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of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.*
1 CHRONICLES 1:28-31
The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.
29 These are their genealogical records:
The sons of Ishmael were Nebaioth (the oldest),
Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah,
Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and
Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.
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Isaac’s Descendants • 1 CHRONICLES 1:34
34
Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of
Isaac were Esau and Israel.*
The Births of Jacob and Esau •
GENESIS 25:19-26 / 2006 or 1840 BC
This is the account of the family of Isaac, the
son of Abraham. 20 When Isaac was forty years
old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the
sister of Laban the Aramean.
21 Isaac pleaded with the Lord on behalf of
his wife, because she was unable to have children. The Lord answered Isaac’s prayer, and
Rebekah became pregnant with twins. 22 But
the two children struggled with each other in
her womb. So she went to ask the Lord about it.
“Why is this happening to me?” she asked.
23 And the Lord told her, “The sons in your
womb will become two nations. From the
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very beginning, the two nations will be rivals.
One nation will be stronger than the other;
and your older son will serve your younger son.”
24And when the time came to give birth, Rebekah discovered that she did indeed have
twins! 25 The first one was very red at birth and
covered with thick hair like a fur coat. So they
named him Esau.* 26 Then the other twin was
born with his hand grasping Esau’s heel. So
they named him Jacob.* Isaac was sixty years
old when the twins were born.
The Death of Abraham • GENESIS 25:7-11 /
1991 or 1825 BC
When Esau and Jacob were about fifteen years old,
their grandfather Abraham died (compare Genesis 21:4-5, page 00; and Genesis 25:26, page 00).
Abraham lived for 175 years, 8 and he died at a
ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying
life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors
in death. 9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him
in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre, in the field
of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite. 10 This was the
field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites
and where he had buried his wife Sarah. 11After
Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who
settled near Beer-lahai-roi in the Negev.
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25:18 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. 1:34 Israel is the name
that God gave to Jacob. 25:25 Esau sounds like a Hebrew term that means
“hair.” 25:26 Jacob sounds like the Hebrew words for “heel” and “deceiver.”
D A I LY D I S C O V E R Y
• Why does Abraham send his
other sons away and give all
his possessions to Isaac?
• What does God teach Isaac
about prayer through Rebekah’s
barrenness? Where else has
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barrenness shown up in the
story so far? How many years
does Isaac wait until God gives
him children as promised?
Where else have we seen a
time gap between God’s
promise and the fulfillment of
His promise?
• What is the significance of the
passing of God’s blessing to
Isaac?
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END & NEW
BEGINNING
MISSIONS
CHURCH
GOSPEL
SILENT
RETURN
CAPTIVITY
Isaac’s story in these chapters presents a picture of his life in Canaan, focusing on his relationship to the
surrounding peoples and the dysfunction within his family caused by favoritism. The later Israelites would
be able to glean from these stories a number of lessons about family life and dealing with neighboring
nations.
God’s plans for Jacob and Esau (see Genesis 25:23) would come to fruition. Isaac is determined to bless
Esau, but Rebekah moves to fulfill God’s promise to bless Jacob. The partiality of both Isaac and Rebekah
add fuel to the animosity between Jacob and Esau, and lingering resentment between their descendants
would affect the Israelites when they returned to Canaan after leaving Egypt. (The Edomites, Esau’s
descendants, oppose Israel throughout their history.) Esau’s bitterness drives him to marry Canaanite
wives, and Isaac and Rebekah’s negative view of Esau’s foreign wives again warns the Israelites about
intermarriage with the people of Canaan.
