Genesis 25 NKJV ISV Parallel

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1Abraham again took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

1Abraham had taken another wife whose name was Keturah.

2And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

2She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

3Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.

3Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan's sons were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.

4And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

4Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah's descendants.

5And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.

5Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac.

6But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east.

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.

7This is the sum of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred and seventy-five years.

7Abraham lived for 175 years,

8Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

8then passed away, dying at a ripe old age, having lived a full life, and joined his ancestors.

9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,

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.

10the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.

10This was the same field that Abraham had bought from the son of Heth, where Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried.

11And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at Beer Lahai Roi.

11After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who continued to live near Beer-lahai-roi.

12Now this is the genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

12Now this is what happened to Ishmael, whom Sarah's Egyptian servant Hagar bore for Abraham.

13And these were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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,

14Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

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

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

16These were the sons of Ishmael and these were their names, by their towns and their settlements, twelve princes according to their nations.

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.

17These were the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

17Ishmael lived for 137 years, then he took his last breath, died, and joined his ancestors.

18(They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria.) He died in the presence of all his brethren.

18His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur (that's near Egypt), all the way to Assyria, in defiance of all of his relatives.

19This is the genealogy of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham begot Isaac.

19This is the account of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham fathered Isaac.

20Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian.

20Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the Aramean from Paddan-aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.

21Now Isaac pleaded with the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

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.

22But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” So she went to inquire of the LORD.

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.

23And the LORD said to her: “Two nations are in your womb, Two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other, And the older shall serve the younger.”

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."

24So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb.

24Sure enough, when her due date arrived, she delivered twin sons.

25And the first came out red. He was like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name Esau.

25The first son came out reddish—his entire body was covered with hair—so they named him Esau.

26Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

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.

27So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents.

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.

28And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

28Isaac loved Esau, because he loved to hunt, while Rebekah loved Jacob.

29Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary.

29One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau happened to come in from being outdoors, and he was feeling famished.

30And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

30Esau told Jacob, "Let me gobble down some of this red stuff, since I'm starving." (That's how Esau got his nickname "Edom".)

31But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.”

31But Jacob responded, "Sell me your birthright. Do it now."

32And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?”

32"Look! I'm about to die," Esau replied. "What good is this birthright to me?"

33Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as of this day.” So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

33But Jacob insisted, "Swear it by an oath right now." So he swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

34And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

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.

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