25:1
וַיֹּ֧סֶף אַבְרָהָ֛ם וַיִּקַּ֥ח אִשָּׁ֖ה וּשְׁמָ֥הּ קְטוּרָֽה׃
Now Abraham took a wife again,
And her name was Keturah (Perfumed);
25:2
וַתֵּ֣לֶד ל֗וֹ
And she bore to him
אֶת־זִמְרָן֙
Zimran (musician)
וְאֶת־יָקְשָׁ֔ן
and Yoqshan (fowler),
וְאֶת־מְדָ֖ן
And Medan (judgmentalist),
וְאֶת־מִדְיָ֑ן
and Midian (controversialist);
וְאֶת־יִשְׁבָּ֖ק
And Yisbak (he will forsake),
וְאֶת־שֽׁוּחַ׃
And Shuach (pit);
25:3
וְיָקְשָׁ֣ן יָלַ֔ד אֶת־שְׁבָ֖א וְאֶת־דְּדָ֑ן
And Yoqshan begat Sheba and Dedan,
(named after eponymos Hamitic heros
in 10:7);
וּבְנֵ֣י דְדָ֔ן הָי֛וּ אַשּׁוּרִ֥ם וּלְטוּשִׁ֖ים וּלְאֻמִּֽים׃
And the sons of Dedan, they became
blessed and sharp tribes, and nations;
25:4
וּבְנֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן
And the sons of Midian:
עֵיפָ֤ה וָעֵ֙פֶר֙
Eiphah (darkness) and Epher (fawn),
וַחֲנֹ֔ךְ
and Hanoch (Enoch – consecrated trainer),
וַאֲבִידָ֖ע
and Avidah (my father acknowledged),
וְאֶלְדָּעָ֑ה
and Elda’ah (God has invited).
כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י קְטוּרָֽה׃
All these were the sons/grandsons of Keturah;
25:5
וַיִּתֵּ֧ן אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֖וֹ לְיִצְחָֽק׃
But Abraham handed all of that which he had,
to Isaac.
25:6
וְלִבְנֵ֤י הַפִּֽילַגְשִׁים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם
And to the sons of Abraham’s adjunct wives,
נָתַ֥ן אַבְרָהָ֖ם מַתָּנֹ֑ת
Abraham had given gifts;
וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֞ם מֵעַ֨ל יִצְחָ֤ק בּנוֹ֙ בְּעוֹדֶ֣נּוּ חַ֔י
And he sent them away, while he was still alive,
away from his son Isaac,
קֵ֖דְמָה אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ קֶֽדֶם׃
eastwards, to the east country.
25:7
וְאֵ֗לֶּה יְמֵ֛י שְׁנֵֽי־חַיֵּ֥י אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־חָ֑י
Now these are
the days of the years of Abraham’s lifespan,
which he had lived:
מְאַ֥ת שָׁנָ֛ה וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְחָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים׃
One hundred years, and seventy years,
and five years;
25:8
וַיִּגְוַ֨ע וַיָּ֧מָת אַבְרָהָ֛ם בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה טוֹבָ֖ה זָקֵ֣ן וְשָׂבֵ֑עַ
And he breathed his last and died
at a good advanced age,
old and satisfied;
וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף אֶל־עַמָּֽיו׃
And he was gathered to his people;
25:9
וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּ אֹת֜וֹ יִצְחָ֤ק וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ בָּנָ֔יו
Then they buried him, Isaac and Ishmael, his sons,
אֶל־מְעָרַ֖ת הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה
inside the Cave of Machpelah (the Doubling),
אֶל־שְׂדֵ֞ה עֶפְרֹ֤ן בֶּן־צֹ֙חַר֙ הַֽחִתִּ֔י
inside the field of the son of Zochar the Hittite,
אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מַמְרֵֽא׃
that which faces Mamre,
25:10
הַשָּׂדֶ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־קָנָ֥ה אַבְרָהָ֖ם מֵאֵ֣ת בְּנֵי־חֵ֑ת
The field that Abraham had bought
from the sons of Heth;
שָׁ֛מָּה קֻבַּ֥ר אַבְרָהָ֖ם וְשָׂרָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃
Thither had Abraham been buried,
together with Sarah his wife.
