1 Έλαβε δε ο Αβραάμ και άλλην γυναίκα, ονομαζομένην Χεττούραν. 2 Και αύτη εγέννησεν εις αυτόν τον Ζεμβράν και τον Ιοξάν και τον Μαδάν και τον Μαδιάμ και τον Ιεσβώκ και τον Σουά. 3 και ο Ιοξάν εγέννησε τον Σεβά και τον Δαιδάν· οι δε υιοί του Δαιδάν ήσαν Ασσουρείμ και Λετουσιείμ και Λαωμείμ. 4 Οι υιοί δε του Μαδιάμ ήσαν Γεφά και Εφέρ και Ανώχ και Αβειδά και Ελδαγά· πάντες ούτοι υιοί της Χεττούρας. 5 Έδωκε δε ο Αβραάμ πάντα τα υπάρχοντα αυτού εις τον Ισαάκ. 6 Εις δε τους υιούς των παλλακών αυτού έδωκεν ο Αβραάμ χαρίσματα, και εξαπέστειλεν αυτούς, έτι ζων, μακράν από του υιού αυτού Ισαάκ προς ανατολάς, εις την γην της Ανατολής. 7 Και ταύτα είναι τα έτη των ημερών της ζωής του Αβραάμ, όσα έζησεν, έτη εκατόν εβδομήκοντα πέντε. 8 Και εκπνεύσας απέθανεν ο Αβραάμ εν γήρατι καλώ, γέρων και πλήρης ημερών· και προσετέθη εις τον λαόν αυτού. 9 Και έθαψαν αυτόν ο Ισαάκ και ο Ισμαήλ οι υιοί αυτού εν τω σπηλαίω Μαχπελάχ, εν τω αγρώ του Εφρών, υιού του Σωάρ του Χετταίου, τω απέναντι της Μαμβρή· 10 τω αγρώ, τον οποίον ηγόρασεν ο Αβραάμ παρά των υιών του Χέτ· εκεί ετάφη ο Αβραάμ και Σάρρα η γυνή αυτού. 11 Και μετά τον θάνατον του Αβραάμ, ευλόγησεν ο Θεός Ισαάκ τον υιόν αυτού· και κατώκησεν ο Ισαάκ πλησίον του φρέατος Λαχαΐ-ροΐ. 12 Αύτη δε είναι η γενεαλογία του Ισμαήλ, υιού του Αβραάμ, τον οποίον εγέννησεν εις τον Αβραάμ Άγαρ η Αιγυπτία, η δούλη της Σάρρας· 13 και ταύτα είναι τα ονόματα των υιών του Ισμαήλ, κατά τα ονόματα αυτών, εις τας γενεάς αυτών· πρωτότοκος του Ισμαήλ Ναβαϊώθ, έπειτα Κηδάρ και Αβδεήλ και Μιβσάμ, 14 και Μισμά, και Δουμά και Μασσά 15 Χαδδάρ, και Θαιμά, Ιετούρ, Ναφίς, και Κεδμά· 16 ούτοι είναι οι υιοί του Ισμαήλ, και ταύτα τα ονόματα αυτών κατά τας κώμας αυτών και κατά τας κατοικίας αυτών· δώδεκα άρχοντες κατά τα έθνη αυτών. 17 Και ταύτα είναι τα έτη της ζωής του Ισμαήλ, έτη εκατόν τριάκοντα επτά· και εκπνεύσας απέθανε και προσετέθη εις τον λαόν αυτού. 18 Κατώκησαν δε από Αβιλά έως Σούρ, της κατά πρόσωπον Αιγύπτου, καθώς υπάγει τις προς την Ασσυρίαν· ο Ισμαήλ κατώκησεν έμπροσθεν πάντων των αδελφών αυτού. 19 Και αύτη είναι η γενεαλογία του Ισαάκ, υιού του Αβραάμ· ο Αβραάμ εγέννησε τον Ισαάκ· 20 ήτο δε ο Ισαάκ ετών τεσσαράκοντα, ότε έλαβεν εις εαυτόν γυναίκα την Ρεβέκκαν, θυγατέρα Βαθουήλ του Σύρου από Παδάν-αράμ, αδελφήν Λάβαν του Σύρου. 21 Και εδέετο ο Ισαάκ προς τον Κύριον περί της γυναικός αυτού, διότι ήτο στείρα· και επήκουσεν ο Κύριος αυτού, και συνέλαβεν η Ρεβέκκα η γυνή αυτού. 