Genesis 25

1 Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,

1 وَعَادَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَاتَّخَذَ لِنَفْسِهِ زَوْجَةً تُدْعَى قَطُورَةَ،

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

2 فَأَنْجَبَتْ لَهُ زِمْرَانَ وَيَقْشَانَ وَمَدَانَ وَمِدْيَانَ وَيِشْبَاقَ وَشُوحاً.

3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.

3 وَأَنْجَبَ يَقْشَانُ شَبَا وَدَدَانَ. أَمَّا أَبْنَاءُ دَدَانَ فَهُمْ: أَشُّورِيمُ وَلَطُوشِيمُ وَلأُمِّيمُ.

4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

4 وَأَبْنَاءُ مِدْيَانَ هُمْ: عَيْفَةُ وَعِفْرُ وَحَنُوكُ وَأَبِيدَاعُ، وَأَلْدَعَةُ. وَهَؤُلاءِ جَمِيعاً مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ قَطُورَةَ.

5 Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.

5 وَوَرَّثَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِسْحاقَ كُلَّ مَالَهُ.

6 But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

6 أَمَّا أَبْنَاؤُهُ مِنْ سَرَارِيهِ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَطَايَا، وَصَرَفَهُمْ فِي أَثْنَاءِ حَيَاتِهِ نَحْوَ أَرْضِ الْمَشْرِقِ بَعِيداً عَنْ إِسْحاقَ ابْنِهِ.

7 Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

7 وَعَاشَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِئَةً وَخَمْساً وَسَبْعِينَ سَنَةً.

8 And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

8 ثُمَّ مَاتَ بِشَيْبَةٍ صَالِحَةٍ وَانْضَمَّ إِلَى أَسْلافِهِ،

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

9 فَدَفَنَهُ ابْنَاهُ إِسْحاقُ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ فِي مَغَارَةِ الْمَكْفِيلَةِ، فِي حَقْلِ عِفْرُونَ بْنِ صُوحَرَ الْحِثِّيِّ مُقَابِلَ مَمْرَا،

10 This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.

10 وَهُوَ الْحَقْلُ الَّذِي اشْتَرَاهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ، وَفِيهِ دُفِنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ سَارَةُ.

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

11 وَبَعْدَ وَفَاةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بَارَكَ اللهُ إِسْحاقَ ابْنَهُ، وَأَقَامَ إِسْحاقُ عِنْدَ بِئْرِ لَحَيْ رُئِي.

12 This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

12 وَهَذَا سِجِلُّ مَوَالِيدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي أَنْجَبَتْهُ هَاجَرُ الْمِصْرِيَّةُ جَارِيَةُ سَارَةَ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ.

13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

13 وَهَذِهِ أَسْمَاءُ أَبْنَاءِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ مَدَوَّنَةً حَسَبَ تَرْتِيبِ وِلادَتِهِمْ: نَبَايُوتُ بِكْرُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَقِيدَارُ وَأَدَبْئِيلُ وَمِبْسَامُ،

14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

14 وَمِشْمَاعُ وَدُومَةُ وَمَسَّا،

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

15 وَحَدَارُ وَتَيْمَا وَيَطُورُ وَنَافِيشُ وَقِدْمَةُ.

16 These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.

16 هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ بَنُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَهَذِهِ هِيَ أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ حَسَبَ دِيَارِهِمْ وَحُصُونِهِمْ، وَقَدْ صَارُوا اثْنَي عَشَرَ رَئِيساً لاثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ قَبِيلَةً.

17 Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

17 وَمَاتَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَلَهُ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ مِئَةٌ وَسَبْعٌ وَثَلاثُونَ سَنَةً، وَلَحِقَ بِقَوْمِهِ.

18 Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.

18 أَمَّا ذُرِّيَّتُهُ فَقَدِ انْتَشَرَتْ مِنْ حَوِيلَةَ إِلَى شُورَ الْمُتَاخِمَةِ لِمِصْرَ فِي اتِّجَاهِ أَشُّورَ، وَكَانَتْ عَلَى عَدَاءٍ مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ إِخْوَتِهَا.

19 This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,

19 وَهَذَا سِجِلُّ مَوَالِيدِ إِسْحاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ. أَنْجَبَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِسْحاقَ.

