1 Abraham volvió a casarse. Su nueva esposa se llamaba Cetura. 2 Con ella Abraham tuvo los siguientes hijos: Zimrán, Jocsán, Medán, Madián, Isbac y Súaj. 3 Los dos hijos de Jocsán fueron Sabá y Dedán. Los hijos de Dedán fueron los asureos, los letuseos y los leumeos. 4 Los hijos de Madián fueron Efá, Éfer, Janoc, Abidá y Eldá. Todos estos fueron descendientes de Cetura. 5 Todo cuanto Abraham poseía se lo dio a Isaac. 6 A los hijos de sus otras mujeres les dio regalos, y los envió hacia el oriente, para alejarlos de Isaac. 7 Abraham murió a la avanzada edad de ciento setenta y cinco años 9 y fue sepultado por sus hijos Isaac e Ismael en la cueva de Macpela, cerca de Mamré, en el campo que Abraham le había comprado a Efrón, el hijo de Zojar el hitita. Fue sepultado junto a su esposa Sara. 11 Después de la muerte de Abraham, Dios derramó abundantes bendiciones sobre Isaac. Isaac se quedó a vivir cerca del pozo de Lajay Roí. 12 Esta es una lista, por orden de nacimiento, de los hijos de Ismael, hijo de Abraham y de Agar, la esclava egipcia de Sara: Nebayot, Cedar, Abdel, Mibsán, Mismá, Dumá, Masá, Hadar, Temá, Jetur, Nafis y Cedema. 16 Estos doce hijos de Ismael fundaron las doce tribus que llevan sus nombres. 17 Ismael murió a la edad de ciento treinta y siete años, y fue a reunirse con sus antepasados. 18 Los descendientes de Ismael habitaron en la región que va desde Javilá hasta Sur, que está frente a Egipto, en la vía que va a Asiria. Así que Ismael se quedó a vivir en frente de todos sus parientes. 19 Esta es la historia de Isaac, el hijo de Abraham. 20 Isaac tenía cuarenta años cuando se casó con Rebeca, la hija de Betuel y hermana de Labán. Betuel y Labán eran arameos y vivían en Padán Aram. 21 Como Rebeca no podía tener hijos, Isaac oró al Señor a favor de ella. El Señor escuchó su oración, de modo que Rebeca quedó embarazada. 22 Pronto se dio cuenta que iba a tener mellizos porque los niños luchaban dentro de su vientre. Preocupada, Rebeca se dijo así misma: «Si las cosas van a seguir así, ¿para qué quiero seguir viviendo?». Entonces fue a consultar al Señor, 23 Y Dios le dijo: «En tu vientre hay dos naciones; dos pueblos divididos desde antes de nacer. Uno será más fuerte que el otro, y el mayor servirá al menor». 24 Llegado el momento, Rebeca dio a luz. 25 El primero que nació era pelirrojo y tan velludo, que parecía tener un abrigo de piel. Por eso lo llamaron Esaú. 26 Luego nació el segundo, que salió aferrado al tobillo de Esaú, por lo que lo llamaron Jacob (Suplantador). Isaac tenía sesenta años cuando nacieron los mellizos. 27 Los niños crecieron. Esaú se hizo hábil cazador y le gustaba el campo, mientras que Jacob era muy tranquilo y prefería quedarse en la casa. 28 Esaú era el favorito de Isaac, porque le daba de comer de lo que cazaba; pero Jacob era el favorito de Rebeca. 29 Un día Jacob estaba haciendo un guiso cuando Esaú llegó del campo muy cansado 30 y le dijo: ―Hombre, ¡estoy muerto de hambre! ¡Por favor, dame un poco de ese guiso rojo! (Por eso, a Esaú también se le conoció con el nombre de Edom, que significa rojo). 31 ―Muy bien, pero dame en cambio tu derecho de primogenitura —respondió Jacob. 32 ―¿De qué me sirve la primogenitura si me muero de hambre? —replicó Esaú. 33 ―Entonces prométeme bajo juramento que me cedes tu derecho de primogenitura —insistió Jacob. Esaú hizo el juramento y vendió así sus derechos de hijo mayor al hermano menor. 34 Entonces Jacob le dio pan y el guiso de lentejas. Después de comer y de beber, Esaú se levantó y se fue. Así demostró que no le importaba para nada su derecho de hijo mayor.
