BERESHITH (GENESIS) 25

Gen 25:1 And Aḇraham took another wife, whose name was Qeturah.
Gen 25:2 And she bore him Zimran, and Yoqshan, and Meḏan, and Miḏyan,
and Yishbaq, and Shuwaḥ.
Gen 25:3 And Yoqshan brought forth Sheḇa and Deḏan. And the sons of
Deḏan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Le’ummim.
Gen 25:4 And the sons of Miḏyan were Ĕphah, and Ĕpher, and Ḥanoḵ, and
Aḇiḏa, and Elda‛ah. All these were the children of Qeturah.
Gen 25:5 Now Aḇraham gave all that he had to Yitsḥaq,
Gen 25:6 but to the sons of the concubines whom Aḇraham had, Aḇraham
gave gifts while he was still living, and sent them away from his son Yitsḥaq,
eastward, to the land of the east.
Gen 25:7 And these are all the years of Aḇraham’s life which he lived: one
hundred and seventy-five years.
Gen 25:8 And Aḇraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, aged
and satisfied, and was gathered to his people.
Gen 25:9 And his sons Yitsḥaq and Yishma‛ĕl buried him in the cave of
Maḵpĕlah, which is before Mamrĕ, in the field of Ephron son of Tsoḥar the
Ḥittite,
Gen 25:10 the field which Aḇraham purchased from the sons of Ḥĕth. There
Aḇraham was buried with Sarah his wife.
Gen 25:11 And it came to be, after the death of Aḇraham, that Elohim
blessed his son Yitsḥaq. And Yitsḥaq dwelt at Be’ĕr Laḥai Ro’i.
Gen 25:12 And this is the genealogy of Yishma‛ĕl, Aḇraham’s son, whom
Haḡar the Mitsrite, Sarah’s female servant, bore to Aḇraham.
Gen 25:13 And these were the names of the sons of Yishma‛ĕl, by their
names, according to their generations: The first-born of Yishma‛ĕl,
Neḇayoth; then Qĕḏar, and Aḏbe’ĕl, and Miḇsam,
Gen 25:14 and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
Gen 25:15 Haḏar, and Tĕma, Yetur, Naphish, and Qĕḏemah.
Gen 25:16 These were the sons of Yishma‛ĕl and these were their names, by
their towns and their settlements, twelve chiefs according to their tribes.
Gen 25:17 And these were the years of the life of Yishma‛ĕl: one hundred
and thirty-seven years. And he breathed his last and died, and was gathered
to his people.
Gen 25:18 And they dwelt from Ḥawilah as far as Shur, which is east of
Mitsrayim as you go toward Ashshur. He settled before all his brothers.
Gen 25:19 And this is the genealogy of Yitsḥaq, Aḇraham’s son. Aḇraham
brought forth Yitsḥaq.
Gen 25:20 And Yitsḥaq was forty years old when he took Riḇqah as wife,
the daughter of Bethu’ĕl the Aramean of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laḇan the
Aramean.
Gen 25:21 And Yitsḥaq prayed to יהוה for his wife, because she was barren.
And יהוה answered his prayer, and Riḇqah his wife conceived.
Gen 25:22 And within her the children struggled together, and she said, “If
all is right, why am I this way?” So she went to ask יהוה.
Gen 25:23 And יהוה said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two
peoples shall be separated from your body. And one people shall be stronger
than the other, and the older serve the younger.”
Gen 25:24 And when the days were filled for her to give birth, and see,
twins were in her womb!
Gen 25:25 And the first came out red all over, like a hairy garment, so they
called his name Ĕsaw.
Gen 25:26 And afterward his brother came out, with his hand holding on to
Ĕsaw’s heel, so his name was called Ya‛aqoḇ. And Yitsḥaq was sixty years
old when she bore them.
Gen 25:27 And the boys grew up. And Ĕsaw became a man knowing how to
hunt, a man of the field, while Ya‛aqoḇ was a complete man, dwelling in
tents.
Gen 25:28 And Yitsḥaq loved Ĕsaw because he ate of his wild game, but
Riḇqah loved Ya‛aqoḇ.
Gen 25:29 And Ya‛aqoḇ cooked a stew, and Ĕsaw came in from the field,
and he was weary.
Gen 25:30 And Ĕsaw said to Ya‛aqoḇ, “Please feed me with that same red
stew, for I am weary.” That is why his name was called Eḏom.
Gen 25:31 But Ya‛aqoḇ said, “Sell me your birthright today.”
Gen 25:32 And Ĕsaw said, “Look, I am going to die, so why should I have
birthright?”
Gen 25:33 Then Ya‛aqoḇ said, “Swear to me today.” And he swore to him,
and sold his birthright to Ya‛aqoḇ.
Gen 25:34 Ya‛aqoḇ then gave Ĕsaw bread and stew of lentils. And he ate
and drank, and rose up and left. Thus Ĕsaw despised his birthright.