Genesis 25章 ESV | 微讀聖經

Abraham’s Death and His Descendants

1Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.

225:2 1 Chr. 1:32, 33She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

3Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.

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

525:5 ch. 24:36Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.

6But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he 25:6 ch. 21:14sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward 25:6 [Judg. 6:3]to the east country.

7These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life, 175 years.

8Abraham 25:8 ver. 17; ch. 35:29; 49:33breathed his last and 25:8 ch. 15:15died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

9Isaac and Ishmael 25:9 ch. 35:29his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,

10the field 25:10 ch. 23:16; 50:13that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. 25:10 ch. 49:30, 31There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife.

11After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at 25:11 ch. 16:14; 24:62Beer-lahai-roi.

12These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, 25:12 ch. 16:15whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.

1325:13 1 Chr. 1:29-31These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: 25:13 Isa. 60:7Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and 25:13 Isa. 60:7Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

14Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

15Hadad, 25:15 Job 6:19; Isa. 21:14Tema, 25:15 1 Chr. 5:19Jetur, 25:15 1 Chr. 5:19Naphish, and Kedemah.

16These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, 25:16 ch. 17:20twelve princes according to their tribes.

17(These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He 25:17 ver. 8breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)

1825:18 1 Sam. 15:7They settled from Havilah to 25:18 ch. 16:7; 20:1; Ex. 15:22Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled25:18 Hebrew fell over against all his kinsmen.

The Birth of Esau and Jacob

19These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: 25:19 Matt. 1:2Abraham fathered Isaac,

20and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, 25:20 ch. 22:23the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of 25:20 See ch. 28:2Paddan-aram, 25:20 ch. 24:29the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.

21And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And 25:21 2 Sam. 21:14; 24:25; 1 Chr. 5:20; 2 Chr. 33:13; Ezra 8:23the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

22The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?”25:22 Or why do I live? So she went 25:22 [1 Sam. 9:9]to inquire of the Lord.

23And the Lord said to her,

25:23 ch. 17:16; 24:60“Two nations are in your womb,

and two peoples from within you25:23 Or from birth shall be divided;

25:23 [2 Sam. 8:14]; See Obad. 18-21the one shall be stronger than the other,

25:23 ch. 27:29, 40; Cited Rom. 9:12the older shall serve the younger.”

24When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb.

25The first came out red, 25:25 ch. 27:11, 16, 23all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau.

26Afterward his brother came out with 25:26 Hos. 12:3his hand holding Esau’s heel, so 25:26 ch. 27:36his name was called Jacob.25:26 Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

27When the boys grew up, Esau was 25:27 ch. 27:3, 5a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, 25:27 Heb. 11:9dwelling in tents.

28Isaac loved Esau because 25:28 ch. 27:4, 7, 9he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Esau Sells His Birthright

29Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted.

30And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom.25:30 Edom sounds like the Hebrew for red)

31Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright now.”

32Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?”

33Jacob said, “Swear to me now.” So he swore to him and 25:33 Heb. 12:16sold his birthright to Jacob.

34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

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