Genesis 25 (NET)

Genesis 25:1¹Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 1:32-33Gen 23:1-2Gen 28:1

Genesis 25:2²She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 1:32-33Exod 18:1-4Exod 2:15-16Gen 36:35Gen 37:28Gen 37:36Jer 25:25Job 2:11Num 22:4Num 25:17-18

Genesis 25:3³Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 25:131 Kgs 10:1Ezek 27:20Ezek 27:6Jer 25:23Jer 49:8Job 6:192 Sam 2:9Ps 72:10

Genesis 25:4⁴The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 60:6

Genesis 25:5⁵Everything he owned Abraham left to his son Isaac.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 24:36Gal 3:29Heb 1:21 Cor 3:21-23Gen 21:10-12John 3:35Matt 11:27Matt 28:18Ps 68:18Rom 8:17

Genesis 25:6⁶But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 21:14Judg 6:3Acts 14:17Gen 16:3Gen 25:1Gen 32:22Gen 35:22Job 1:1Job 1:3Judg 19:1-2

Genesis 25:7⁷Abraham lived a total of 175 years.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 12:4

Genesis 25:8⁸Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. He joined his ancestors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 35:28-29Gen 15:151 Chr 29:28Gen 49:33Gen 25:17Gen 47:8-9Job 42:17Job 5:26Judg 8:32Acts 13:36

Genesis 25:9⁹His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hittite.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 50:13Gen 35:29Gen 21:9-10Gen 49:29-30Gen 23:9-20

Genesis 25:10¹⁰This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 23:16Gen 49:31

Genesis 25:11¹¹After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 16:14Gen 22:17Gen 12:2Gen 17:19Gen 24:62Gen 50:24

Genesis 25:12¹²This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 83:6Gen 17:20Gen 21:13Gen 16:10-15

Genesis 25:13¹³These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, by their names according to their records: Nebaioth (Ishmael’s firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 1:29-31Isa 60:7Isa 42:11Ps 120:5Song 1:5Gen 36:3Isa 21:16-17

Genesis 25:14¹⁴Mishma, Dumah, Massa,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 21:11Isa 21:16

Genesis 25:15¹⁵Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 5:19Job 2:11

Genesis 25:16¹⁶These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their settlements and their camps—twelve princes according to their clans.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 17:20Gen 17:23

Genesis 25:17¹⁷Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 15:15Gen 25:7-8

Genesis 25:18¹⁸His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 16:12Gen 20:11 Sam 15:72 Kgs 23:29Gen 10:29Gen 10:7Gen 13:10Gen 14:10Gen 2:11Gen 21:21

Genesis 25:19¹⁹This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 1:2Luke 3:34Acts 7:81 Chr 1:32

Genesis 25:20²⁰When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 24:29Gen 24:67Gen 22:23Deut 26:5Gen 31:24Gen 28:5-6Gen 31:18Gen 31:20Gen 35:9Luke 4:27

Genesis 25:21²¹Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 33:13Ezra 8:23Isa 58:9Luke 1:131 Chr 5:20Rom 9:10-121 Sam 1:27Gen 15:2-3Luke 1:7Prov 10:24

Genesis 25:22²²But the children struggled inside her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she asked the Lord,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 9:91 Sam 10:221 Sam 28:61 Sam 30:8Ezek 20:31Ezek 36:371 Sam 22:15

Genesis 25:23²³and the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 9:10-13Gen 27:40Gen 27:292 Sam 8:14Mal 1:2-51 Chr 18:13Ezek 25:12-14Gen 17:16Gen 24:60Amos 1:11-12

Genesis 25:24²⁴When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 25:25²⁵The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 27:11Gen 27:16Gen 27:23

Genesis 25:26²⁶When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 27:36Hos 12:3Gen 38:28-30

Genesis 25:27²⁷When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 21:20Heb 11:9Gen 10:9Gen 28:10-11Gen 6:9Gen 27:3-5Gen 27:40Gen 31:39-41Gen 46:34Job 1:1

Genesis 25:28²⁸Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 27:19Gen 27:31Gen 27:4Gen 27:25Gen 27:9Gen 27:6-7

Genesis 25:29²⁹Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:30-31Prov 13:251 Sam 14:281 Sam 14:31Judg 8:4-5

Genesis 25:30³⁰So Esau said to Jacob, “Feed me some of the red stuff—yes, this red stuff—because I’m starving!” (That is why he was also called Edom.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 8:20Deut 23:7Exod 15:15Gen 36:1Gen 36:43Gen 36:9Num 20:14-21

Genesis 25:31³¹But Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 25:32³²“Look,” said Esau, “I’m about to die! What use is the birthright to me?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 21:15Job 22:17Job 34:9Mal 3:14Exod 22:9

Genesis 25:33³³But Jacob said, “Swear an oath to me now.” So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 12:16Gen 27:36Heb 6:16Gen 24:3Gen 36:6-7Mark 6:23Gen 14:22

Genesis 25:34³⁴Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew; Esau ate and drank, then got up and went out. So Esau despised his birthright.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 12:16-17Phil 3:18-191 Cor 15:32Isa 22:13Matt 26:15Acts 13:41Luke 14:18-20Matt 22:5Ps 106:24Zech 11:13