8. Then he took his last breath, and died at a very old age. After a long and full life, he joined his ancestors in death.
9. His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron, son of Zohar the Hittite. The cave is east of Mamre.
10. This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.
11. After Abraham died, God blessed his son Isaac, who settled near Beer Lahai Roi.
12. This is the account of the descendants of Abraham’s son Ishmael. He was the son of Sarah’s Egyptian slave Hagar and Abraham.
13. These are the names of the sons of Ishmael listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth (Ishmael’s firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
14. Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
15. Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
16. These are the sons of Ishmael and their names listed by their settlements and camps—12 leaders of their tribes.
17. Ishmael lived 137 years. Then he took his last breath and died. He joined his ancestors in death.
18. His descendants lived as nomads from the region of Havilah to Shur, which is near Egypt, in the direction of Assyria. They all fought with each other.
19. This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac and his descendants. Abraham was the father of Isaac.
20. Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.
21. Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
22. When the children inside her were struggling with each other, she said, “If it’s like this now, what will become of me?” So she went to ask the Lord.