PART THIRTY-SIX RECAPITULATION: SURVEY OF THE PATRIARCHAL AGE From _A Class-Book of Old Testament History,_ pp. 73-76 by G. F. Maclear, D.D. Published by Macmillan, London, 1881, now long out of print. With the death of Joseph the Patriachal Age of Israel's history may be said to close. The _Fami... [ Continue Reading ]
3. _Abraham's Provisions for His Various Lines_ (Genesis 25:1-18) (1) _The Line by Keturah_ (Genesis 25:1-4) _1 And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. 2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan begat Sbeba, and Dedan. And t... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) _Abraham's Final Disposition of His Property_ (Genesis 25:5-6). 5 _And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country._ Isaac, the... [ Continue Reading ]
(3) _The Death and Burial of Abraham (Genesis 25:7-11_). _7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fiteen years. 8 And 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. 9 And... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) _The Line of Ishmael_ (Genesis 25:12-18). _12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: 13 and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Neba... [ Continue Reading ]
PART THIRTY-SEVEN THE STORY OF ISAAC; THE TWINS AND THE BIRTHRIGHT (Genesis 25:19-34) _1. Introduction_ Having concluded the account of all that needed to be known about Ishmael and his progeny, the inspired historian now turns to the main theme of the Bible, that is, the history of the Messiani... [ Continue Reading ]