After Sarah’s death, Abraham takes another wife, Keturah. She bore him six more children. All of Abraham’s possessions were still willed to Isaac, however. His other sons received gifts while Abraham was still alive. Abraham died at 175 and was buried in the same field with his wife by Isaac and Ishmael.
Twelve sons were born to Ishmael and each formed the head of a tribe. Ishmael lived to 137.
Isaac was 40 when he took Rebekah as his wife; she, like Isaac’s mother, was barren until Isaac pleaded with the Lord on her behalf. When she did conceive, it was with twins. The Lord told Rebekah that the sons within her would both be the originators of a great many people but that the older would be subservient to the younger. The eldest twin was covered with red hair; his name was Esau, the younger, Jacob.
Esau grew to be a skilled outdoorsman while Jacob was a quiet homebody. Isaac favored his eldest son because of his taste for game while his wife favored the quieter son. Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, his brother came in from the field half starved. Esau asked for some of the stew but Jacob refused unless Esau should swear away his birthright to him. Esau impulsively agrees, trading his rich inheritance for a cup of soup.
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