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# Genesis 25

Genesis 25 is chapter 25 of 50 in the Book of Genesis. Here are all 34 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Abraham's children by Cetura; his death and that of Ismael. Isaac hath Esau and Jacob twins. Esau selleth his first birthright to Jacob.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Genesis 25 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. In truth, Abraham took another wife, named Keturah.
2. And she bore to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
3. Likewise, Jokshan conceived Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
4. And truly, from Midian was born Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
5. And Abraham gave everything that he possessed to Isaac.
6. But to the sons of the concubines he gave generous gifts, and he separated them from his son Isaac, while he still lived, toward the eastern region.
7. Now the days of Abraham’s life were one hundred and seventy-five years.
8. And declining, he died in a good old age, and at an advanced stage of life, and full of days. And he was gathered to his people.
9. And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the double cave, which was situated in the field of Ephron, of the son of Zohar the Hittite, across from the region of Mamre,
10. which he had bought from the sons of Heth. There he was buried, with his wife Sarah.
11. And after his passing, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near the well named ‘of the One who lives and who sees.’
12. These are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to him.
13. And these are the names of his sons according to their language and generations. The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14. likewise Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15. Hadad, and Tema, and Jetur, and Naphish, and Kedemah.
16. These are the sons of Ishmael. And these are their names throughout their fortresses and towns: the twelve princes of their tribes.
17. And the years of the life of Ishmael that passed were one hundred and thirty-seven. And declining, he died and was placed with his people.
18. Now he had lived from Havilah as far as Shur, which overlooks Egypt as it approaches the Assyrians. He passed away in the sight of all his brothers.
19. Likewise, these are the generations of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham conceived Isaac,
20. who, when he was forty years old, took Rebekah, the sister of Laban, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian from Mesopotamia, as a wife.
21. And Isaac beseeched the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And he heard him, and he gave conception to Rebekah.
22. But the little ones struggled in her womb. So she said, “If it was to be so with me, what need was there to conceive?” And she went to consult the Lord.
23. And responding, he said, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be divided out of your womb, and one people will overcome the other people, and the elder will serve the younger.”
24. Now the time had arrived to give birth, and behold, twins were discovered in her womb.
25. He who departed first was red, and entirely hairy like a pelt; and his name was called Esau. At once the other departed and he held his brother’s foot in his hand; and because of this he was called Jacob.
26. Isaac was sixty years old when the little ones were born to him.
27. And as adults, Esau became a knowledgeable hunter and a man of agriculture, but Jacob, a simple man, dwelt in tents.
28. Isaac was fond of Esau, because he was fed from his hunting; and Rebekah loved Jacob.
29. Then Jacob boiled a small meal. Esau, when he had arrived weary from the field,
30. said to him, “Give me this red stew, for I am very tired.” For this reason, his name was called Edom.
31. Jacob said to him, “Sell me your right of the firstborn.”
32. He answered, “Lo, I am dying, what will the right of the firstborn provide for me?”
33. Jacob said, “So then, swear to me.” Esau swore to him, and he sold his right of the firstborn.
34. And so, taking bread and the food of lentils, he ate, and he drank, and he went away, giving little weight to having sold the right of the firstborn.

## Genesis 25 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Abraham vero aliam duxit uxorem nomine Ceturam:
2. quæ peperit ei Zamran et Jecsan, et Madan, et Madian, et Jesboc, et Sue.
3. Jecsan quoque genuit Saba et Dadan. Filii Dadan fuerunt Assurim, et Latusim, et Loomin.
4. At vero ex Madian ortus est Epha, et Opher, et Henoch, et Abida, et Eldaa: omnes hi filii Ceturæ.
5. Deditque Abraham cuncta quæ possederat, Isaac:
6. filiis autem concubinarum largitus est munera, et separavit eos ab Isaac filio suo, dum adhuc ipse viveret, ad plagam orientalem.
7. Fuerunt autem dies vitæ Abrahæ, centum septuaginta quinque anni.
8. Et deficiens mortuus est in senectute bona, provectæque ætatis et plenus dierum: congregatusque est ad populum suum.
9. Et sepelierunt eum Isaac et Ismaël filii sui in spelunca duplici, quæ sita est in agro Ephron filii Seor Hethæi, e regione Mambre,
10. quem emerat a filiis Heth: ibi sepultus est ipse, et Sara uxor ejus.
11. Et post obitum illius benedixit Deus Isaac filio ejus, qui habitabat juxta puteum nomine Viventis et videntis.
12. Hæ sunt generationes Ismaël filii Abrahæ, quem peperit ei Agar Ægyptia, famula Saræ: et
13. hæc nomina filiorum ejus in vocabulis et generationibus suis. Primogenitus Ismaëlis Nabaioth, deinde Cedar, et Adbeel, et Mabsam,
14. Masma quoque, et Duma, et Massa,
15. Hadar, et Thema, et Jethur, et Naphis, et Cedma.
16. Isti sunt filii Ismaëlis: et hæc nomina per castella et oppida eorum, duodecim principes tribuum suarum.
17. Et facti sunt anni vitæ Ismaëlis centum triginta septem, deficiensque mortuus est, et appositus ad populum suum.
18. Habitavit autem ab Hevila usque Sur, quæ respicit Ægyptum introëuntibus Assyrios; coram cunctis fratribus suis obiit.
19. Hæ quoque sunt generationes Isaac filii Abraham: Abraham genuit Isaac:
20. qui cum quadraginta esset annorum, duxit uxorem Rebeccam filiam Bathuelis Syri de Mesopotamia, sororem Laban.
21. Deprecatusque est Isaac Dominum pro uxore sua, eo quod esset sterilis: qui exaudivit eum, et dedit conceptum Rebeccæ.
22. Sed collidebantur in utero ejus parvuli; quæ ait: Si sic mihi futurum erat, quid necesse fuit concipere? perrexitque ut consuleret Dominum.
23. Qui respondens ait: Duæ gentes sunt in utero tuo, et duo populi ex ventre tuo dividentur, populusque populum superabit, et major serviet minori.
24. Jam tempus pariendi advenerat, et ecce gemini in utero ejus reperti sunt.
25. Qui prior egressus est, rufus erat, et totus in morem pellis hispidus: vocatumque est nomen ejus Esau. Protinus alter egrediens, plantam fratris tenebat manu: et idcirco appellavit eum Jacob.
26. Sexagenarius erat Isaac quando nati sunt ei parvuli.
27. Quibus adultis, factus est Esau vir gnarus venandi, et homo agricola: Jacob autem vir simplex habitabat in tabernaculis.
28. Isaac amabat Esau, eo quod de venationibus illius vesceretur: et Rebecca diligebat Jacob.
29. Coxit autem Jacob pulmentum: ad quem cum venisset Esau de agro lassus,
30. ait: Da mihi de coctione hac rufa, quia oppido lassus sum. Quam ob causam vocatum est nomen ejus Edom.
31. Cui dixit Jacob: Vende mihi primogenita tua.
32. Ille respondit: En morior, quid mihi proderunt primogenita?
33. Ait Jacob: Jura ergo mihi. Juravit ei Esau et vendidit primogenita.
34. Et sic, accepto pane et lentis edulio, comedit et bibit, et abiit, parvipendens quod primogenita vendidisset.

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 6: “Concubines” … Agar and Cetura are here called concubines, (though they were lawful wives, and in other places are so called,) because they were of an inferior degree, and such in scripture are usually called concubines.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).