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RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
1 Y ABRAHAM tomó otra mujer, cuyo nombre fué Cetura;
2 and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
2 La cual le parió á Zimram, y á Joksan, y á Medan, y á Midiam, y á Ishbak, y á Sua.
3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
3 Y Joksan engendró á Seba, y á Dedán: é hijos de Dedán fueron Assurim, y Letusim, y Leummim.
4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
4 E hijos de Midiam: Epha, y Epher, y Enech, y Abida, y Eldaa. Todos estos [fueron] hijos de Cetura.
5 Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
5 Y Abraham dió todo cuanto tenía á Isaac.
6 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.
6 Y á los hijos de sus concubinas dió Abraham dones, y enviólos de junto Isaac su hijo, mientras él vivía, hacia el oriente, á la tierra oriental.
7 Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
7 Y estos fueron los días de vida que vivió Abraham: ciento setenta y cinco años.
8 And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
8 Y exhaló el espíritu, y murió Abraham en buena vejez, anciano y lleno [de días], y fué unido á su pueblo.
9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
9 Y sepultáronlo Isaac é Ismael sus hijos en la cueva de Macpela, en la heredad de Ephrón, hijo de Zoar Hetheo, que está enfrente de Mamre;
10 This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.
10 Heredad que compró Abraham de los hijos de Heth; allí fué Abraham sepultado, y Sara su mujer.
11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
11 Y sucedió, después de muerto Abraham, que Dios bendijo á Isaac su hijo: y habitó Isaac junto al pozo del Viviente que me ve.
12 This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
12 Y estas son las generaciones de Ismael, hijo de Abraham, que le parió Agar Egipcia, sierva de Sara:
13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
13 Estos, pues, son los nombres de los hijos de Ismael, por sus nombres, por sus linajes: El primogénito de Ismael, Nabaioth; luego Cedar, y Abdeel, y Mibsam,
14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
14 Y Misma, y Duma, y Massa,
15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
15 Hadad, y Tema, y Jetur, y Naphis, y Cedema.
16 These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
16 Estos son los hijos de Ismael, y estos sus nombres, por sus villas y por sus campamentos; doce príncipes por sus familias.
17 Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
17 Y estos fueron los años de la vida de Ismael, ciento treinta y siete años: y exhaló el espíritu Ismael, y murió; y fué unido á su pueblo.
18 Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
18 Y habitaron desde Havila hasta Shur, que está enfrente de Egipto viniendo á Asiria; y murió en presencia de todos sus hermanos.
19 This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
19 Y estas son las generaciones de Isaac, hijo de Abraham. Abraham engendró á Isaac:
20 and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
20 Y era Isaac de cuarenta años cuando tomó por mujer á Rebeca, hija de Bethuel Arameo de Padan-aram, hermana de Labán Arameo.
21 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.
21 Y oró Isaac á Jehová por su mujer, que era estéril; y aceptólo Jehová, y concibió Rebeca su mujer.
22 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,
22 Y los hijos se combatían dentro de ella; y dijo: Si es así ¿para qué vivo yo? Y fué á consultar á Jehová.
23 and He declared to her: “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.”
23 Y respondióle Jehová: Dos gentes hay en tu seno, y dos pueblos serán divididos desde tus entrañas: y el un pueblo será más fuerte que el otro pueblo, y el mayor servirá al menor.
24 When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
24 Y como se cumplieron sus días para parir, he aquí mellizos en su vientre.
25 The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
25 Y salió el primero rubio, y todo él velludo como una pelliza; y llamaron su nombre Esaú.
26 After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
26 Y después salió su hermano, trabada su mano al calcañar de Esaú: y fué llamado su nombre Jacob. Y era Isaac de edad de sesenta años cuando ella los parió.
27 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.
27 Y crecieron los niños, y Esaú fué diestro en la caza, hombre del campo: Jacob empero era varón quieto, que habitaba en tiendas.
28 Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
28 Y amó Isaac á Esaú, porque comía de su caza; mas Rebeca amaba á Jacob.
29 One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
29 Y guisó Jacob un potaje; y volviendo Esaú del campo cansado,
30 He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
30 Dijo á Jacob: Ruégote que me des á comer de eso bermejo, pues estoy muy cansado. Por tanto fué llamado su nombre Edom.
31 “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.
31 Y Jacob respondió: Véndeme en este día tu primogenitura.
32 “Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
32 Entonces dijo Esaú: He aquí yo me voy á morir; ¿para qué, pues, me servirá la primogenitura?
33 “Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
33 Y dijo Jacob: Júrame[lo] en este día. Y él le juró, y vendió á Jacob su primogenitura.
34 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.
34 Entonces Jacob dió á Esaú pan y del guisado de las lentejas; y él comió y bebió, y levantóse, y fuése. Así menospreció Esaú la primogenitura.