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People & places in this chapter
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People
Abida
One of the five sons of Midian, descendants of Keturah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33
Abraham
Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25
Adbeel
One of the twelve sons of Ishmael, listed among the princes of his people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:13
Dedan
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
Dumah
A son of Ishmael whose name is also attached to a place in Arabia.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:14
Eldaah
The last-named of the five sons of Midian, descendants of Keturah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33
Ephah
The first-named of the five sons of Midian, descendants of Keturah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33
Epher
One of the five sons of Midian, descendants of Keturah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33
Ephron
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
Esau
Isaac's elder son, who traded his birthright for a bowl of stew.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–27; 36
Hadad
A son of Ishmael numbered among the twelve princes of his people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:15
Hanoch
One of the five sons of Midian, descendants of Keturah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33
Isaac
The long-promised son, nearly offered on Moriah, through whom the covenant continued.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 21–27
Ishbak
A son of Abraham by Keturah who fathered an Arabian people of the east.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 25:2
Ishmael
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
Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Jetur
One of Ishmael's twelve sons, later linked to the Itureans.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:15
Jokshan
A son of Abraham by Keturah and father of the trading peoples Sheba and Dedan.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 25:2-3
Kedar
Second son of Ishmael whose name marks a prominent northern Arabian tribe.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:13
Kedemah
The last-named of Ishmael's twelve sons in the genealogy.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:15
Keturah
The wife Abraham took after Sarah's death, mother of six more sons.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:1-6
Laban
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
Massa
One of the twelve sons of Ishmael listed among his tribal princes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:14
Medan
A son of Abraham by Keturah who fathered a people of the Arabian east.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 25:2
Mibsam
A son of Ishmael counted among the twelve princes of his descendants.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:13
Midian
A son of Abraham by Keturah and ancestor of the Midianites of the northwestern Arabian desert.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 25:2
Mishma
One of Ishmael's twelve sons, named among the tribal princes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:14
Naphish
A son of Ishmael counted among the twelve tribal princes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:15
Nebaioth
Ishmael's firstborn son and one of the twelve princes God promised him.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:13
Rebekah
Wife of Isaac and mother of the twins Jacob and Esau.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 24-27
Sheba
A son of Jokshan, grandson of Abraham and Keturah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:3; 1 Chronicles 1:32
Shuah
The youngest son of Abraham by Keturah and ancestor of an eastern desert people.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 25:2
Tema
A son of Ishmael whose name marks an oasis and tribe of the desert.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25:15
Zimran
A son of Abraham by Keturah, the wife he took after Sarah's death.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 25:2
Zohar
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
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 1:32–33; Genesis 28:1; Genesis 23:1–2
- 2 1 Chronicles 1:32–33; Numbers 31:8; Genesis 37:36; Numbers 25:17–18; Numbers 31:2
- 3 Ezekiel 25:13; 1 Kings 10:1; Ezekiel 27:6; Jeremiah 49:8; Job 6:19
- 4 Isaiah 60:6
- 5 Genesis 24:36; Galatians 3:29; Hebrews 1:2; Matthew 11:27; Romans 8:32
- 6 Genesis 21:14; Judges 6:3; Acts 14:17; Matthew 5:45; Judges 19:1–2
- 7 Genesis 12:4
- 9 Genesis 50:13; Genesis 35:29; Genesis 49:29–30; Genesis 21:9–10; Genesis 23:9–20
- 11 Genesis 16:14; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 24:62; Genesis 12:2; Genesis 17:19
- 12 Psalm 83:6; Genesis 17:20; Genesis 21:13; Genesis 16:10–15
- 16 Genesis 17:20; Genesis 17:23
- 17 Genesis 15:15; Genesis 25:7–8
- 18 Genesis 16:12; Genesis 20:1; Genesis 21:21; 2 Kings 23:29; Psalm 78:64
- 19 Matthew 1:2; Luke 3:34; Acts 7:8; 1 Chronicles 1:32
- 20 Genesis 24:29; Genesis 24:67; Genesis 22:23; Deuteronomy 26:5; Genesis 31:24
- 21 2 Chronicles 33:13; Ezra 8:23; Luke 1:13; Isaiah 58:9; 1 Chronicles 5:20
- 22 1 Samuel 9:9; 1 Samuel 28:6; 1 Samuel 30:8; 1 Samuel 10:22; Ezekiel 20:31
- 23 Romans 9:10–13; Genesis 27:40; Genesis 27:29; 2 Samuel 8:14; Malachi 1:2–5
- 25 Genesis 27:11; Genesis 27:23; Genesis 27:16
- 26 Genesis 27:36; Hosea 12:3; Genesis 38:28–30
- 27 Hebrews 11:9; Genesis 21:20; Genesis 28:10–11; Genesis 6:9; Genesis 10:9
- 28 Genesis 27:19; Genesis 27:31; Genesis 27:4; Genesis 27:9; Genesis 27:25
- 29 Isaiah 40:30–31; Proverbs 13:25; 1 Samuel 14:28; Judges 8:4–5; 1 Samuel 14:31
- 30 Numbers 20:14–21; Genesis 36:43; Genesis 36:1; Deuteronomy 23:7; Exodus 15:15
- 32 Job 34:9; Job 22:17; Job 21:15; Malachi 3:14; Exodus 22:9
- 33 Hebrews 12:16; Genesis 27:36; Hebrews 6:16; Genesis 24:3; Genesis 36:6–7
- 34 Hebrews 12:16–17; Philippians 3:18–19; Matthew 26:15; Isaiah 22:13; 1 Corinthians 15:32
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… 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 …
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)
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.
… 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)
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)