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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,

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Footnotes

  1. 25.17,18 sons: Or “descendants.”
  2. 25.17,18 Havilah to Shur … Asshur: The exact location of these places is not known.
  3. 25.20 northern Syria: See the note at 24.10.

18 His descendants(A) settled in the area from Havilah to Shur,(B) near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward[a] all the tribes related to them.(C)

Jacob and Esau

19 This is the account(D) of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac.

Abraham became the father of Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old(E) when he married Rebekah(F) daughter of Bethuel(G) the Aramean from Paddan Aram[b](H) and sister of Laban(I) the Aramean.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 25:18 Or lived to the east of
  2. Genesis 25:20 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia