| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Abraham had taken another wife whose name was Keturah. | 1Now Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah, |
| 2She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. | 2and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. |
| 3Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan's sons were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites. | 3Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. Dedan's sons were the Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. |
| 4Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah's descendants. | 4And Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were sons of Keturah. |
| 5Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac. | 5Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac. |
| 6While he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to his concubines and sent them to the east country in order to keep them away from his son Isaac. | 6And Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, but while he was still alive he sent them eastward, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East. |
| 7Abraham lived for 175 years, | 7This is the length of Abraham's life: 175 years. |
| 8then passed away, dying at a ripe old age, having lived a full life, and joined his ancestors. | 8He took his last breath and died at a ripe old age, old and contented, and he was gathered to his people. |
| 9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field that used to belong to Zohar the Hittite's son Ephron. | 9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite. |
| 10This was the same field that Abraham had bought from the son of Heth, where Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried. | 10This was the field that Abraham bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah. |
| 11After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who continued to live near Beer-lahai-roi. | 11After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi. |
| 12Now this is what happened to Ishmael, whom Sarah's Egyptian servant Hagar bore for Abraham. | 12These are the family records of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's slave, bore to Abraham. |
| 13Here's a list of the names of Ishmael's sons, recorded by their names and descendants: Nebaioth was the firstborn, followed by Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, | 13These are the names of Ishmael's sons; their names according to the family records are: Nebaioth, Ishmael's firstborn, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, |
| 14Mishma, Dumah, Massa, | 14Mishma, Dumah, Massa, |
| 15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. | 15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. |
| 16These were Ishmael's children, listed by their names according to their villages and their camps. There were a total of twelve tribal chiefs, according to their clans. | 16These are Ishmael's sons, and these are their names by their villages and encampments: 12 leaders of their clans. |
| 17Ishmael lived for 137 years, then he took his last breath, died, and joined his ancestors. | 17This is the length of Ishmael's life: 137 years. He took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people. |
| 18His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur (that's near Egypt), all the way to Assyria, in defiance of all of his relatives. | 18And they settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt as you go toward Asshur. He lived in opposition to all his brothers. |
| 19This is the account of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham fathered Isaac. | 19These are the family records of Isaac son of Abraham. Abraham fathered Isaac. |
| 20Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the Aramean from Paddan-aram and sister of Laban the Aramean. | 20Isaac was 40 years old when he took as his wife Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and sister of Laban the Aramean. |
| 21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, since she was unable to conceive children, and the LORD responded to him—his wife Rebekah became pregnant. | 21Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived. |
| 22But when the infants kept on wrestling each other inside her womb, she asked herself, "Why is this happening?" So she asked the LORD for an explanation. | 22But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the LORD. |
| 23"Two nations are in your womb," the LORD responded, "and two separate people will emerge. One people will be the stronger, and the older one will serve the younger." | 23And the LORD said to her: Two nations are in your womb; two people will come from you and be separated. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger. |
| 24Sure enough, when her due date arrived, she delivered twin sons. | 24When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb. |
| 25The first son came out reddish—his entire body was covered with hair—so they named him Esau. | 25The first one came out red-looking, covered with hair like a fur coat, and they named him Esau. |
| 26After that, his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, so they named him Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born. | 26After this, his brother came out grasping Esau's heel with his hand. So he was named Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born. |
| 27As the boys were growing up, Esau became skilled at hunting and was a man of the outdoors, but Jacob was the quiet type who tended to stay indoors. | 27When the boys grew up, Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home. |
| 28Isaac loved Esau, because he loved to hunt, while Rebekah loved Jacob. | 28Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for wild game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. |
| 29One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau happened to come in from being outdoors, and he was feeling famished. | 29Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field exhausted. |
| 30Esau told Jacob, "Let me gobble down some of this red stuff, since I'm starving." (That's how Esau got his nickname "Edom".) | 30He said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I'm exhausted." That is why he was also named Edom. |
| 31But Jacob responded, "Sell me your birthright. Do it now." | 31Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright."" |
| 32"Look! I'm about to die," Esau replied. "What good is this birthright to me?" | 32Look," said Esau, "I'm about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?" |
| 33But Jacob insisted, "Swear it by an oath right now." So he swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. | 33Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore to Jacob and sold his birthright to him. |
| 34Then Jacob gave Esau some of his food, along with some boiled stew. So Esau ate, drank, got up, and left, after having belittled his own birthright. | 34Then Jacob gave bread and lentil stew to Esau; he ate, drank, got up, and went away. So Esau despised his birthright. |
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