Abraham and Keturah
(1 Chronicles 1:32–33)

1Abraham toke another wife called Ketura, 2which bare him Simram & Iaksan, Medan & Midian, Iesbak and Suah. 3Iaksan begat Seba and Dedan. The children of Dedan were Assurim, Latusim, and Leumim. 4The children of Midian were Epha, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaa. All these are the children of Ketura. 5And Abraham gaue all his goodes vnto Isaac: 6As for the children that he had of the concubynes, he gaue them giftes, and (whyle he yet lyued) he sent the awaye from his sonne Isaac, eastwarde in to the east countre.

The Death of Abraham

7This is the age of Abraham which he lyued: euen an hundreth and fyue and seuentye yeare, 8and fell sicke and dyed in a good age, whan he was olde, & had lyued ynough and was gathered vnto his people. 9And his sonnes Isaac and Ismael buried him in the dubble caue in the felde of Ephron the sonne of Zoar the Hethite, which lyeth ouer before Mamre, 10in the felde that Abraham bought of the Hethites. There was Abraham buried with Sara his wife. 11And after the death of Abraham God blessed his sonne Isaac. And he dwelt by the well of the lyuynge and seynge.

The Descendants of Ishmael
(1 Chronicles 1:28–31)

12This is the generacion of Ismael Abrahams sonne, whom Agar Saras mayde the Egipcian bare vnto him. 13And these are the names of Ismaels children, of whom their kynredes are named. The eldest sonne of Ismael, Nebaioth, Cedar, Abdeel, Mibsan, 14Misma, Duma, Masa, 15Hadar, Thema, Iethur, Naphis and Kedma. 16These are the childre of Ismael with their names in their courtes and cities twolue londeprynces. 17And this is the age of Ismael, euen an hundreth and seuen and thirtie yeare, and he fell sicke and dyed, and was gathered vnto his people. 18He dwelt from Heuila vnto Sur towarde Egipte, as men go to the Assirians And he dyed in the presence of all his brethren.

Jacob and Esau
(Malachi 1:1–5; Romans 9:6–29)

19This is the generacion of Isaac the sonne of Abraha. Abraham begat Isaac. 20Isaac was fourtye yeare olde, whan he toke to wyfe Rebecca the doughter of Bethuel ye Syrian of Mesopotamia, & Sister of Laban the Syrian. 21Isaac besought the LORDE for his wyfe (because she was baren) and the LORDE was intreated, and Rebecca his wyfe conceaued. 22And the children stroue totogether in her wombe. Then sayde she: Yf it shulde go so with me, why am I then wt childe? And she wente for to axe the LORDE.

23And the LORDE sayde vnto her: Two maner of folke are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shall be deuyded out of thy body, and the one nacion shall ouercome the other, and the greater shall serue the lesse.

24Now whan the tyme came that she shulde be delyuered, beholde, there were two twyns in hir wombe. 25The first that came forth, was reed, all rough as an hyde, and they called him Esau. 26Anone therafter came his brother forth, which helde the hele of Esau with his hade, and they called him Iacob. Thre score yeare olde was Isaac, whan they were borne.

27And whan the boies were growne vp, Esau became an hunter, & an husbande man. As for Iacob, he was a symple man, and dwelt in the tentes. 28And Isaac loued Esau, because he ate of his venison. But Rebecca loued Iacob.

Esau Sells His Birthright

29And Iacob dight a meace of meate. The came Esau from the felde, and was weery, 30and sayde vnto Iacob: Let me proue of yt reed meace of meate, for I am fayntie (therfore is he called Edom.) 31But Iacob sayde: Sell me this daye thy byrthright. 32Esau answered: Lo, I must dye neuerthelesse, what good then shall my byrthright do me? 33Iacob sayde: Then sweare vnto me euen this same daye. And he sware vnto him, and so he solde his byrthright vnto Iacob. 34Then Iacob gaue him bred and that meace of ryse. And he ate and dronke, and stode vp, and wente his waye. And so Esau regarded not his byrthright.