CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 25 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/25.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/25-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Genesis 25</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/24.htm" title="Genesis 24">◄</a> Genesis 25 <a href="../genesis/26.htm" title="Genesis 26">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/genesis/25.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">The Death of Abraham</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the descendants of Heth">a</a></sup></span> There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Ishmael’s Sons</p><p class="introduction"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Sarah’s slave, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Mishma, Dumah, Massa, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or lived to the east of">b</a></sup></span> all the tribes related to them.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Jacob and Esau</p><p class="introduction"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac.</p><p class="reg">Abraham became the father of Isaac, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, Northwest Mesopotamia">c</a></sup></span> and sister of Laban the Aramean.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Isaac prayed to the <span class="name">Lord</span> on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The <span class="name">Lord</span> answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> said to her,</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“Two nations are in your womb,</p><p class="line2">and two peoples from within you will be separated;</p><p class="line1">one people will be stronger than the other,</p><p class="line2">and the older will serve the younger.”</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Esau may mean hairy.">d</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.">e</a></sup></span> Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Edom means red.">f</a></sup></span> )</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/25-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.</p><p class="reg">So Esau despised his birthright.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>the descendants of Heth</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>lived to the east of</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Esau</i> may mean <i>hairy</i>.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Jacob</i> means <i>he grasps the heel</i>, a Hebrew idiom for <i>he deceives</i>.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">30</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Edom</i> means <i>red.</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.</p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../genesis/24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Genesis 24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Genesis 24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../genesis/26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Genesis 26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Genesis 26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/genesis/25-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenubib2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>