Abraham and Keturah (1 Chronicles 1:32–33)
1 ULT Then Abraham added and took a wife, and her name{ was} Keturah. BSB BSB: Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
2 ULT And she bore for him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah. BSB BSB: and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 ULT And Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. And the descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites and the Letushites and the Leummites. BSB BSB: Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
4 ULT And the sons of Midian{ were} Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All of those{ were} the descendants of Keturah. BSB BSB: The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
5 ULT And Abraham gave everything that{ belonged} to him to Isaac. BSB BSB: Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
6 ULT And to the sons of the concubines who{ belonged} to Abraham, Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still alive he sent them eastward to the land of Kedem, away from Isaac his son. BSB BSB: But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
The Death of Abraham 7 ULT And these{ are} the days of the years of the life of Abraham that he lived: 175 years. BSB BSB: Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
8 ULT Then Abraham exhaled and died at a good old age, elderly and full, and he was gathered to his people. BSB BSB: And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
9 ULT Then Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which{ was} before Mamre, BSB BSB: His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
10 ULT the field that Abraham had bought from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife. BSB BSB: This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.
11 ULT And it happened after the death of Abraham, then God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi. BSB BSB: After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
The Descendants of Ishmael (1 Chronicles 1:28–31)
12 ULT Now these{ are} the generations of Ishmael the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, the maidservant of Sarah, had born for Abraham. BSB BSB: This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
13 ULT And these{ are} the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names according to their births: the firstborn of Ishmael{ was} Nebaioth, then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam BSB BSB: These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
14 ULT and Mishma and Dumah and Massa, BSB BSB: Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
15 ULT Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedermah. BSB BSB: Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
16 ULT Those{ were} the sons of Ishmael, and those{ are} their names by their settlements and by their camps, twelve rulers according to their tribes. BSB BSB: These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
17 ULT And these{ are} the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. Then he exhaled and died, and he was gathered to his people. BSB BSB: Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
18 ULT And they settled from Havilah to Shur that{ is} near Egypt as you go toward Asshur. He fell in the face of all his brothers. BSB BSB: Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
Jacob and Esau (Malachi 1:1–5; Romans 9:6–29)
19 ULT And these{ are} the generations of Isaac the son of Abraham: Abraham fathered Isaac, BSB BSB: This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
20 ULT then Isaac was a son of forty years when he took Rebekah for himself as a wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean. BSB BSB: and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
21 ULT And Isaac entreated Yahweh on behalf of his wife because she{ was} barren. So Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. BSB BSB: Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
22 ULT And the children struggled against each other inside her, so she said,“Why{ is this} so? Why{ am} I{ like} this?” And she went to inquire of Yahweh. BSB BSB: But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,
23 ULT And Yahweh said to her,“Two nations{ are} inside your womb, and two peoples will be divided from inside your womb. And one people will be stronger than the other people, and the older will serve the younger.” BSB BSB: and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
24 ULT Then her days were fulfilled to deliver, and behold, twins{ were} inside her womb. BSB BSB: When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
25 ULT And the first came out red; all of him{ was} like a garment of hair, so they called his name Esau. BSB BSB: The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
26 ULT Then after that, his brother came out, and his hand was grabbing on to the heel of Esau, so he called his name Jacob. And Isaac{ was} a son of sixty years when she bore them. BSB BSB: After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
27 ULT Then the boys grew up, and Esau became a man who knew hunting, a man of the field, and Jacob{ was} a quiet man who stayed among the tents. BSB BSB: When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
28 ULT And Isaac loved Esau, because{ he liked} game meat in his mouth, but Rebekah loved Jacob. BSB BSB: Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Esau Sells His Birthright 29 ULT Now Jacob was cooking stew, and Esau came in from the field, and he{ was} exhausted. BSB BSB: One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
30 ULT Then Esau said to Jacob,“Please let me devour some of that very red stuff because I{ am} exhausted!” For that{ reason} they called his name Edom. BSB BSB: He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
31 ULT But Jacob said,“On this day sell your birthright to me.” BSB BSB: “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.
32 ULT And Esau said,“Behold, I am about to die! So for what use{ is} that to me, a birthright?” BSB BSB: “Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
33 ULT But Jacob said,“Swear to me on this day!” So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. BSB BSB: “Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
34 ULT Then Jacob gave to Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank, and got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright. BSB BSB: Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.