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Genesis 25 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899

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DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 And Abraham married another wife, named Cetura:
1 Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.
2 Who bore him Zamran, and Jecsan, and Madan, and Madian, and Jesboc, and Sue.
2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 Jecsan also begot Saba and Dadan. The children of Dadan were Assurim, and Latusim, and Loomin.
3 Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
4 But of Madian was born Epha, and Opher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaa: all these were the children of Cetura.
4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
5 And Abraham gave all his possessions to Isaac.
5 Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac,
6 And to the children of the concubines he gave gifts, and separated them from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, to the east country.
6 but Abraham gave gifts to the sons of Abraham’s concubines. While he still lived, he sent them away from Isaac his son, eastward, to the east country.
7 And the days of Abraham’s life were a hundred and seventy-five years.
7 These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred seventy-five years.
8 And decaying he died in a good old age, and having lived a long time, and being full of days: and was gathered to his people.
8 Abraham gave up his spirit, and died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
9 And Isaac and Ismael his sons buried him in the double cave, which was situated in the field of Ephron the son of Seor the Hethite, over against Mambre;
9 Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is near Mamre,
10 Which he had bought of the children of Heth: there was he buried, and Sara his wife.
10 the field which Abraham purchased from the children of Heth. Abraham was buried there with Sarah, his wife.
11 And after his death, God blessed Isaac his son, who dwelt by the well named Of the living and seeing.
11 After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.
12 These are the generations of Ismael the son of Abraham, whom Agar the Egyptian, Sara’s servant, bore unto him:
12 Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.
13 And these are the names of his children according to their calling and generations. The firstborn of Ismael was Nabajoth, then Cedar, and Adbeel, and Mabsam.
13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to the order of their birth: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
14 And Masma, and Duma, and Massa,
14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
15 Hadar, and Thema, and Jethur, and Naphis, and Cedma.
15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
16 These are the sons of Ismael: and these are their names by their castles and towns, twelve princes of their tribes.
16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.
17 And the years of Ismael’s life were a hundred and thirty-seven, and decaying he died, and was gathered unto his people.
17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up his spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.
18 And he dwelt from Hevila as far as Sur, which looketh towards Egypt, to them that go towards the Assyrians. He died in the presence of all his brethren.
18 They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
19 These also are the generations of Isaac the son of Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac:
19 This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.
20 Who when he was forty years old, took to wife Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, sister to Laban.
20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
21 And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive.
21 Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 But the children struggled in her womb: and she said: If it were to be so with me, what need was there to conceive? And she went to consult the Lord.
22 The children struggled together within her. She said, “If it is like this, why do I live?” She went to inquire of Yahweh.
23 And he answering said: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb, and one people shall overcome the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.
23 Yahweh said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.”
24 And when her time was come to be delivered, behold twins were found in her womb.
24 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 He that came forth first was red, and hairy like a skin: and his name was called Esau. Immediately the other coming forth, held his brother’s foot in his hand, and therefore he was called Jacob.
25 The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.
26 Isaac was threescore years old when the children were born unto him.
26 After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
27 And when they were grown up, Esau became a skillful hunter, and a husbandman, but Jacob a plain man dwelt in tents.
27 The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
28 Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his hunting: and Rebecca loved Jacob.
28 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 And Jacob boiled pottage: to whom Esau, coming faint out of the field,
29 Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
30 Said: Give me of this red pottage, for I am exceeding faint. For which reason his name was called Edom.
30 Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with some of that red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.
31 And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright.
31 Jacob said, “First, sell me your birthright.”
32 He answered: Lo I die, what will the first birthright avail me?
32 Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?”
33 Jacob said: Swear therefore to me. Esau swore to him, and sold his first birthright.
33 Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob.
34 And so taking bread and the pottage of lentils, he ate, and drank, and went his way; making little account of having sold his first birthright.
34 Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

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  • Abida

    Son of Midian

    One of the five sons of Midian, descendants of Keturah.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33

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  • Abraham

    Father of nations

    Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25

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  • Adbeel

    Ishmaelite prince

    One of the twelve sons of Ishmael, listed among the princes of his people.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:13

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  • Ephron

    Hittite who sold Machpelah

    A Hittite at Hebron, son of Zohar, who sold Abraham the field and cave of Machpelah for four hundred shekels of silver, where Abraham buried Sarah and was himself buried.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 23:8–10; Genesis 23:16; Genesis 25:9

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  • Esau

    Father of the Edomites

    Isaac's elder son, who traded his birthright for a bowl of stew.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–27; 36

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  • Hadad

    Ishmaelite prince

    A son of Ishmael numbered among the twelve princes of his people.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:15

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  • Hanoch

    Son of Midian

    One of the five sons of Midian, descendants of Keturah.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33

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  • Isaac

    Child of promise

    The long-promised son, nearly offered on Moriah, through whom the covenant continued.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 21–27

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  • Jacob

    Father of the tribes

    He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49

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  • Laban

    Rebekah's brother; Jacob's father-in-law

    Bethuel's son and Rebekah's brother, who welcomed Abraham's servant, later became Jacob's uncle and father-in-law, deceived him by giving him Leah, and pursued him to Gilead when…

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 24:29; Genesis 25:20; Genesis 29:13

