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Genesis
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English: Basic English Bible |
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Genesis 25 [Context] [Commentary] [Map] 
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Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah: |
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These are the names of the sons of Ishmael by their generations: Ishmael's first son was Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam |
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And Mishma and Dumah and Massa, |
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Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: |
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These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples. |
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And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people. |
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And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers. |
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Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac: |
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Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife. |
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Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child. |
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And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord. |
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And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger. |
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And when the time came for her to give birth, there were two children in her body. |
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And the first came out red from head to foot like a robe of hair, and they gave him the name of Esau. |
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And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them. |
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And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents. |
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Now Isaac's love was for Esau, because Esau's meat was greatly to his taste: but Rebekah had more love for Jacob. |
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And one day Jacob was cooking some soup when Esau came in from the fields in great need of food; |
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And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom. |
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And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright. |
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And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me? |
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And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob. |
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Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright. |
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