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Genesis 25

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1 And Abraham added, and took a woman, and her name was Keturah.

2 And for him she gave·​·birth·​·to Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuach.

3 And Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim,* and Letushim, and Leummim.

4 And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Enoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

5 And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.

6 And to the sons of the concubines that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent· them ·away from being by Isaac his son, when he was still living, eastward to the land of the east.

7 And these are the days of the years of the lives of Abraham which he lived; a hundred years, and seventy years, and five years.

8 And Abraham expired and died with good gray·​·hairs, old and sated of days*, and was gathered to his peoples.

9 And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is by the face of Mamre;

10 the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth; there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

11 And it was, after the death of Abraham that God blessed Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelt at Beer-lahai-roi.

12 And these are the births of Ishmael the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, gave·​·birth for Abraham.

13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according·​·to their births: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adhbeel, and Mibsam;

14 and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa;

15 Chadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah;

16 these are they, the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, in their villages and in their castles; twelve chiefs for their peoples.

17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred years, and thirty years, and seven years; and he expired and died, and was gathered to his peoples.

18 And they resided from Havilah even·​·to Shur, who is upon the faces of Egypt, in coming toward Assyria; he settled* against the faces of all his brothers.

19 And these are the births of Isaac, the son of Abraham; Abraham begot Isaac.

20 And Isaac was a son of forty years when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean, of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to himself for a woman.

21 And Isaac supplicated to Jehovah on account of his woman, for she was barren, and Jehovah was supplicated for him, and Rebekah his woman conceived.

22 And the sons clashed·​·with·​·each·​·other in the midst·​·of her; and she said, If so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.

23 And Jehovah said to her, Two nations are in thy belly, and Two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels, and the one people shall prevail above the other people, and the greater shall serve the lesser.

24 And her days were·​·fulfilled to give·​·birth, and behold twins were in her belly.

25 And the first came·​·out all of him ruddy as a mantle of hair, and they called his name Esau.

26 And after that came·​·forth his brother, and his hand seized on Esau’s heel*, and he called his name Jacob*; and Isaac was a son of sixty years when she gave·​·birth to them.

27 And the lads grew·​·up; and Esau was a man knowing hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob was a perfect man, dwelling in tents.

28 And Isaac loved Esau, for his hunting was in his mouth; and Rebekah loved Jacob.

29 And Jacob stewed a stew, and Esau came from the field, and he was faint.

30 And Esau said to Jacob, Let me sup, I pray, of the red, this red, for I am faint; therefore he called his name Edom.

31 And Jacob said, Sell as·​·it·​·were today* thy birthright to me.

32 And Esau said, Behold I am going to die, and for what is this birthright to me?

33 And Jacob said, Promise to me as·​·it·​·were today; and he promised to him, and he sold his birthright to Jacob.

34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose·​·up and went; and Esau despised the birthright.

   


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Exodus 14

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1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Speak to the sons of Israel, that they turn·​·back and encamp before Pi-hachiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon; opposite it you shall encamp by the sea.

3 And Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, They are·​·perplexed in the land, the wilderness has closed· them ·in.

4 And I will make· the heart of Pharaoh ·firm, and he shall pursue after them; and I will be glorified in Pharaoh, and in all his host; and the Egyptians shall·​·know that I am Jehovah. And they did so.

5 And it was·​·told the king of Egypt that the people fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

6 And he harnessed his chariot, and took his people with him;

7 and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and third-ranking leaders upon all of them.

8 And Jehovah made·​·firm the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the sons of Israel; and the sons of Israel went·​·out by an exalted hand.

9 And the Egyptians pursued after them, and overtook them encamping by the sea, all the horses of the chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his forces, by Pi-hachiroth before Baal-zephon.

10 And Pharaoh came·​·near, and the sons of Israel lifted·​·up their eyes, and, behold, Egypt was journeying after them, and they feared exceedingly; and the sons of Israel cried to Jehovah.

11 And they said to Moses, are there no graves in Egypt, that thou hast taken us to·​·die in the wilderness? What is this that thou hast done to us, to bring· us ·out from Egypt?

12 Is not this the word that we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying, Forbear from us, and let us serve the Egyptians? For it is good for us to serve the Egyptians, rather than we should die in the wilderness.

13 And Moses said to the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which He will do for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall see them again no more for an age.

14 Jehovah shall wage war for you, and you shall be·​·silent.

15 And Jehovah said to Moses, Why criest thou to Me? speak to the sons of Israel, that they journey.

16 And thou, lift·​·high thy rod, and stretch·​·out thy hand over the sea, and split it apart; and the sons of Israel shall come into the midst of the sea on the dry.

17 And I, behold, I will make·​·firm the heart of the Egyptians, and they shall come after them; and I will be glorified in Pharaoh, and in all his host, in his chariots, and in his horsemen.

18 And the Egyptians shall·​·know that I am Jehovah, when I am glorified in Pharaoh, in his chariots, and in his horsemen.

19 And the angel of God journeyed, walking before the camp of Israel, and he went behind them; and the pillar of cloud journeyed from before them and stood behind them;

20 and it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness, and it gave·​·light to the night; and the one came· not ·near the other all the night.

21 And Moses stretched·​·out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah made the sea go back by a strong east wind all the night, and set the sea to dry·​·up, and the waters were split apart.

22 And the sons of Israel came into the midst of the sea on the dry; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.

23 And the Egyptians pursued, and came after them, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea.

24 And it was in the morning watch, and Jehovah looked·​·out to the camp of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and of cloud, and routed the camp of the Egyptians.

25 And He removed the wheel of his chariots, and he drew it in heaviness; and the Egyptian said, I will flee before Israel; because Jehovah wages war for them against the Egyptians.

26 And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, and let the waters return upon the Egyptians, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

27 And Moses stretched·​·out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned at the turning of the morning to the strength of its flow; and the Egyptians fled to meet it; and Jehovah shook·​·off the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.

28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the forces of Pharaoh that came after them into the sea; there was not left of them even one.

29 And the sons of Israel went on the dry into the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.

30 And Jehovah saved Israel on this day out·​·of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the lip of the sea.

31 And Israel saw the great hand which Jehovah made on the Egyptians, and the people feared Jehovah; and they believed in Jehovah, and in His servant Moses.

   


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