will be stronger than the other; the older one will be the servant of the younger one.”

24When the time came she gave birth to twins.

25The first baby to be born was red, and covered with hair like a coat. So they named him Esau. ⁹⁶

26Then his twin brother was born, holding on to Esau's heel. So he was named Jacob. ⁹⁷Isaac was 60 when they were born.

27The boys grew up and Esau became a skilled hunter, at home in the countryside. Jacob was quiet and liked to stay at home in the tents.

28Isaac loved Esau because he brought him tasty wild game to eat, while Rebekah loved Jacob.

29One day Jacob was cooking some stew when Esau got back from the countryside, tired out and starving hungry.

30“Give me some of that red stew,” Esau told Jacob. “I'm absolutely starving!” (That's how Esau got his other name, “Edom,” meaning “red.”)

31“First sell me your rights as the firstborn son,” Jacob replied.

32“Look! I'm dying here! What use are the rights of the firstborn to me?” Esau declared.

33“First you have to swear to me,” Jacob demanded. So Esau swore an oath selling his rights of the firstborn to Jacob.

34Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then he got up and left. By doing this Esau showed how little he cared for his rights as the firstborn son.