Genesis 25:1-18

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Abraham’s Family

25 Abraham married again, and his new wife was Keturah [1 Chr. 1:32]. ² She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian [^Cancestor of the Midianites, the tribe into which Moses married; Ex. 3:1], Ishbak, and Shuah [^Cancestor of the tribe of Job’s friend Bildad; Job 2:11]. ³ Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan [Is. 21:13; Jer. 49:8; Ezek. 27:20]. Dedan’s descendants were the people of Assyria, Letush, and Leum. ⁴ The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah. ⁵ Abraham ·left [gave] everything he owned to Isaac. ⁶ But ·before Abraham died [^Lwhile he was still alive], he did give gifts to the sons of his ·other wives [concubines], then sent them to the East to be away from Isaac [^Cto prevent rivalry over Abraham’s inheritance].

⁷ ·Abraham lived to be [^LThese are the days of the years of the life of Abraham] one hundred seventy-five years old. ⁸ He ·breathed his last breath [expired] and died at an old age, ·after a long and satisfying life [^Lan old man and full of years; he was gathered to his people/relatives; ^Cburied in the family plot, though may imply joining his ancestors in the afterlife]. ⁹ His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron east of Mamre. (Ephron was the son of Zohar the Hittite.) ¹⁰ So Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah in the same field that he had bought from the Hittites [23:1–20]. ¹¹ After Abraham died, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac was now living at Beer Lahai Roi [16:14].

¹² ·This is the family history [^LThese are the generations; 2:4] of Ishmael, Abraham’s son. (Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian servant, ·was Ishmael’s mother [^Lbore him to Abraham].) ¹³ These are the names of Ishmael’s sons in the order they were born: Nebaioth, the ·first son [firstborn], then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ¹⁴ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ¹⁵ Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These were Ishmael’s sons, and these are the names of the ·tribal leaders [^Ltwelve princes/chieftains according to their tribes; 17:20] listed according to their ·settlements [villages] and camps. ¹⁷ ·Ishmael lived [^LThese are the years of the life of Ishmael] one hundred thirty-seven years and then ·breathed his last breath [expired] and died [^Land was gathered to his people/relatives; 25:8]. ¹⁸ His descendants lived from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt stretching toward Assyria [^Cthe area from the northern Sinai to the border of western Mesopotamia, the area of Arab tribes]. They often ·attacked [or settled among; ^Lfell on] the descendants of his brothers.