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Genesis 25:11-24 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

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.

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