62 | Genesis 24:61
61 Then Re bekah and her at ten dants got ready and mounted the cam els and went back with the man . So the ser vant took Re bekah and left .
62 Now Isaac had come from Beer La hai Roi , u for he was liv ing in the Negev . v 63 He went out to the field one eve ning to med i tate , a w and as he looked up , he saw cam els ap proaching . 64 Re bekah also looked up and saw Isaac . She got down from her camel 65 and asked the ser vant , “ Who is that man in the field com ing to meet us ?” “ He is my mas ter ,” the ser vant an swered . So she took her veil and cov ered her self . 66 Then the ser vant told Isaac all he had done . 67 Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah , and he mar ried Re bekah . x So she be came his wife , and he loved her ; y and Isaac was comforted after his mother ’ s death . z
The Death of Abraham
25:1-4pp — 1Ch 1:32-33
Abraham had taken another wife , whose name was Keturah . 2 She bore him Zim ran ,
25 Jok shan , Me dan , Mid ian , Ish bak and Shuah . a 3 Jok shan was the fa ther of Sheba and Dedan ; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites , the Letushites and the Leummites . 4 The sons of Mid ian were Ephah , Epher , Ha nok , Abida and El daah . All these were de scendants of Keturah .
5 Abra ham left ev ery thing he owned to Isaac . b 6 But while he was still liv ing , he gave gifts to the sons of his con cu bines c and sent them away from his son Isaac d to the land of the east .
7 Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years . 8 Then Abra ham breathed his last and died at a good old age , e an old man and full of years ; and he was gath ered to his peo ple . f 9 His sons Isaac and Ish mael bur ied him g in the cave of Mach pe lah near Mamre , in the field of Ephron son of Zo har the Hit tite , h 10 the field Abra ham had bought from the Hit tites . b i There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah . 11 After Abraham ’ s death , God blessed his son Isaac , who then lived near Beer La hai Roi . j
24:62 u Ge 16:14 ; 25:11 v Ge 20:1
24:63 w Ps 1:2 ; 77:12 ; 119:15 , 27 , 48 , 97 , 148 ; 143:5 ; 145:5
24:67 x Ge 25:20 y Ge 29:18 , 20
z Ge 23:1‐2
25:2 a 1Ch 1:32 , 33 25:5 b Ge 24:36
25:6 c Ge 22:24 d Ge 21:10 , 14
25:8 e Ge 15:15 f ver 17 ; Ge 35:29 ; 49:29 , 33
25:9 g Ge 35:29 h Ge 50:13
25:10 i Ge 23:16 25:11 j Ge 16:14
25:12 k Ge 16:1 l Ge 16:15
25:16 m Ge 17:20 25:17 n ver 8 25:18 o Ge 16:12
25:20 p ver 26 ; Ge 26:34 q Ge 24:67 r Ge 24:29
Ishmael ’ s Sons
25:12-16pp — 1Ch 1:29-31
12 This is the ac count of the fam ily line of Abra ham ’ s son Ish mael , whom Sar ah ’ s slave , Hagar k the Egyp tian , bore to Abra ham . l
13 These are the names of the sons of Ish mael , listed in the or der of their birth : Ne ba ioth the firstborn of Ishmael , Kedar , Adbeel , Mibsam , 14 Mishma , Du mah , Massa , 15 Hadad , Tema , Jetur , Naphish and Kedemah . 16 These were the sons of Ish mael , and these are the names of the twelve tribal rul ers m ac cord ing to their set tle ments and camps . 17 Ish mael lived a hun dred and thirty-seven years . He breathed his last and died , and he was gath ered to his people . n
18 His de scen dants set tled in the area from Hav i lah to Shur , near the east ern bor der of Egypt , as you go to ward Ashur . And they lived in hos til ity to ward c all the tribes related to them . o
Jacob and Esau 19 This is the ac count of the fam ily line of Abra ham ’ s son Isaac .
Abra ham be came the fa ther of Isaac , 20 and Isaac was forty years old p when he mar ried |
Rebekah q daugh ter of Be thuel the Ar a mean from Pad dan Aram d and sis ter of La ban r the |
Aramean . |
a 63 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain . |
b 10 Or the descendants of Heth |
c 18 Or lived to the east of |
d 20 That is , Northwest Mesopotamia |
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24:65 took her veil and covered herself . Probably a sign that she was betrothed . Having seen Isaac , she indicates her willingness to marry him .
25:1 – 11 The Death of Abraham . This concludes the account of Abraham ’ s life , which started in 11:27 . For completeness , it records additional family details . 25:1 another wife . See note on 16:3 . The author provides few details about Abraham ’ s relationship with Keturah and does not view her sons as being on a par with Isaac . Although Abraham provides for these sons during his lifetime , they do not inherit anything when he dies ; everything goes to Isaac ( vv . 5 – 6 ).
Given how Abraham treats Keturah ’ s sons , it seems likely that he viewed both Keturah and Hagar as concubines . Certain OT contexts portray such women as married , being “ second ” wives , but not necessarily of equal status to the “ first ” wife . Hagar , e . g ., continued to be Sarah ’ s maidservant after the birth of Ishmael ( 16:1 – 3 ; 21:10,12 ; cf . 29:24,29 ; 30:4,9 ). While 25:1 – 6 highlights the identity of various people groups descended from Abraham , it carefully distinguishes these descendants from Isaac . He alone is Abraham ’ s heir . 25:8 he was gathered to his people . This expression may indicate belief in life after death . It occurs elsewhere in Genesis in conjunction with the deaths of Ishmael ( v . 17 ),
Isaac ( 35:28 – 29 ), and Jacob ( 49:33 ). Abraham was buried in the cave of Machpelah ( v . 9 ), which he had bought from Ephron ( 23:1 – 20 ). 25:12 – 18 Ishmael ’ s Sons . While the main story focuses on Isaac and his sons , Genesis also includes some information about Ishmael ’ s family . 25:12 This is the account of the family line of . A formulaic heading that introduces new sections of material in Genesis ( see note on 2:4 ). 25:18 they lived in hostility toward . Regardless of how this phrase is translated ( see NIV text note ), it confirms what God predicted in 16:12 . 25:19 — 36:43 The Family of Isaac . This is the next main narrative section in Genesis . It concentrates mainly on Isaac ’ s twin sons ,