Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Genesis 25:4
Verse Genesis 25:4. Ephah, and Epher, c.] Of these we know no more than of the preceding an abundance of conjectures is already furnished by the commentators.
Verse Genesis 25:4. Ephah, and Epher, c.] Of these we know no more than of the preceding an abundance of conjectures is already furnished by the commentators.
- The Death of Abraham 1. קטוּרה _qeṭûrâh_, “Qeturah, incense.” 2. זמרן _zı̂mrān_, “Zimran, celebrated in song.” יקשׁן _yāqshān_, “Joqshan, fowler.” מדן _medān_, “Medan, judge.” מדין...
CHAPTER 25:1-11 ABRAHAM'S POSTERITY FROM KETURAH AND HIS DEATH _ 1. Abraham's offspring from Keturah (Genesis 25:1)_ 2. Isaac the heir (Genesis 25:5) 3. Abraham's death and burial (Genesis 25:7) Ab...
THE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM AND KETURAN. The section belongs apparently to a late stratum of J. The obvious meaning is that Abraham married again and had six children after Sarah's death. This is remar...
GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
THESE. the tares, sown after Isaac, the good seed....
Abraham's Descendants by Keturah This section is from J. The children by a concubine represent tribal relationship of a secondary and less intimate character. The domestic tradition in these verses...
ALL THESE WERE THE CHILDREN, &C.— If we reckon these, and the Ishmaelites, and the Edomites, it is probable, that this posterity of Abraham equalled that of the Israelites. If Abraham's name and histo...
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...
_AND THE SONS OF MIDIAN; EPHAH, AND EPHER, AND HANOCH, AND ABIDAH, AND ELDAAH. ALL THESE WERE THE CHILDREN OF KETURAH._ The sons of Midian. Midian was the most noted among the descendants of Keturah....
THE SONS OF ABRAHAM BY KETURAH. DEATH AND BURIAL OF ABRAHAM. DESCENDANTS OF ISHMAEL. BIRTH AND YOUTH OF ESAU AND JACOB 1. It is not known at what period of his life Abraham took Keturah as his seconda...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 25 ABRAHAM DIES V1 Abraham married another wife, who was called Keturah. V2 She became the mother of Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and S...
וּ בְנֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן עֵיפָ֤ה וָ עֵ֨פֶר֙ וַ
ESAU AND JACOB Genesis 25:1 "He goeth as an ox goeth to the slaughter, till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life."- Proverbs 7:22...
ABRAHAM'S DEATH AND BURIAL Genesis 25:1 After being for sixteen years contemporary with his grandsons, Esau and Jacob, Abraham died without owning a foot of land except the cave for which he had paid...
The record of the death of Abraham is full of beauty. His life had been spent in the realm of the supernatural, the region of vision, the power of the spiritual. The whole of it is summed up in the wo...
ABRAHAM'S DEATH AND BURIAL Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah. Abraham lived another 35 years beyond that time. He took another wife named Keturah. She bore six sons to him. Those sons...
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 chil...
We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
We have next the election of God which now sets apart the earthly people, Jacob. It is remarkable how little we have of Isaac, nothing but his remaining in heavenly places, I mean of course in the fig...
AND THE SONS OF MIDIAN,.... The fourth son of Abraham by Keturah; he had five sons next mentioned, who were heads of so many tribes or families in Midian: hence we read of five kings of Midian; Numbe...
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these [were] the children of Keturah. Ver. 4. _Ephah, and Epher._] These five were, haply, the founders of the familie...
1 The sonnes of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The diuision of his goods. 7 His age and death. 9 His buriall. 12 The generations of Ishmael. 17 His age, and death. 19 Isaac prayeth for Rebekah being barr...
And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. The rich blessing of God shows that there was no stain attaching to this second ma...
ABRAHAM'S SECOND MARRIAGE...
THIRTEENTH SECTION _Abraham’s second Marriage. Keturah and her Sons. Abraham’s death and his burial_ GENESIS 25:1-10 1Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name _was_ Keturah [incense, vapor, frag...
OTHER GENERATIONS OF ABRAHAM We are not told what time Abraham took Keturah as a wife. Of course, God could enable him to be a father of children even after Sarah had died, but in this case he would b...
1-10 All the days, even of the best and greatest saints, are not remarkable days; some slide on silently; such were these last days of Abraham. Here is an account of Abraham's children by Keturah, an...
EPHAH; of whom see ISAIAH 60:6. From _Epher_ some think Africa received its name....
In the opening of this chapter, Abraham's second marriage is set before us, an event not without its interest to the spiritual mind, when viewed in connection with what we have been considering in the...
Genesis 25:4 sons H1121 Midian H4080 Ephah H5891 Epher H6081 Hanoch H2585 Abidah H28 Eldaah H420 children H1121 Keturah
THE DEATH OF ABRAHAM AND HIS DISPOSITIONS (GENESIS 25:1 A) The first tablet contains Abraham's final disposition of his estate (Genesis 25:1). This is described as ‘the family history of Ishmael, the...
Genesis 25 _(with Hebrews 12:16)_ The chief use, apparently, of some men's lives is that they may serve as beacons, warning off those who come after them from quicksand or whirlpool. They flame amids...
CONTENTS: Abraham weds Keturah. Isaac becomes Abraham's heir. Death of Abraham. Generations of Ishmael and Isaac. Birth of Esau and Jacob and the sale of the birthright. CHARACTERS: Abraham, Keturah,...
Genesis 25:1. _Keturah_ is here called a wife; but a learned writer in his _Bibliotheca Biblia,_ printed at Oxford 1720, brings forward a supposition of the Jews, that Hagar returned to Abraham after...
_These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life:--_ THE LAST YEARS OF ABRAHAM I. ON THEIR NATURAL SIDE. Active to the last. II. ON THEIR SPIRITUAL SIDE. He provided for the purity and peace of t...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 25:1 ABRAHAM TOOK ANOTHER WIFE. Like Hagar, KETURAH has the status of a “concubine” (see 1 Chronicles
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 25:1. Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. “Keturah is called a concubine in 1 Chronicles 1:32. It is usually assumed, but merely on the assumption of the...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 25:1 THEN AGAIN ABRAHAM TOOK A WIFE,—literally, _and Abraham added and took a wife _(_i_._e_. a secondary wife, or concubine, _pilgash; vide_ Genesis 25:6 and...
Then in chapter twenty-five we find that Abraham [after Sarah's death] took another wife, her name was Keturah. [The name means, "mother of us all".] And she bare him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian,...
A.M. cir. 2200. B.C. cir. 1804. Ephah. Isaiah 60:6...