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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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  • Dedan

    Son of Jokshan

    A son of Jokshan, grandson of Abraham and Keturah; the Asshurites, Letushites and Leummites are listed as his sons.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:3; 1 Chronicles 1:32

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  • Dumah

    Ishmaelite prince

    A son of Ishmael whose name is also attached to a place in Arabia.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:14

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  • Eldaah

    Son of Midian

    The last-named of the five sons of Midian, descendants of Keturah.

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

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  • Ephah

    Son of Midian

    The first-named of the five sons of Midian, descendants of Keturah.

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

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  • Epher

    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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  • 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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  • Ishbak

    Son of Keturah

    A son of Abraham by Keturah who fathered an Arabian people of the east.

    Cited in the guide: Gen. 25:2

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  • Ishmael

    Abraham's firstborn

    Abraham's son by Hagar, blessed by God to become a great nation.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 16; 17:20; 21; 25:12–18

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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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  • Jetur

    Ishmaelite prince

    One of Ishmael's twelve sons, later linked to the Itureans.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:15

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  • Jokshan

    Son of Keturah

    A son of Abraham by Keturah and father of the trading peoples Sheba and Dedan.

    Cited in the guide: Gen. 25:2-3

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  • Kedar

    Ishmaelite prince

    Second son of Ishmael whose name marks a prominent northern Arabian tribe.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:13

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  • Kedemah

    Ishmaelite prince

    The last-named of Ishmael's twelve sons in the genealogy.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:15

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  • Keturah

    Wife of Abraham

    The wife Abraham took after Sarah's death, mother of six more sons.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:1-6

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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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  • Medan

    Son of Keturah

    A son of Abraham by Keturah who fathered a people of the Arabian east.

    Cited in the guide: Gen. 25:2

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  • Mibsam

    Ishmaelite prince

    A son of Ishmael counted among the twelve princes of his descendants.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:13

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  • Midian

    Ancestor of the Midianites

    A son of Abraham by Keturah and ancestor of the Midianites of the northwestern Arabian desert.

    Cited in the guide: Gen. 25:2

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  • Mishma

    Ishmaelite prince

    One of Ishmael's twelve sons, named among the tribal princes.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:14

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  • Naphish

    Ishmaelite prince

    A son of Ishmael counted among the twelve tribal princes.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:15

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  • Nebaioth

    Ishmael's firstborn

    Ishmael's firstborn son and one of the twelve princes God promised him.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:13

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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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  • Sheba

    Son of Jokshan

    A son of Jokshan, grandson of Abraham and Keturah.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:3; 1 Chronicles 1:32

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  • Shuah

    Son of Keturah

    The youngest son of Abraham by Keturah and ancestor of an eastern desert people.

    Cited in the guide: Gen. 25:2

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  • Tema

    Ishmaelite prince

    A son of Ishmael whose name marks an oasis and tribe of the desert.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:15

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  • Zimran

    Son of Keturah

    A son of Abraham by Keturah, the wife he took after Sarah's death.

    Cited in the guide: Gen. 25:2

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  • Zohar

    Father of Ephron

    A Hittite named only as the father of Ephron, from whom Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 23:8; Genesis 25:9

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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

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  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)