Chapter 25
27. And Nahor, the son of Terah and brother to Abraham, died in those days in the fortieth year of the life of Isaac, and all the days of Nahor were one hundred and seventy two years and he died and was buried in Haran.
28. And when Abraham heard that his brother was dead he grieved sadly, and he mourned over his brother many days.
29. And Abraham called for Eliezer his head servant, to give him orders concerning his house, and he came and stood before him.
30. And Abraham said to him: Behold I am old, I do not know the day of my death; for I am advanced in days; now therefore rise up, go forth and do not take a wife for my son from this place and from this land, from the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom we dwell.
31. But go to my land and to my birthplace, and take from thence a wife for my son, and the Lord, God of heaven and earth, who took me from my father's house and brought me to this place and said unto me, to thy seed will I give this land for an inheritance forever, He will send his angel before thee and prosper thy way, that thou mayest obtain a wife for my son from my family and from my father's house.
32. And the servant answered his master Abraham and said, behold I go to thy birthplace and to thy father's house, and take a wife for thy son from there; but if the woman be not willing to follow me to this land, shall I take thy son back to the land of thy birthplace?
33. And Abraham said unto him, take heed that thou bringest my son hither again, for the Lord before whom I have walked, He will send his angel before thee and prosper thy way. 34a. And Eliezer did as Abraham ordered him, and Eliezer swore unto Abraham his master upon this matter. 34b. And Eliezer rose up and took ten camels of the camels of his master, and ten men from his master's servants with him, and they rose up and went to Haran, the city of Abraham and Nahor, in order to fetch a wife for Isaac the son of Abraham; and whilst they were gone, Abraham sent a servant to the house of Shem and Eber and they brought from thence his son Isaac.
35. And Isaac came home to his father's house to Beersheba, whilst Eliezer and his men came to Haran; and they stopped in the city by the watering place, and he made his camels to kneel down by the water and they remained there.
36. And Eliezer, Abraham's servant, prayed and said, O God of Abraham my master; send me I pray thee good speed this day and show kindness unto my master, that thou shalt appoint this day a wife for my master's son from his family.
37. And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Eliezer, for the sake of his servant Abraham, and he happened to meet with the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, brother to Abraham, and Eliezer came to her house.
38. And Eliezer related to them all his concerns, and that he was Abraham's servant, and they greatly rejoiced at him.
39. And they all blessed the Lord who brought this thing about, and they gave him Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel, for a wife for Isaac.
40. And the young woman was of very comely appearance, she was a virgin, and Rebecca was ten years old in those days.
41. And Bethuel and Laban and his children made a feast on that night, and Eliezer and his men came and ate and drank and rejoiced there on that night.
42. And Eliezer rose up in the morning, he and the men that were with him, and he called to the whole household of Bethuel, saying, send me away that I may go to my master; and they rose up and sent away Rebecca and her nurse Deborah, the daughter of Uz, and they gave her silver and gold, men servants and maid servants, and they blessed her.
43. And they sent Eliezer away with his men; and the servants took Rebecca, and he went and returned to his master to the land of Canaan.
44. And Isaac took Rebecca and she became his wife, and he brought her into the tent.
45. And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca, the daughter of his uncle Bethuel, for a wife.
1. AND it was at that time that Abraham again took a wife in his old age, and her name was Keturah, from the land of Canaan.
2. And she bare unto him Zimran, Yokshan, Medan, Midian, Yishbak and Shuach, being six sons. And the children of Zemran were Abihen, Molich and Marim.
3. And the sons of Yokshan were Sheba and Dedan. And the 65 . sons of Medan were Amida, Joab, Gochi, Elisha and Nothach. And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Chanoch, Abida and Eldaah.
4. And the sons of Yishbak were Makiro, Beyodua and Tator.
5. And the sons of Shuach were Bildad, Mamdad, Munan and Meban. All these are the families of the children of Keturah, the Canaanitish woman which she bare unto Abraham the Hebrew.
