Genesis 25:18-20

Contemporary English Version

^17-18 Ishmael had settled in the land east of his brothers, and his sons^[a] settled everywhere from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt on the way to Asshur.^[b] Ishmael was 137 when he died.

The Birth of Esau and Jacob

¹⁹ Isaac was the son of Abraham, ²⁰ and he was 40 years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel. She was also the sister of Laban, the Aramean from northern Syria.^[c]

Almost 20 years later,