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

20 وَكَانَ إِسْحاقُ فِي الأَرْبَعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَمَا تَزَوَّجَ رِفْقَةَ بِنْتَ بَتُوئِيلَ الأَرَامِيِّ مِنْ سَهْلِ أَرَامَ، وَأُخْتَ لابَانَ الأَرَامِيِّ.

21 Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

21 وَصَلَّى إِسْحاقُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ مِنْ أَجْلِ امْرَأَتِهِ لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ عَاقِراً، فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ، فَحَمَلَتْ رِفْقَةُ زَوْجَتُهُ.

22 But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,

22 وَإِذْ تَصَارَعَ الطِّفْلانِ فِي بَطْنِهَا قَالَتْ: «إِنْ كَانَ الأَمْرُ هَكَذَا فَمَالِي وَالْحَبَلُ؟» وَمَضَتْ لِتَسْتَفْهِمَ مِنَ الرَّبِّ

23 and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

23 فَقَالَ لَهَا الرَّبُّ: «فِي أَحْشَائِكِ أُمَّتَانِ، يَتَفَرَّعُ مِنْهُمَا شَعْبَانِ. شَعْبٌ يَسْتَقْوِي عَلَى شَعْبٍ، وَكَبِيرٌ يُسْتَعْبَدُ لِصَغِيرٍ».

24 When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

24 وَعِنْدَمَا اكْتَمَلَتْ أَيَّامُهَا لِتَلِدَ إِذَا فِي أَحْشَائِهَا تَوْأَمَانِ.

25 The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.

25 فَخَرَجَ الأَوَّلُ مَكْسُوّاً بِالشَّعْرِ وَكَأَنَّهُ يَرْتَدِي فَرْوَةً حَمْرَاءَ، فَدَعَوْهُ عِيسُو (وَمَعْنَاهُ أَشْعَرُ).

26 After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.

26 ثُمَّ خَرَجَ أَخُوهُ وَيَدُهُ قَابِضَةٌ عَلَى عَقِبِ عِيسُو فَدَعَوْهُ يَعْقُوبَ (وَمَعَنَاهُ مُتَعَقِّبٌ). وَكَانَ إِسْحاقُ فِي السِّتِّينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَمَا أَنْجَبَتْهُمَا لَهُ رِفْقَةُ.

27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

27 وَكَبُرَ الْوَلَدَانِ، فَأَصْبَحَ عِيسُو صَيَّاداً مَاهِراً وَرَجُلَ بَرِّيَّةٍ، بَيْنَمَا كَانَ يَعْقُوبُ رَجُلاً هَادِئاً يُقِيمُ فِي الْخِيَامِ.

28 Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

28 وَأَحَبَّ إِسْحاقُ عِيسُو لأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ صَيْدِهِ، أَمَّا رِفْقَةُ فَقَدْ أَحَبَّتْ يَعْقُوبَ.

29 One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.

29 وَذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ عَادَ عِيسُو مِنَ الْحَقْلِ مُرْهَقاً فَوَجَدَ يَعْقُوبَ قَدْ طَبَخَ طَعَاماً،

30 He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

30 فَقَالَ عِيسُو لِيَعْقُوبَ: «أَطْعِمْنِي مِنْ هَذَا الطَّبِيخِ الأَحْمَرِ لأَنَّنِي جَائِعٌ جِدّاً». لِهَذَا دُعِيَ عِيسُو بِأَدُومَ.

31 “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.

31 فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ: «بِعْنِي أَوَّلاً امْتِيَازَاتِ بَكُورِيَّتِكَ».

32 “Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”

32 فَقَالَ عِيسُو: «أَنَا لابُدَّ مَائِتٌ، فَأَيُّ نَفْعٍ لِي مِنْ بَكُورِيَّتِي؟»

33 “Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.

33 فَأَجَابَهُ يَعْقُوبُ: «احْلِفْ لِي أَوَّلًا». فَحَلَفَ لَهُ، وَبَاعَ امْتِيَازَاتِ بَكُورِيَّتِهِ لِيَعْقُوبَ.

34 Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

34 عِنْدَئِذٍ أَعْطَى يَعْقُوبُ عِيسُو خُبْزاً وَطَبِيخَ عَدَسٍ، فَأَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ قَامَ وَمَضَى فِي سَبِيلِهِ. وَهَكَذَا احْتَقَرَ عِيسُو امْتِيَازَاتِ الْبَكُورِيَّةِ.