22 Και τα παιδία συνεκρούοντο εντός αυτής· και είπεν, Αν μέλλη ούτω να γείνη, διά τι εγώ να συλλάβω; και υπήγε να ερωτήση τον Κύριον. 23 Και είπεν ο Κύριος προς αυτήν, Δύο έθνη είναι εν τη κοιλία σου· και δύο λαοί θέλουσι διαχωρισθή από των εντοσθίων σου· και ο εις λαός θέλει είσθαι δυνατώτερος του άλλου λαού· και ο μεγαλήτερος θέλει δουλεύσει εις τον μικρότερον. 24 Και ότε επληρώθησαν αι ημέραι αυτής διά να γεννήση, ιδού, ήσαν δίδυμα εν τη κοιλία αυτής. 25 Εξήλθε δε ο πρώτος ερυθρός και όλος ως δέρμα δασύτριχος· και εκάλεσαν το όνομα αυτού, Ησαύ. 26 Και έπειτα εξήλθεν ο αδελφός αυτού· και η χειρ αυτού εκράτει την πτέρναν του Ησαύ· διά τούτο ωνομάσθη Ιακώβ· ο δε Ισαάκ ήτο ετών εξήκοντα, ότε εγέννησεν αυτούς. 27 Ηύξησαν δε τα παιδία· και έγεινεν ο μεν Ησαύ άνθρωπος έμπειρος εις το κυνήγιον, άνθρωπος του αγρού· ο δε Ιακώβ, άνθρωπος απλούς, κατοικών εν σκηναίς. 28 Και ο μεν Ισαάκ ηγάπα τον Ησαύ, διότι το κυνήγιον ήτο τροφή εις αυτόν· η δε Ρεβέκκα ηγάπα τον Ιακώβ. 29 Εμαγείρευε δε ο Ιακώβ μαγείρευμα· και ήλθεν ο Ησαύ εκ του αγρού και ήτο αποκαμωμένος· 30 και είπεν ο Ησαύ προς τον Ιακώβ, Δος μοι, παρακαλώ, να φάγω από το κόκκινον, το κόκκινον τούτο, διότι είμαι αποκαμωμένος· διά τούτο εκλήθη το όνομα αυτού, Εδώμ. 31 Και είπεν ο Ιακώβ, Πώλησόν μοι σήμερον τα πρωτοτόκιά σου. 32 Και ο Ησαύ είπεν, Ιδού, εγώ υπάγω να αποθάνω, και τι με ωφελούσι ταύτα τα πρωτοτόκια; 33 Και είπεν ο Ιακώβ, Ομοσόν μοι σήμερον· και ώμοσεν εις αυτόν· και επώλησε τα πρωτοτόκια αυτού εις τον Ιακώβ. 34 Τότε ο Ιακώβ έδωκεν εις τον Ησαύ άρτον και μαγείρευμα της φακής· και έφαγε και έπιε και σηκωθείς ανεχώρησεν· ούτως ο Ησαύ κατεφρόνησε τα πρωτοτόκια.
Genesis · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Genesis 25 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
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 (32)
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
- 8 Genesis 35:28–29; Genesis 15:15; 1 Chronicles 29:28; Genesis 49:33; Job 5:26
- 9 Genesis 50:13; Genesis 35:29; Genesis 49:29–30; Genesis 21:9–10; Genesis 23:9–20
- 10 Genesis 23:16; Genesis 49:31
- 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
- 13 1 Chronicles 1:29–31; Isaiah 60:7; Isaiah 42:11; Psalm 120:5; Song of Songs 1:5
- 14 Isaiah 21:16; Isaiah 21:11
- 15 1 Chronicles 5:19; Job 2:11
- 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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What the Fathers said
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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)