Common English Bible

Genesis 25:8-22 Common English Bible (CEB)

8. Abraham took his last breath and died after a good long life, a content old man, and he was placed with his ancestors.

9. His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave in Machpelah, which is in the field of Zohar’s son Ephron the Hittite, near Mamre.

10. Thus Abraham and his wife Sarah were both buried in the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites.

11. After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, and Isaac lived in Beer-lahai-roi.

12. These are the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore for Abraham.

13. These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, by their names and according to their birth order: Nebaioth, Ishmael’s oldest son; Kedar; Adbeel; Mibsam;

14. Mishma; Dumah; Massa;

15. Hadad; Tema; Jetur; Naphish; and Kedemah.

16. These are Ishmael’s sons. These are their names by their villages and their settlements: twelve tribal leaders according to their tribes.

17. Ishmael lived to the age of 137. He took his last breath and died, and was placed with his ancestors.

18. He established camps from Havilah to Shur, which is near Egypt on the road to Assyria. He died among all of his brothers.

19. These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.

20. Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean and the sister of Laban the Aramean, from Paddan-aram.

21. Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, since she was unable to have children. The Lord was moved by his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

22. But the boys pushed against each other inside of her, and she said, "If this is what it’s like, why did it happen to me?"So she went to ask the Lord.