18 They [a]settled from (A)Havilah to (B)Shur which is [b]east of Egypt [c]going toward Assyria; (C)he [d]settled in defiance of all his relatives.

Isaac’s Sons

19 Now these are the records of (D)the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac; 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took (E)Rebekah, the (F)daughter of Bethuel the [e]Aramean of Paddan-aram, the (G)sister of Laban the [f]Aramean, to be his wife.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 25:18 Lit dwelt
  2. Genesis 25:18 Lit before
  3. Genesis 25:18 Lit as you go
  4. Genesis 25:18 Lit fell over against
  5. Genesis 25:20 I.e., Syrian
  6. Genesis 25:20 I.e., Syrian

18 His descendants(A) settled in the area from Havilah to Shur,(B) near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward[a] all the tribes related to them.(C)

Jacob and Esau

19 This is the account(D) of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac.

Abraham became the father of Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old(E) when he married Rebekah(F) daughter of Bethuel(G) the Aramean from Paddan Aram[b](H) and sister of Laban(I) the Aramean.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 25:18 Or lived to the east of
  2. Genesis 25:20 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia