Genesis 25
1Abraham
2Abraham and
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4After Midian All of those men were Keturah’s sons and grand-sons.
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6But 1 Abraham died
7-8 Abraham lived a
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9-10 Then Abraham’s 2 oldest sons, Isaac and Ishmael, they took Abraham’s body to the cave at the place called Makpelah, to the east of the place called Mamreh. You see, a
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11After 1 The story of Ishmael’s family
12This
13Ishmael
14Mishma
15Hadad
16Later on
17Ishmael
18Ishmael’s sons and 1 Isaac and Rebekah had 2 sons
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20When
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23God 1 “ There are 2 babies inside you. They will grow up and have kids, and their kids will become 2 nations. 1 Right from the start, those 2 nations will fight against each other. 1 One of those nations will be stronger than the other nation. 1 Yes, the younger son’s nation will be stronger, and his nation will be boss over the older son’s nation.” * 25:23 Romans 9:12
24Later on
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26Straight Isaac was 60 years old when Rebekah had those 2 babies. 1 Esau let Jacob be the next leader for their family
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30-34 So Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me eat some of that red soup right now. I’m really tired and hungry.” * 25:30-34 Hebrews 12:16 Jacob said to Esau, “First, I want you to do something for me. You are the oldest son in our family. That means you are the most important son, and you will be the next leader for our family. But I want to be the most important son, instead of you. I want to be the next leader for our family. So you have to promise that you will let me be the most important son now, instead of you. Then you can eat some soup.” Esau said, “Look, I’m so tired and hungry that I’m going to die. So it doesn’t matter if I stop being the next leader for our family. I just need some food right now.” Esau really wanted some soup, so he promised that Jacob can be the next leader for their family size="col" copy="David C Cook" ref="25:30-34" But Jacob said, “First, you have to make me that strong promise.” So Esau did what Jacob asked. He said to Jacob, “I promise that you can be the most important son in our family, instead of me, and you can be the next leader for our family.” Then Jacob gave Esau some of that soup with red beans in it, and some bread. Esau ate that red soup and bread, and then he got up and left. That’s the story about how Esau let Jacob be the most important son. So Esau wasn’t the most important son any more, but he didn’t care. Later on, people sometimes called Esau a different name. They called him Edom. That name means red, like that red soup.