Gênesis 25

¹ Then again AbrahamWhile Sarah was yet alive.took a wife, and her name [was] Keturah.

² Which bare him Zimran, and Iokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

³ And Iokshan begate Sheba, and Dedan: And the sonnes of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

⁴ Also the sonnes of Midian were Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, & Eldaah all these were the sonnes of Keturah.

⁵ And Abraham gaue all his goods to Izhak,

⁶ But unto theFor by virtue of God's word he not only had Isaac, but begat many more.sons of theSee (Gen_22:24).concubines, which Abraham had, AbrahamTo avoid the disputing that otherwise might have come because of the heritage.gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

⁷ And this is the age of Abrahams life, which he liued, an hundreth seuentie & fiue yeere.

⁸ Then Abraham yeelded the spirit, and died in a good age, an olde man, and of great yeeres, & was gathered to his people.

⁹ And his sonnes, Izhak and Ishmael buryed him in the caue of Machpelah, in the fielde of Ephron sonne of Zohar the Hittite, before Mamre.

¹⁰ Which fielde Abraham bought of the Hittites, where Abraham was buryed with Sarah his wife.

¹¹ And after the death of Abraham God blessed Izhak his sonne, and Izhak dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi.

¹² Nowe these are the generations of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whome Hagar the Egyptian Sarahs handmayde bare vnto Abraham.

¹³ And these are the names of the sonnes of Ishmael, name by name, according to their kinreds; the eldest sonne of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

¹⁴ And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

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

¹⁶ These are the sonnes of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their townes and by their castles: to wit, twelue princes of their nations.

¹⁷ And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto hisWho dwelt among the Arabians, and were separate from the blessed seed.people.

¹⁸ And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he diedHe means that his lot fell to dwell among his brethren as the angel promised.in the presence of all his brethren.

¹⁹ Likewise these are the generations of Izhak Abrahams sonne Abraham begate Izhak,

²⁰ And Izhak was fourtie yeere olde, when he tooke Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramite of Padan Aram, and sister to Laban the Aramite.

²¹ And Izhak prayed vuto the Lorde for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiued,

²² And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] IThat is, with child, seeing one shall destroy another.thus? And she wentFor that is the only refuge in all our miseries.to enquire of the LORD.

²³ And the Lord sayd to her, Two nations are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shalbe diuided out of thy bowels, and the one people shall be mightier then the other, and the elder shall serue the yonger.

²⁴ Therefore when her time of deliuerance was fulfilled, behold, twinnes were in her wombe.

²⁵ So he that came out first was red, and he was all ouer as a rough garment, and they called his name Esau.

²⁶ And afterward came his brother out, and his hande helde Esau by the heele: therefore his name was called Iaakob. Nowe Izhak was threescore yeere olde when Rebekah bare them.

²⁷ And the boyes grew, and Esau was a cunning hunter, and liued in the fields: but Iaakob was a plaine man, and dwelt in tentes.

²⁸ And Izhak loued Esau, for venison was his meate, but Rebekah loued Iaakob.

²⁹ Nowe Iaakob sod pottage, and Esau came from the fielde and was wearie.

³⁰ Then Esau sayd to Iaakob, Let me eate, I pray thee, of that pottage so red, for I am wearie. Therefore was his name called Edom.

³¹ And Iaakob sayd, Sell me euen nowe thy birthright.

³² And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and whatThe reprobate do not value God's benefits unless they feel them presently, and therefore they prefer present pleasures.profit shall this birthright do to me?

³³ And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and heThus the wicked prefer their worldly conveniences over God's spiritual graces: but the children of God do the opposite.sold his birthright unto Jacob.

³⁴ Then Iaakob gaue Esau bread and pottage of lentiles: and he did eate and drinke, and rose vp, and went his way: So Esau contemned his birthright.