6. And Abraham sent all these away, and he gave them gifts, and they went away from his son Isaac to dwell wherever they should find a place .
7. And all these went to the mountain at the east, and they built themselves six cities in which they dwelt unto this day.
8. But the children of Sheba and Dedan, children of Yokshan, with their children, did not dwell with their brethren in their cities, and they journeyed and encamped in the countries and wildernesses unto this day.
9. And the children of Midian, son of Abraham, went to the east of the land of Cush, and they there found a large valley in the eastern country, and they remained there and built a city, and they dwelt therein; that is the land of Midian unto this day.
10. And Midian dwelt in the city which he built, he and his five sons and all belonging to him.
11. And these are the names of the sons of Midian according to their names in their cities, Ephah, Epher, Chanoch, Abida and Eldaah.
12. And the sons of Ephah were Methach, Meshar, Avi and Tzanua. And the sons of Epher were Ephron, Zur, Alirun and Medin. And the sons of Chanoch were Reuel, Rekem, Azi, Alyoshub and Alad.
13. And the sons of Abida were Chur, Melud, Keruy, Molchi. And the sons of Eldaah were Miker, and Reba, and Malchiyah and Gabol. These are the names of the Midianites according to their families; and afterward the families of Midian spread throughout the land of Midian.
14. And these are the generations of Ishmael the son of Abraham, whom Hagar, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham.
15. And Ishmael took a wife from the land of Egypt, and her name was Ribah, the same is Meribah.
16. And Ribah bare unto Ishmael Nebayoth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam and their sister Bosmath.
17. And Ishmael cast away his wife Ribah, and she went from him and returned to Egypt to the house of her father, and she dwelt there, for she had been very bad in the sight of Ishmael, and in the sight of his father Abraham.
18. And Ishmael afterward took a wife from the land of Canaan, and her name was Malchuth, and she bare unto him Mishma, Dumah, Masa, Chadad, Tema, Yetur, Naphish and Kedma.
19. These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, being twelve princes according to their nations; and the families of Ishmael afterward spread forth, and Ishmael took his children and all the property that he had gained, together with the souls of his household and all belong ing to him, and they went to dwell where they should find a place.
20. And they went and dwelt near the wilderness of Paran, and their dwelling was from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt as thou comest toward Assyria.
21. And Ishmael and his sons dwelt in the land, and they had children born to them, and they were fruitful and increased abundantly.
22. And these are the names of the sons of Nebayoth the firstborn of Ishmael; Mend, Send, and Mayon. And the sons of Kedar were Alyon, Kezem, Chamad and Eli.
23. And the sons of Adbeel were Chamad and Jabin; and the sons of Mibsam were Obadiah, Ebedmelech and Yeush; these are the families of the children of Ribah, the wife of Ishmael.
24. And the sons of Mishma, the son of Ishmael, were Shamua, Zecaryon and Obed. And the sons of Dumah were Kezed, Eli, Machmad [this is generally called Mohammed ] and Amed.
25. And the sons of Masa were Melon, Mula and Ebidadon. And the sons of Chadad were Azur, Minzar and Ebedmelech. And the sons of Tema were Seir, Sadon and Yakol.
26. And the sons of Yetur were Merith, Yaish, Alyo, and Pachoth. And the sons of Naphish were Ebed-Tamed, Abiyasaph and Mir. And the sons of Kedma were Calip, Tachti, and Omir. These were the children of Malchuth the wife of Ishmael according to their families.
27. All these are the families of Ishmael according to their generations, and they dwelt in those lands wherein they had built themselves cities unto this day.
28. And Rebecca the daughter of Bethuel, the wife of Abraham's son Isaac, was barren in those days, she had no offspring; and Isaac dwelt with his father in the land of Canaan; and the Lord was with Isaac; and Arpachshad the son of Shem the son of Noah died in those days, in the forty eighth year of the life of Isaac, and all the days that Arpachshad lived were four hundred and thirty eight years, and he died.