Jacob and the Start of Israel

¹ Again Abraham took a wife named Keturah. {25:2} She bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

³ Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

⁴ The sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these [were] the children of Keturah.

⁵ Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.

⁶ But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

⁷ These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

⁸ Abraham died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years and was gathered to his people.

⁹ His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre.

¹⁰ The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

¹¹ After the death of Abraham, Enki blessed his son Isaac who then dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.

^12-13 The sons of Ishmael are the firstborn Nebajoth and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, ¹⁴ Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, ¹⁵ Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

¹⁶ These are the 12 sons of Ishmael.

¹⁷ Ishmael lived for 137 years. {25:18} His people dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt on the way to Assyria.

¹⁹ Isaac, Abraham’s son was 40 years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

²¹ Isaac intreated Enki for his wife, because she was barren and so she conceived.

²² The children struggled together within her. She said:

If [it be] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to enquire of Enki.

²³ Enki said to her:

Two nations [are] in your womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from your bowels; and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

²⁴ When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, [there were] twins in her womb.

²⁵ The first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

²⁶ After that his brother came out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob:

Isaac was 60 years old when she bare them.

²⁷ Esau became a cunning hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

²⁸ Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

²⁹ Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:

³⁰ Esau said to Jacob:

³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised [his] birthright.