The Scriptures (ISR 1998) 1And Aḇraham took another wife, whose name was Qeturah. 2And she bore him Zimran, and Yoqshan, and Meḏan, and Miḏyan, and Yishbaq, and Shuwaḥ. 3And Yoqshan brought forth Sheḇa and Deḏan. And the sons of Deḏan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Le’ummim. 4And the sons of Miḏyan were Ěphah, and Ěpher, and Ḥanoḵ, and Aḇiḏa, and Elda‛ah. All these were the children of Qeturah. 5Now Aḇraham gave all that he had to Yitsḥaq, 6but 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. 7And these are all the years of Aḇraham’s life which he lived: one hundred and seventy-five years. 8And Aḇraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and was gathered to his people. 9And 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, 10the field which Aḇraham purchased from the sons of Ḥĕth. There Aḇraham was buried with Sarah his wife. 11And it came to be, after the death of Aḇraham, that Elohim blessed his son Yitsḥaq. And Yitsḥaq dwelt at Be’ĕr Laḥai Ro’i. 12And this is the genealogy of Yishma‛ĕl, Aḇraham’s son, whom Hag̅ar the Mitsrite, Sarah’s female servant, bore to Aḇraham. 13And 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, 14and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 15Haḏar, and Tĕma, Yetur, Naphish, and Qĕḏemah. 16These were the sons of Yishma‛ĕl and these were their names, by their towns and their settlements, twelve chiefs according to their tribes. 17And 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. 18And they dwelt from Ḥawilah as far as Shur, which is east of Mitsrayim as you go toward Ashshur. He settled before all his brothers. 19And this is the genealogy of Yitsḥaq, Aḇraham’s son. Aḇraham brought forth Yitsḥaq. 20And 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. 21And Yitsḥaq prayed to יהוה for his wife, because she was barren. And יהוה answered his prayer, and Riḇqah his wife conceived. 22And within her the children struggled together, and she said, “If all is right, why am I this way?” So she went to ask יהוה. 23And 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.” 24And when the days were filled for her to give birth, and see, twins were in her womb! 25And the first came out red all over, like a hairy garment, so they called his name Ěsaw. 26And afterward his brother came out, with his hand holding on to Ěsaw’s heel, so his name was called Ya‛aqoḇ. And Yitsḥaq was sixty years old when she bore them. 27And the boys grew up. And Ěsaw became a man knowing how to hunt, a man of the field, while Ya‛aqoḇ was a complete man, dwelling in tents. 28And Yitsḥaq loved Ěsaw because he ate of his wild game, but Riḇqah loved Ya‛aqoḇ. 29And Ya‛aqoḇ cooked a stew, and Ěsaw came in from the field, and he was weary. 30And Ěsaw said to Ya‛aqoḇ, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” That is why his name was called Eḏom. 31But Ya‛aqoḇ said, “Sell me your birthright today.” 32And Ěsaw said, “Look, I am going to die, so why should I have birthright?” 33Then Ya‛aqoḇ said, “Swear to me today.” And he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Ya‛aqoḇ. 34Ya‛aqoḇ then gave Ěsaw bread and stew of lentils. And he ate and drank, and rose up and left. Thus Ěsaw despised his birthright. |