¹ And Abraham addeth and taketh a wife, and her name [is] Keturah;

² and she beareth to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

³ And Jokshan hath begotten Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim;

⁴ and the sons of Midian [are] Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah: all these [are] sons of Keturah.

⁵ And Abraham giveth all that he hath to Isaac;

⁶ and to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham hath, Abraham hath given gifts, and sendeth them away from Isaac his son (in his being yet alive) eastward, unto the east country.

⁷ And these [are] the days of the years of the life of Abraham, which he lived, a hundred and seventy and five years;

⁸ and Abraham expireth, and dieth in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered unto his people.

⁹ And Isaac and Ishmael his sons bury him at the cave of Machpelah, at the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre --

¹⁰ the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth -- there hath Abraham been buried, and Sarah his wife.

¹¹ And it cometh to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blesseth Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelleth by the Well of the Living One, my Beholder.

¹² And these [are] births of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, hath borne to Abraham;

¹³ and these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their births: first-born of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

¹⁴ and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

¹⁵ Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

¹⁶ these are sons of Ishmael, and these their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples.

¹⁷ And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years; and he expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people;

¹⁸ and they tabernacle from Havilah unto Shur, which [is] before Egypt, in [thy] going towards Asshur; in the presence of all his brethren hath he fallen.

¹⁹ And these [are] births of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham hath begotten Isaac;

²⁰ and Isaac is a son of forty years in his taking Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean, from Padan-Aram, sister of Laban the Aramaean, to him for a wife.

²¹ And Isaac maketh entreaty to Jehovah before his wife, for she [is] barren: and Jehovah is entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiveth,

²² and the children struggle together within her, and she saith, `If [it is] right -- why [am] I thus?' and she goeth to seek Jehovah.

²³ And Jehovah saith to her, `Two nations [are] in thy womb, and Two peoples from thy bowels are parted; and the [one] people than the [other] people is stronger; and the elder doth serve the younger.'

²⁴ And her days to bear are fulfilled, and lo, twins [are] in her womb;

²⁵ and the first cometh out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau;

²⁶ and afterwards hath his brother come out, and his hand is taking hold on Esau's heel, and one calleth his name Jacob; and Isaac [is] a son of sixty years in her bearing them.

²⁷ And the youths grew, and Esau is a man acquainted [with] hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob [is] a plain man, inhabiting tents;

²⁸ and Isaac loveth Esau, for [his] hunting [is] in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob.

²⁹ And Jacob boileth pottage, and Esau cometh in from the field, and he [is] weary;

³⁰ and Esau saith unto Jacob, `Let me eat, I pray thee, some of this red red thing, for I [am] weary;' therefore hath [one] called his name Edom [Red];

³¹ and Jacob saith, `Sell to-day thy birthright to me.'

³² And Esau saith, `Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me -- birthright?'

³³ and Jacob saith, `Swear to me to-day:' and he sweareth to him, and selleth his birthright to Jacob;

³⁴ and Jacob hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the birthright.

³⁵ and Jehovah hath blessed my lord exceedingly, and he is great; and He giveth to him flock, and herd, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses;

¹ And Jacob calleth unto his sons and saith, `Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which doth happen with you in the latter end of the days.

² `Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And hearken unto Israel your father.

³ Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;

⁴ Unstable as water, thou art not abundant; For thou hast gone up thy father's bed; Then thou hast polluted: My couch he went up!

⁵ Simeon and Levi [are] brethren! Instruments of violence -- their espousals!

⁶ Into their secret, come not, O my soul! Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince.

⁷ Cursed [is] their anger, for [it is] fierce, And their wrath, for [it is] sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.

⁸ Judah! thou -- thy brethren praise thee! Thy hand [is] on the neck of thine enemies, Sons of thy father bow themselves to thee.

⁹ A lion's whelp [is] Judah, For prey, my son, thou hast gone up; He hath bent, he hath crouched as a lion, And as a lioness; who causeth him to arise?

¹⁰ The sceptre turneth not aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Till his Seed come; And his [is] the obedience of peoples.

¹¹ Binding to the vine his ass, And to the choice vine the colt of his ass, He hath washed in wine his clothing, And in the blood of grapes his covering;

¹² Red [are] eyes with wine, And white [are] teeth with milk!

¹³ Zebulun at a haven of the seas doth dwell, And he [is] for a haven of ships; And his side [is] unto Zidon.

¹⁴ Issacher [is] a strong ass, Crouching between the two folds;

¹⁵ And he seeth rest that [it is] good, And the land that [it is] pleasant, And he inclineth his shoulder to bear, And is to tribute a servant.

¹⁶ Dan doth judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel;

¹⁷ Dan is a serpent by the way, An adder by the path, Which is biting the horse's heels, And its rider falleth backward.

¹⁸ For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!

¹⁹ Gad! a troop assaulteth him, But he assaulteth last.

²⁰ Out of Asher his bread [is] fat; And he giveth dainties of a king.

²¹ Naphtali [is] a hind sent away, Who is giving beauteous young ones.

²² Joseph [is] a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall;

²³ And embitter him -- yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;

²⁴ And his bow abideth in strength, And strengthened are the arms of his hands By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, Whence is a shepherd, a son of Israel.

²⁵ By the God of thy father who helpeth thee, And the Mighty One who blesseth thee, Blessings of the heavens from above, Blessings of the deep lying under, Blessings of breasts and womb; --

²⁶ Thy father's blessings have been mighty Above the blessings of my progenitors, Unto the limit of the heights age-during They are for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the one Separate [from] his brethren.

²⁷ Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'

²⁸ All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel, and this [is] that which their father hath spoken unto them, and he blesseth them; each according to his blessing he hath blessed them.

²⁹ And he commandeth them, and saith unto them, `I am being gathered unto my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite;

³⁰ in the cave which [is] in the field of Machpelah, which [is] on the front of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place;

³¹ (there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah);

³² the purchase of the field and of the cave which [is] in it, [is] from Sons of Heth.'

³³ And Jacob finisheth commanding his sons, and gathereth up his feet unto the bed, and expireth, and is gathered unto his people.