Genesis Chapter 25

Genesis Chapter 25

(Genesis 25:1-4 [KJV])

Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan,

and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.  And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the

sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and

Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

DEDAN: ARABIANS
(Genesis 10:7 [KJV])

And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of

Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

(Genesis 25:3 [KJV])

And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and

Leummim.

(1 Chronicles 1:9 [KJV])

And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

(1 Chronicles 1:32 [KJV])

Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

(Isaiah 21:13 [KJV])

The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.

(Jeremiah 25:23 [KJV])

Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,

(Jeremiah 49:8 [KJV])

Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

(Ezekiel 25:13 [KJV])

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

(Ezekiel 27:15 [KJV])

The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.

(Ezekiel 27:20 [KJV])

Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

(Ezekiel 38:13 [KJV])

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

(Genesis 25:5 [KJV])

And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.     This unequivocally, inarguably , finally and clearly shows who is the heir, in whom the seed is called

(Genesis 24:36 [KJV])

And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

(Genesis 25:6 [KJV])

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.

·                  Isaac got the inheritance; the others got some gifts to leave.

·                  More separation for Isaac from his future opponents

·                  Not much good ever comes from the east in the Bible

(Revelation 16:12 [KJV])

And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was

dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

(Genesis 25:7 [KJV])

And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and

fifteen years.

·                  Abraham was 175 years old now

·                  Isaac was 75 years old now

(Genesis 25:8 [KJV])

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.

·          Giving up the Ghost

o   Abraham

o   Isaac

o   Jacob

o   Ishmael

o   Priests

o   Jewish Elders

o   Jesus

o   Ananias

o   Sapphira

o   Herod

·          Gathering unto their people

o   Abraham

o   Isaac

o   Ishmael

o   Jacob

(Genesis 25:8 [KJV])

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.

(Genesis 25:17 [KJV])

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.

(Genesis 35:29 [KJV])

And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

(Genesis 49:33 [KJV])

And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

(Genesis 25:9 [KJV])

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;

·                  Death has a way of at least temporarily removing barriers to peaceful family relationships

·                  History shows this was one of the last or the last time Isaac and his descendants were at peace with their future enemies

·                  Probably one of or the last time Isaac and Ishmael were together, and peacefully

(Genesis 28:9 [KJV])

Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

(Genesis 25:10 [KJV])

The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his

wife.

·                  This is most of Chapter 23

(Genesis 25:11 [KJV])

And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by

the well Lahairoi.

·                  God promised to bless Isaac and his descendants

·                  This is the same place Hagar went to fleeing Sarah that first time.

(Genesis 16:7-14 [KJV])

And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.  And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

(Genesis 25:12-13 [KJV])

Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's

handmaid, bare unto Abraham:  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,

·                   

GENERA'TION, n. The act of begetting; procreation, as of animals.

 1. Production; formation; as the generation of sounds or of curves or equations.

 2. A single succession in natural descent, as the children of the same parents; hence, an age. Thus we say, the third, the fourth, or the tenth generation. Gen 15:16.

 3. The people of the same period, or living at the same time.

 O faithless and perverse generation. Luke 9.

 4. Genealogy; a series of children or descendants from the same stock.

 This is the book of the generations of Adam. Gen 5.

 5. A family; a race.

 6. Progeny; offspring.

(Genesis 25:14-15 [KJV])

And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

·                  These become the enemies of Israel

·                  The struggle with Isaac and Ishmael continues today.

And some very good expositors have taken notice of the signification of those three names which are put together (v. 14), as containing good advice to us all, Mishma, Dumah, and Massa, that is, hear, keep silence, and bear; we have them together in the same order, Jam. i:19, Be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

DUMAH (ARABIANS)

(Isaiah 21:11 [KJV])

The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.

The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

(Genesis 25:16 [KJV])

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles;

twelve princes according to their nations.

·                  Castles................princes..............Royal House of Saud

(Genesis 25:17 [KJV])

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.

·                  Dead but his legacy continues today

(Genesis 25:18 [KJV])

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.

·                  This is either Saudi Arabia or what is called Jordan today

(Genesis 25:19 [KJV])

And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:

·                  Story of the offspring

GENERA'TION, n. The act of begetting; procreation, as of animals.

 1. Production; formation; as the generation of sounds or of curves or equations.

 2. A single succession in natural descent, as the children of the same parents; hence, an age. Thus we say, the third, the fourth, or the tenth generation. Gen 15:16.

 3. The people of the same period, or living at the same time.

 O faithless and perverse generation. Luke 9.

