Genesis 25:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 Abraham gave everything that he owned to his son Isaac.[a] 6 To the sons of his concubines, however, he gave gifts while he was still living, as he sent them away eastward, to the land of Kedem,[b] away from his son Isaac.
Death of Abraham. 7 The whole span of Abraham’s life was one hundred and seventy-five years.
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- 25:5 Amid so many descendants, Abraham takes steps that Isaac will be his favored heir.
- 25:6 The land of Kedem: or “the country of the East,” the region inhabited by the Kedemites or Easterners (29:1; Jgs 6:3, 33; Jb 1:3; Is 11:14). The names mentioned in vv. 2–4, as far as they can be identified, are those of tribes in the Arabian desert.
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