Gn 25 (King James)

   ¹ Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. ² And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. ³ And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. ⁴ And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. ⁵ And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. ⁶ But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. ⁷ And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. ⁸ Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. ⁹ And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; ¹⁰ The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
   ¹¹ And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. ¹² Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: ¹³ And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, ¹⁴ And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, ¹⁵ Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: ¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. ¹⁷ And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people. ¹⁸ And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
   ¹⁹ And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac: ²⁰ And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. ²¹ And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. ²² And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD. ²³ And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. ²⁴ And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. ²⁵ And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. ²⁶ And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. ²⁷ And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. ²⁸ And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
   ²⁹ And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: ³⁰ And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. ³¹ And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. ³² And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? ³³ And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. ³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

Gn 25 (Segond 21)

Naissance d'Esaü et de Jacob

¹ Abraham prit encore une femme du nom de Ketura. ² Elle lui donna Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Madian, Jishbak et Shuach. ³ Jokshan eut pour fils Séba et Dedan. Les descendants de Dedan furent les Ashurim, les Letushim et les Leummim. ⁴ Les fils de Madian furent Epha, Epher, Hénoc, Abida et Eldaa. Tous ceux-là sont des descendants de Ketura.
⁵ Abraham donna tout ce qu'il possédait à Isaac. ⁶ Quant aux fils de ses concubines, il leur fit des cadeaux et il les envoya de son vivant loin de son fils Isaac, vers l'est, dans un pays d'Orient.
⁷ La durée de la vie d'Abraham fut de 175 ans, ⁸ puis il expira. Abraham mourut après une heureuse vieillesse, âgé et rassasié de jours, et il alla rejoindre les siens. ⁹ Ses fils Isaac et Ismaël l'enterrèrent dans la grotte de Macpéla, dans le champ du Hittite Ephron, fils de Tsochar, vis-à-vis de Mamré. ¹⁰ C'était le champ qu'Abraham avait acheté aux Hittites et c'est là que furent enterrés Abraham et sa femme Sara.
¹¹ Après la mort d'Abraham, Dieu bénit son fils Isaac. Celui-ci s'installa près du puits de Lachaï-Roï.
¹² Voici la lignée d'Ismaël, fils d'Abraham, celui que l'Egyptienne Agar, la servante de Sara, avait donné à Abraham.
¹³ Voici le nom des fils d'Ismaël, leur nom en fonction de leur lignée: Nebajoth, son fils aîné, Kédar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ¹⁴ Mishma, Duma, Massa, ¹⁵ Hadad, Théma, Jethur, Naphish et Kedma. ¹⁶ Voilà quels furent les fils d'Ismaël avec leur nom d'après leurs villages et leurs campements. Ils furent les douze chefs de leurs peuples.
¹⁷ La durée de la vie d'Ismaël fut de 137 ans, puis il expira. Il mourut et alla rejoindre les siens. ¹⁸ Ses descendants habitèrent le territoire situé entre Havila et Shur, qui est en face de l'Egypte, en direction de l'Assyrie. Il s'établit en face de tous ses frères.

Histoire d'Isaac (25.19–26.35)

¹⁹ Voici la lignée d'Isaac, fils d'Abraham.
Abraham eut pour fils Isaac. ²⁰ Isaac était âgé de 40 ans quand il prit pour femme Rebecca, qui était la fille de Bethuel, l'Araméen de Paddan-Aram, et la sœur de Laban l'Araméen.
²¹ Isaac supplia l'Eternel pour sa femme, car elle était stérile, et l'Eternel l'exauça: sa femme Rebecca tomba enceinte. ²² Les enfants se heurtaient à l'intérieur d'elle et elle dit: «Si telle est la situation, pourquoi suis-je enceinte?» Elle alla consulter l'Eternel, ²³ et l'Eternel lui dit:
«Il y a deux nations dans ton ventre,
et deux peuples issus de toi se sépareront.
Un de ces peuples sera plus fort que l'autre,
et *le plus grand sera asservi au plus petit.»
²⁴ Le moment où elle devait accoucher arriva, et voici qu'il y avait des jumeaux dans son ventre. ²⁵ Le premier sortit roux et tout couvert de poils, comme un manteau. On l'appela Esaü. ²⁶ Ensuite sortit son frère, dont la main tenait le talon d'Esaü. On l'appela Jacob. Isaac était âgé de 60 ans à leur naissance.
²⁷ Ces enfants grandirent. Esaü devint un habile chasseur, un homme de la campagne, alors que Jacob était un homme tranquille qui restait sous les tentes. ²⁸ Isaac aimait Esaü parce qu'il lui amenait du gibier, et Rebecca aimait Jacob.
²⁹ Tandis que Jacob faisait cuire un potage, Esaü revint des champs, accablé de fatigue. ³⁰ Esaü dit à Jacob: «Laisse-moi manger de ce roux, de ce plat roux, car je suis fatigué.» C'est pour cela qu'on a donné à Esaü le nom d'Edom.
³¹ Jacob répondit: «Vends-moi aujourd'hui ton droit d'aînesse.» ³² Esaü répondit: «Je vais mourir. A quoi me sert ce droit d'aînesse?» ³³ Jacob dit: «Jure-le-moi d'abord.» Il le lui jura, il vendit son droit d'aînesse à Jacob. ³⁴ Alors Jacob donna du pain et du potage de lentilles à Esaü. Il mangea et but, puis se leva et s'en alla. C'est ainsi qu'Esaü méprisa le droit d'aînesse.