 4. Genealogy; a series of children or descendants from the same stock.

 This is the book of the generations of Adam. Gen 5.

 5. A family; a race.

 6. Progeny; offspring.

(Genesis 25:20 [KJV])

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.

·                  He married a cousin

·                  Abraham married a half-sister

(Genesis 25:21 [KJV])

And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of

him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

·                  He prayed to have a child and got two children. Even though he was promised and guaranteed, he

               prayed nonetheless

·                  He did not get a concubine or take Rebekah's handmaiden

·                  Rebekah did not offer up her handmaiden, nurse or anyone else

·                  Isaac was promised, not prayed for by Abraham or Sarah

·                  Abraham DID pray for Abimelech's household when they were barren

(Genesis 11:30 [KJV])

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

(Genesis 16:1-3 [KJV])

Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.  And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

(Genesis 20:17-18 [KJV])

So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

The Jews have a tradition that Isaac, at length, took his wife with him to mount Moriah, where God had promised that he would multiply Abraham's seed (ch. xxii. 17), and there, in his prayer with her and for her, pleaded the promise made in that very place. 2. God heard his prayer, and was entreated of him.

(Ephesians 3:20-21 [KJV])

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,  Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

(Philippians 4:19 [KJV])

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

(Genesis 25:22 [KJV])

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.

·                  She thought perhaps it was one child, so she wondered," Why all of the kicking?"

·                  An answer to prayer can, however, sometimes surprise us, "Why am I thus?"

(Genesis 25:23 [KJV])

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.

·                  Two nations, not two babies or "twins".

·                  Two "manner of people"

·                  Separated from thy bowels-never to return as one to one place peacefully

·                  Esau's selling his birthright to Jacob foretold here

·                  The same picture is of the eternal struggle of God against the enemy, the flesh against the Spirit, etc.

(Genesis 25:24-26 [KJV])

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.  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.

·                  Isaac was 60 years old now!  Twenty years of prayer for Rebekah?

·                  "Esau" means ruddy or red.

·                  Esau coming out meant he had the legal birthright of the firstborn- unlike Ishmael- since Ishmael did not come from Sarah, but from Hagar.

(Genesis 25:27 [KJV])

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man,

dwelling in tents.

·                  One was cunning, one was plain-dealing (opposites)

·                  Esau into sports, outdoors, Jacob not so much!

·                  Jacob may have been a deceiver, but he would not deceive you behind your back. He let you be self-deceived

(Genesis 25:28 [KJV])

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

·                  A way to a man's heart is venison in his belly?

·                  Rebekah

(Genesis 25:29 [KJV])

And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

·        Esau was a hunter, Jacob the cook-a great team.

'Sod pottage' is generally taken to mean boiling/cooking or preparing pottage. The term pottage is a noun that refers to a thick soup or to a stew of vegetables and occasionally meat. A pottage may simply be described as a thick (often creamy) soup. An archaic use of the term is to mean porridge.

The phrase 'sod pottage' is typically associated with a passage from the Bible, from the book of Genesis, which goes as follows: And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint".

The term comes from the Middle English term potage; coming from the Old French; from the term pot, meaning pot. 

To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh. [Written also seeth.] Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. --2 Kings iv. 38.

(Genesis 25:30 [KJV])

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.

·                  Red was apparently his color in many ways

·                  A way to a man's heart is through his belly....some more than others.

(Genesis 25:31 [KJV])

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

·                  Wise Jacob did not say to sell it. It was sell it to me "today"

·                  No more "Abraham, Isaac and Esau"

(Genesis 25:32 [KJV])

And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

·                  Hunger is not something that would have killed Esau

 (Proverbs 13:25 [KJV])

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

(Philippians 3:17-19 [KJV])

Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:  Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

(1 Corinthians 6:13 [KJV])

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

(Genesis 25:33 [KJV])

And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

·                  Finishing the deal.  This was the end for Esau. He was now an Edomite

·                  It is a good idea to not take lightly the blessings of God, especially spiritual ones

(Genesis 25:34 [KJV])

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.

·        One last serving before the roles switch, "and the elder shall serve the younger" (v. 23)

·        He did not just give it up. He actually hated it

·        Perhaps it was too much responsibility or pressure for this wild man.

Jacob was promised the blessing and did not have to do anything to get it from God.  Nevertheless, God let him exercise his free will and obtain it through the same cunning that Esau used in hunting.   Either way Jacob would have had the blessing, but he seemed to have lacked faith and the patience to wait.

Does that sound familiar or does that sound familial?