25:11
וַיְהִ֗י אַחֲרֵי֙ מ֣וֹת אַבְרָהָ֔ם
Now it came to pass, after the death of Abraham,
וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֑וֹ
That God blessed Isaac his son.
וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב יִצְחָ֔ק עִם־בְּאֵ֥ר לַחַ֖י רֹאִֽי׃ ס
And he dwelt close to Be’er Lachai Ro’i
(The Well of The Living One Who Sees).
25:12
וְאֵ֛לֶּה תֹּלְדֹ֥ת יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל בֶּן־אַבְרָהָ֑ם
Now these are the successive generations of Ishmael,
the son of Abraham;
אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָלְדָ֜ה הָגָ֧ר הַמִּצְרִ֛ית שִׁפְחַ֥ת שָׂרָ֖ה לְאַבְרָהָֽם׃
He whom she had borne, — Hagar the Egyptian
— the maid of Sarah,— to Abraham:
25:13
וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמוֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל בִּשְׁמֹתָ֖ם לְתוֹלְדֹתָ֑ם
And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael,
by their names according to their birth order:
בְּכֹ֤ר יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ נְבָיֹ֔ת
The firstborn of Ishmael, — Nevayot (heights),
וְקֵדָ֥ר וְאַדְבְּאֵ֖ל
and then Kedar (dark) and Adbe’el (God invites),
וּמִבְשָֽׂם׃
and (balsam),
25:14
וּמִשְׁמָ֥ע וְדוּמָ֖ה
And Mishma (hearing)
and Dumah (silence, angel of death),
וּמַשָּֽׂא׃
And Massa (burden, oracle),
25:15
חֲדַ֣ד וְתֵימָ֔א
Chadad (sharp) and Teima (southern),
יְט֥וּר נָפִ֖ישׁ
Jetur (supporting wall, palace, he will set in order),
Naphish (individual, refreshing),
וָקֵֽדְמָה׃
And Keidmah (to the opposite, to the east);
25:16
אֵ֣לֶּה הֵ֞ם בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ וְאֵ֣לֶּה שְׁמֹתָ֔ם
These were they, the sons of Ishmael,
and these were their names,
בְּחַצְרֵיהֶ֖ם וּבְטִֽירֹתָ֑ם
By their settlements
and by their protected encampments;
שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר נְשִׂיאִ֖ם לְאֻמֹּתָֽם׃
Twelve sheikhs of their own tribes.
25:17
וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁנֵי֙ חַיֵּ֣י יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל
And these are the years of the lifetime of Ishmael,
מְאַ֥ת שָׁנָ֛ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְשֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֑ים
One hundred years, and thirty years, seven years;
וַיִּגְוַ֣ע וַיָּ֔מָת וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף אֶל־עַמָּֽיו׃
And he breathed his last and died,
and he was gathered to his people;
25:18
וַיִּשְׁכְּנ֨וּ מֽ͏ֵחֲוִילָ֜ה עַד־שׁ֗וּר
And they dwelt from Havilah,
down to Shur,
אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י מִצְרַ֔יִם בֹּאֲכָ֖ה אַשּׁ֑וּרָה
that place which faces Egypt,
as you go towards Assyria;
עַל־פְּנֵ֥י כָל־אֶחָ֖יו נָפָֽל׃ פ
He had fallen, —facing all his brothers.
Website translation into English by E.G. Van Gent.
The Hebrew Masoretic Text is Unicode/XML version 1.3 Leningrad Codex,
Build 26.4 from tanach.us
Audio excerpts from
Tanakh audio recording by Rabbi Dan Be’eri
Genesis 25: 1-18 Hebrew Audio