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  • Massa

    Ishmaelite prince

    One of the twelve sons of Ishmael listed among his tribal princes.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:14

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  • Rebekah

    Matriarch, mother of twins

    Wife of Isaac and mother of the twins Jacob and Esau.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 24-27

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Cross references (32)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 1 Chronicles 1:32–33; Genesis 28:1; Genesis 23:1–2
  2. 2 1 Chronicles 1:32–33; Numbers 31:8; Genesis 37:36; Numbers 25:17–18; Numbers 31:2
  3. 3 Ezekiel 25:13; 1 Kings 10:1; Ezekiel 27:6; Jeremiah 49:8; Job 6:19
  4. 4 Isaiah 60:6
  5. 5 Genesis 24:36; Galatians 3:29; Hebrews 1:2; Matthew 11:27; Romans 8:32
  6. 6 Genesis 21:14; Judges 6:3; Acts 14:17; Matthew 5:45; Judges 19:1–2
  7. 7 Genesis 12:4
  8. 8 Genesis 35:28–29; Genesis 15:15; 1 Chronicles 29:28; Genesis 49:33; Job 5:26
  9. 9 Genesis 50:13; Genesis 35:29; Genesis 49:29–30; Genesis 21:9–10; Genesis 23:9–20
  10. 10 Genesis 23:16; Genesis 49:31
  11. 11 Genesis 16:14; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 24:62; Genesis 12:2; Genesis 17:19
  12. 12 Psalm 83:6; Genesis 17:20; Genesis 21:13; Genesis 16:10–15
  13. 13 1 Chronicles 1:29–31; Isaiah 60:7; Isaiah 42:11; Psalm 120:5; Song of Songs 1:5
  14. 14 Isaiah 21:16; Isaiah 21:11
  15. 15 1 Chronicles 5:19; Job 2:11
  16. 16 Genesis 17:20; Genesis 17:23
  17. 17 Genesis 15:15; Genesis 25:7–8
  18. 18 Genesis 16:12; Genesis 20:1; Genesis 21:21; 2 Kings 23:29; Psalm 78:64
  19. 19 Matthew 1:2; Luke 3:34; Acts 7:8; 1 Chronicles 1:32
  20. 20 Genesis 24:29; Genesis 24:67; Genesis 22:23; Deuteronomy 26:5; Genesis 31:24
  21. 21 2 Chronicles 33:13; Ezra 8:23; Luke 1:13; Isaiah 58:9; 1 Chronicles 5:20
  22. 22 1 Samuel 9:9; 1 Samuel 28:6; 1 Samuel 30:8; 1 Samuel 10:22; Ezekiel 20:31
  23. 23 Romans 9:10–13; Genesis 27:40; Genesis 27:29; 2 Samuel 8:14; Malachi 1:2–5
  24. 25 Genesis 27:11; Genesis 27:23; Genesis 27:16
  25. 26 Genesis 27:36; Hosea 12:3; Genesis 38:28–30
  26. 27 Hebrews 11:9; Genesis 21:20; Genesis 28:10–11; Genesis 6:9; Genesis 10:9
  27. 28 Genesis 27:19; Genesis 27:31; Genesis 27:4; Genesis 27:9; Genesis 27:25
  28. 29 Isaiah 40:30–31; Proverbs 13:25; 1 Samuel 14:28; Judges 8:4–5; 1 Samuel 14:31
  29. 30 Numbers 20:14–21; Genesis 36:43; Genesis 36:1; Deuteronomy 23:7; Exodus 15:15
  30. 32 Job 34:9; Job 22:17; Job 21:15; Malachi 3:14; Exodus 22:9
  31. 33 Hebrews 12:16; Genesis 27:36; Hebrews 6:16; Genesis 24:3; Genesis 36:6–7
  32. 34 Hebrews 12:16–17; Philippians 3:18–19; Matthew 26:15; Isaiah 22:13; 1 Corinthians 15:32

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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What the Fathers said

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 25:23 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter XXI)

    … might stand, not of works, but of Him that calleth, it was said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people are in thy body; and the one people shall overcome the other, and the elder shall serve the younger." From which it is evident, that not only [were there] prophecies of the patriarchs, but …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 25:34 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book X, Chapters XXIX–XXXI)

    I know, too, that Esau was deceived by a longing for lentiles, and that David took blame to himself for desiring water, and that our King was tempted not by flesh but bread.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  3. Quotes verse 25:26 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter XXI)

    Thus, in the first place, at his birth, since he laid hold on his brother's heel, he was called Jacob, that is, the supplanter--one who holds, but is not held; binding the feet, but not being bound; striving and conquering; grasping in his hand his adversary's heel, that is, victory.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  4. Quotes verse 25:1 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 33–36)

    … her handmaid, after Abraham had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife." And of Keturah, whom he took after Sarah's departure, we read, "Then again Abraham took a wife, whose name was Keturah." Lo!

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  5. Quotes verse 25:5 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 33–36)

    But unto the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from his son Isaac, (while he yet lived,) eastward, unto the east country." Therefore the sons of the concubines, that is, the heretics and the carnal Jews, have some gifts, but do not attain the promised kingdom; "For they which are the children of the flesh, …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)