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    <div class="book bkGEN">
        <div class="chapter ch25" data-usfm="GEN.25">
            <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Death of Abraham</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the descendants of Heth</span></span></span><span class="content"> There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">After Abraham&#8217;s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ishmael&#8217;s Sons</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family line of Abraham&#8217;s son Ishmael, whom Sarah&#8217;s slave, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.25.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Mishma, Dumah, Massa, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">lived to the east of</span></span></span><span class="content"> all the tribes related to them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jacob and Esau</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.25.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family line of Abraham&#8217;s son Isaac.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.25.19"><span class="content">Abraham became the father of Isaac, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:20 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content"> and sister of Laban the Aramean.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.25.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Isaac prayed to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, &#8220;Why is this happening to me?&#8221; So she went to inquire of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.25.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.25.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to her,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.25.23"><span class="content">&#8220;Two nations are in your womb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.25.23"><span class="content">and two peoples from within you will be separated;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.25.23"><span class="content">one people will be stronger than the other,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.25.23"><span class="content">and the older will serve the younger.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.25.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.25.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.25.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:25 </span><span class="fq">Esau </span><span class="ft">may mean </span><span class="fq">hairy</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.25.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau&#8217;s heel; so he was named Jacob.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:26 </span><span class="fq">Jacob </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">he grasps the heel, </span><span class="ft">a Hebrew idiom for </span><span class="fqa">he deceives.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.25.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.25.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.25.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.25.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.25.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.25.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">He said to Jacob, &#8220;Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I&#8217;m famished!&#8221; (That is why he was also called Edom.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:30 </span><span class="fq">Edom </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">red</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content">)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.25.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.25.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Jacob replied, &#8220;First sell me your birthright.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.25.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.25.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look, I am about to die,&#8221; Esau said. &#8220;What good is the birthright to me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.25.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.25.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But Jacob said, &#8220;Swear to me first.&#8221; So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.25.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.25.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.25.34"><span class="content">So Esau despised his birthright.</span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bkISA">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="ISA.13">
            <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Babylon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Raise a banner on a bare hilltop,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.13.2"><span class="content">shout to them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.13.2"><span class="content">beckon to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.13.2"><span class="content">to enter the gates of the nobles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I have commanded those I prepared for battle;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.13.3"><span class="content">I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.13.3"><span class="content">those who rejoice in my triumph.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Listen, a noise on the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.13.4"><span class="content">like that of a great multitude!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.13.4"><span class="content">Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.13.4"><span class="content">like nations massing together!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.13.4"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is mustering</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.13.4"><span class="content">an army for war.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They come from faraway lands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.13.5"><span class="content">from the ends of the heavens&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.13.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and the weapons of his wrath&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.13.5"><span class="content">to destroy the whole country.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Wail, for the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.13.6"><span class="content">it will come like destruction from the Almighty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Because of this, all hands will go limp,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.13.7"><span class="content">every heart will melt with fear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Terror will seize them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.13.8"><span class="content">pain and anguish will grip them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.13.8"><span class="content">they will writhe like a woman in labor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.13.8"><span class="content">They will look aghast at each other,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.13.8"><span class="content">their faces aflame.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">See, the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.13.9"><span class="content">&#8212;a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.13.9"><span class="content">to make the land desolate</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.13.9"><span class="content">and destroy the sinners within it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The stars of heaven and their constellations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.13.10"><span class="content">will not show their light.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.13.10"><span class="content">The rising sun will be darkened</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.13.10"><span class="content">and the moon will not give its light.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I will punish the world for its evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.13.11"><span class="content">the wicked for their sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.13.11"><span class="content">I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.13.11"><span class="content">and will humble the pride of the ruthless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will make people scarcer than pure gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.13.12"><span class="content">more rare than the gold of Ophir.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.13.13"><span class="content">and the earth will shake from its place</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.13.13"><span class="content">at the wrath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.13.13"><span class="content">in the day of his burning anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Like a hunted gazelle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.13.14"><span class="content">like sheep without a shepherd,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.13.14"><span class="content">they will all return to their own people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.13.14"><span class="content">they will flee to their native land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Whoever is captured will be thrust through;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.13.15"><span class="content">all who are caught will fall by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.13.16"><span class="content">their houses will be looted and their wives violated.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">See, I will stir up against them the Medes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.13.17"><span class="content">who do not care for silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.13.17"><span class="content">and have no delight in gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Their bows will strike down the young men;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.13.18"><span class="content">they will have no mercy on infants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.13.18"><span class="content">nor will they look with compassion on children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.13.19"><span class="content">the pride and glory of the Babylonians,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.13.19"><span class="content">will be overthrown by God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.13.19"><span class="content">like Sodom and Gomorrah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">She will never be inhabited</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.13.20"><span class="content">or lived in through all generations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.13.20"><span class="content">there no nomads will pitch their tents,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.13.20"><span class="content">there no shepherds will rest their flocks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But desert creatures will lie there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.13.21"><span class="content">jackals will fill her houses;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.13.21"><span class="content">there the owls will dwell,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.13.21"><span class="content">and there the wild goats will leap about.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Hyenas will inhabit her strongholds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.13.22"><span class="content">jackals her luxurious palaces.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.13.22"><span class="content">Her time is at hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.13.22"><span class="content">and her days will not be prolonged.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div>
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