15 Jul 2025 – jeffersonvann

Genesis 25

Genesis 25:1 Abraham also had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah.

Genesis 25:2 She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah for him.

Genesis 25:3 Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.

Genesis 25:4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

Genesis 25:5 Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.

Genesis 25:6 But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, and sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country.

Genesis 25:7 These are the days of the living years of Abraham, 175 years.

Genesis 25:8 Abraham stopped breathing and died with a good gray head, an old man and satisfied, and was gathered to his ancestors.

Genesis 25:9 Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,

Genesis 25:10 that field Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife.

Genesis 25:11 After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac moved to Beer-lahai-roi.

Genesis 25:12 This is the history of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave, gave birth to Abraham.

Genesis 25:13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed by generation: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Genesis 25:14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

Genesis 25:15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

Genesis 25:16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes listed according to where their tribes settled.

Genesis 25:17 (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He stopped breathing and died and was gathered to his ancestors.)

Genesis 25:18 The Ishmaelites settled from Havilah to Shur, which is before Egypt as you are going to Assyria. They settled away from all their relatives.

Genesis 25:19 This is the history of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac,

Genesis 25:20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to be his wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.

Genesis 25:21 And Isaac prayed to Yahveh for his wife, because she was barren. And Yahveh granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Genesis 25:22 The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If this is right, why am I experiencing this?” So, she went to inquire of Yahveh.

Genesis 25:23 And Yahveh said to her, “Two nations are in your belly, and two peoples will be divided starting from within you; the one will be stronger than the other, the older will serve the younger.”

Genesis 25:24 When her days to give birth were completed, notice, there were twins in her belly.

Genesis 25:25 The first came out red, all his body was like a hairy coat, so they named him Esau.

Genesis 25:26 Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

Genesis 25:27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was an orderly man, dwelling in tents.

Genesis 25:28 Isaac loved Esau because of the food he brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Genesis 25:29 Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was tired.

Genesis 25:30 So Esau said to Jacob, “Let me wolf down some of that red stuff, because I am tired!” (That is his name was called Edom.)

Genesis 25:31 And Jacob said, “Sell me the rights to your day of birth.”

Genesis 25:32 Esau said, “Notice, I am about to die; what is this to me — a birthright?”

Genesis 25:33 Jacob said, “Swear that it belongs to me now.” So, he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

Genesis 25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and got up and went his way. So, Esau despised his birthright.

Genesis 25 quotes:

“The barrenness of Rebekah drove Isaac to earnest prayer. This was a much better reaction under the stress of barrenness than that of his father Abraham. When Abraham was confronted with the barrenness of Sarah, his reaction was to have a child by an unholy relationship with Hagar. Abraham should have prayed instead. Prayer solved the problem of barrenness for Isaac and Rebekah, but Abraham’s reaction only complicated the situation for Sarah and himself.”

Bulter, John G. Isaac: The Promised Son. LBC Publications, 2008. p. 120.

“Jacob did not take unfair advantage of his older brother, tricking him out of his birthright ina moment of weakness. Rather, Scripture plainly reveals that Esau was the one most to be censured (Hebrews 12:16-17). We read in Genesis 25:34 that Esau “despised his birthright.” He valued a single meal of a pot of beans, a momentary gratification of the flesh, more than he valued the spiritual standards and responsibilities attached to his birthright. Esau’s heart was that of the natural man—influenced solely by what could be seen, concerned only with immediate satisfaction.”

Flint, V. Paul. Strangers & Pilgrims : A Study of Genesis. 1st ed., Loizeaux Bros, 1988. p. 164.

“Unlike Abraham and Isaac, Esau marries women who are outside the covenant family. These wives are a source of bitter disappointment and sorrow for Isaac and Rebekah. Through these marriages, Esau takes another step away from the covenant family that will become Israel and another step toward the destiny laid out for him before his birth (see Genesis 25:21-23).”

Hinton, Linda B. Genesis. Abingdon Press, 1994. p. 86.