8. Then he breathed his last, dying at a ripe old age, grown old after a full life; and he was gathered to his people.
9. His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, son of Zohar the Hittite, which faces Mamre,
10. the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites; there he was buried next to his wife Sarah.
11. After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
12. These are the descendants of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave, bore to Abraham.
13. These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, listed in the order of their birth: Ishmael’s firstborn Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
14. Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
15. Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
16. These are the sons of Ishmael, their names by their villages and encampments; twelve chieftains of as many tribal groups.
17. The span of Ishmael’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. After he had breathed his last and died, he was gathered to his people.
18. The Ishmaelites ranged from Havilah, by Shur, which is on the border of Egypt, all the way to Asshur; and they pitched camp alongside their various kindred.
19. These are the descendants of Isaac, son of Abraham; Abraham begot Isaac.
20. Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
21. Isaac entreated the Lord on behalf of his wife, since she was sterile. The Lord heard his entreaty, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
22. But the children jostled each other in the womb so much that she exclaimed, “If it is like this, why go on living!” She went to consult the Lord,
23. and the Lord answered her:Two nations are in your womb,two peoples are separating while still within you;But one will be stronger than the other,and the older will serve the younger.
24. When the time of her delivery came, there were twins in her womb.