Abraham and Keturah
(1 Chronicles 1:32–33)
Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah, 1Ch 1:32-33Gen 23:1-2Gen 28:1 and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 1Ch 1:32-33Exo 18:1-4Exo 2:15-16Gen 36:35Gen 37:28Gen 37:36Jer 25:25Job 2:11
Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites. Ezk 25:131Ki 10:1Ezk 27:20Ezk 27:6Jer 25:23Jer 49:8Job 6:192Sa 2:9
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. Isa 60:6
All these were descendants of Keturah.
Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. Gen 24:36Gal 3:29Heb 1:21Co 3:21-23Gen 21:10-12Jhn 3:35Mat 11:27Mat 28:18 But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east. Gen 21:14Jdg 6:3Act 14:17Gen 16:3Gen 25:1Gen 32:22Gen 35:22Jdg 19:1-2
The Death of Abraham
Abraham lived a total of 175 years. Gen 12:4 And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people. Gen 35:28-29Gen 15:151Ch 29:28Gen 49:33Job 5:26Gen 25:17Gen 47:8-9Jdg 8:32
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite. Gen 50:13Gen 35:29Gen 21:9-10Gen 49:29-30Gen 23:9-20 This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah. Gen 23:16Gen 49:31
After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi. Gen 16:14Gen 22:17Gen 12:2Gen 17:19Gen 24:62Gen 50:24
The Descendants of Ishmael
(1 Chronicles 1:28–31)
This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham. Psa 83:6Gen 17:20Gen 21:13Gen 16:10-15 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 1Ch 1:29-31Isa 60:7Isa 42:11Psa 120:5Sng 1:5Gen 36:3Isa 21:16-17 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Isa 21:11Isa 21:16 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 1Ch 5:19Job 2:11
These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes. Gen 17:20Gen 17:23 Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people. Gen 15:15Gen 25:7-8
Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. 1 And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers. Gen 16:12Gen 20:11Sa 15:72Ki 23:29Gen 10:29Gen 10:7Gen 13:10Gen 14:10
Jacob and Esau
(Malachi 1:1–5; Romans 9:6–29)
This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac, Mat 1:2Luk 3:34Act 7:81Ch 1:32 and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram 2and the sister of Laban the Aramean. Gen 24:29Gen 24:67Gen 22:23Deu 26:5Gen 31:24Gen 28:5-6Gen 31:18Gen 31:20
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived. 2Ch 33:13Ezr 8:23Isa 58:9Luk 1:131Ch 5:20Rom 9:10-121Sa 1:27Gen 15:2-3
But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD, 1Sa 9:91Sa 10:221Sa 28:61Sa 30:8Ezk 20:31Ezk 36:371Sa 22:15 and He declared to her: Rom 9:10-13Gen 27:40Gen 27:292Sa 8:14Mal 1:2-51Ch 18:13Ezk 25:12-14Gen 17:16
“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you will be separated;
one people will be stronger than the other,
and the older will serve the younger.” 3
When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb. The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau. 4 Gen 27:11Gen 27:16Gen 27:23 After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. 5 And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born. Gen 27:36Hos 12:3Gen 38:28-30
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home. Gen 21:20Heb 11:9Gen 10:9Gen 28:10-11Gen 6:9Gen 27:3-5Gen 27:40Gen 31:39-41 Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob. Gen 27:19Gen 27:31Gen 27:4Gen 27:25Gen 27:9Gen 27:6-7
Esau Sells His Birthright
One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished. Isa 40:30-31Pro 13:251Sa 14:281Sa 14:31Jdg 8:4-5 He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom. 6) 2Ki 8:20Deu 23:7Exo 15:15Gen 36:1Gen 36:43Gen 36:9Num 20:14-21
“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.
“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?” Job 21:15Job 22:17Job 34:9Mal 3:14Exo 22:9
“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. Heb 12:16Gen 27:36Heb 6:16Gen 24:3Gen 36:6-7Mrk 6:23Gen 14:22
So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright. Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright. Heb 12:16-17Php 3:18-191Co 15:32Isa 22:13Mat 26:15Act 13:41Luk 14:18-20Mat 22:5