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Genesis 25

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1Now Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. ✦ 2She bore to him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. ✦ 3Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. ✦ 4The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were the sons of Keturah. ✦ 5Now Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac; ✦ 6but to the sons of his concubines, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east. ✦ 7These are all the years of Abraham’s life that he lived, 175 years. ✦ 8Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people. ✦ 9Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre, ✦ 10the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. ✦ 11It came about after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived by Beer-lahai-roi. ✦ 12Now these are the records of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave woman, bore to Abraham; ✦ 13and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ✦ 14Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ✦ 15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ✦ 16These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; twelve princes according to their tribes. ✦ 17These are the years of the life of Ishmael, 137 years; and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people. ✦ 18They settled from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt going toward Assyria; he settled in defiance of all his relatives. ✦ 19Now these are the records of the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac; ✦ 20and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. ✦ 21Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children; and the Lord answered him, and his wife Rebekah conceived. ✦ 22But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is so, why am I in this condition?” So she went to inquire of the Lord. ✦ 23And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb; And two peoples will be separated from your body; And one people will be stronger than the other; And the older will serve the younger.” ✦ 24When her days leading to the delivery were at an end, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25Now the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau. ✦ 26Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them. ✦ 27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a civilized man, living in tents. ✦ 28Now Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for game; but Rebekah loved Jacob. ✦ 29When Jacob had cooked a stew one day, Esau came in from the field and he was exhausted; ✦ 30and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a mouthful of that red stuff there, for I am exhausted.” Therefore he was called Edom by name. ✦ 31But Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.” 32Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?” ✦ 33And Jacob said, “First swear to me”; so he swore an oath to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. ✦ 34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and got up and went on his way. So Esau despised his birthright. ✦

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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.

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  • ★ Start hereDocumentaryExpedition BibleJoel Kramer · Free · evangelical

    On-location biblical archaeology from a credentialed archaeologist (M.A., excavated in Israel) — the best free place to start on "did it really happen?"

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  • ReferenceBook of Genesis — Visual GuideBibleProject · Free

    A free structured guide to the whole book — outline, themes, and links to each video.

  • DocumentaryIs Genesis History?Del Tackett · Free · evangelical

    A young-earth-creationist case for a literal Genesis, free on YouTube. (YEC is one view held by faithful Christians; others read Genesis differently — see the genre guide on how to read it.)

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  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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  • ★ Start hereCommentaryGenesis (Word Biblical Commentary)Gordon J. Wenham · Paid · evangelical

    For decades the gold-standard commentary on Genesis — technical but rich. (See the ranked list for alternatives like Hamilton, NICOT.)

  • BookThe Pentateuch as NarrativeJohn H. Sailhamer · ~560 pp · Library · evangelical

    A literary-theological reading that makes Genesis's design visible.

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