Genesis 25:1

_THEN AGAIN ABRAHAM TOOK A WIFE, AND HER NAME WAS KETURAH._ Then again Abraham took a wife - Hebrew, 'added and took.' KETURAH, х_ QªTUWRAAH_ (H6989)] - incense. Hupfeld asserts that the first six verses are an interpolation by a later hand than that of Moses. But, as relating some interesting particulars respecting the Abrahamic family, they must be considered essential to the completion of the genealogical tree, and they exhibit, in the numerous progeny of the patriarch by Keturah, historical evidence of the fulfillment of the promise, that "he should be a father of many nations" (Genesis 17:6). There is reason, however, to believe that this portion, extending at least to the 10th verse, is inserted here out of its proper chronological order; because as Abraham's generative energy is described, at the birth of

1._Then again Abraham took a wife _(15) It seems very absurd that Abraham, who is said to have been dead in his own body thirty-eight years before the decease of Sarah, should, after her death, marry another wife. such an act was, certainly, unworthy of his gravity. Besides, when Paul commends his faith, (Romans 4:19,) he not only asserts that the womb of Sarah was dead, when Isaac was about to be born, but also that the body of the father himself was dead. Therefore Abraham acted most foolishly, if, after the loss of his wife, he, in the decrepitude of old age, contracted another marriage. Further, it is at variance with the language of Paul, that he, who in his hundredth year was cold and impotent, (16) should, forty years afterwards, have many sons. Many commentators, to avoid this absurdity, suppose Keturah to h

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, and the disposition which he made of his estate. After the birth of these sons, he set his house in order, with prudence and justice. He did this while he yet lived. It is wisdom for men to do what they find to do while they live, as far as they can. Abraham lived 175 years; just one hundred years after he came to Canaan; so long he was a sojourner in a strange country. Whether our stay in this life be long or short, it matters but little, provided we leave behind us a testimony to the faithfulness and goodness of the Lord, and a good example to our families. We are told that his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him. It seems that Abraham had himself brought them together while he lived. Let us n...

CHAPTER XXV _Abraham marries Keturah_, 1. _Their issue_, 2-4. _Makes Isaac his heir_, 5; _but gives portions to the sons of his concubines, and sends_ _them eastward from Isaac, to find settlements_, 6. _Abraham's age_, 7, _and death_, 8. _Is buried by his sons Isaac and Ishmael in the cave of Machpelah_, 9, 10. _God's blessing upon Isaac_, 11. _The generations of Ishmael_, 12-16. _His age_, 17, _and death_

- 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 _mı̂dyān_, “Midian, one who measures.” לאבק _yı̂shbāq_, “Jishbaq, he leaves.” שׁוּח _shûach_, “Shuach, pit.” 3. לטוּשׁם _leṭûshı̂ym_, “Letushim, hammered, sharpened.” לאמים _le'umı̂ym_, “Leummim, peoples.”...

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 1 Chronicles 1:28, 1 Chronicles 1:32); but whether after (Kalisch, Lunge, Murphy) or, before (Calvin, Keil, Alford, Bush) Sarah's death it is impossible to decide—AND HER NAME WAS KETURAH_—_"_Increase_" (Gesenius); probably a servant in the family, as Hagar had been, though not Hagar herself (Targums), whom Abraham had recalled after Sar

THEN AGAIN ABRAHAM TOOK A WIFE,.... Three years after the death of Sarah, and when his son Isaac was married, and he alone, and now one hundred and forty years of age: AND HER NAME [WAS] KETURAH; who she was, or of what family, is not said. An Arabic writer z says she was a daughter of the king of the Turks; another a of them calls her the daughter of King Rama; and another b the daughter of Pactor, king of Rabbah; but there were then no such people in being. Very probably she was one of Abraham's handmaids born in his house, or bought with his money, perhaps the chief and principal of them. The Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem say she is the same with Hagar, and so, Jarchi; but this is rejected by Aben Ezra, since mention is made of Abraham's concubines, Genesis 25:6; whereas it does not appear he ever had any other than Hagar and Keturah, and therefore could not be the s

KETURAH As Sarah stands for "the mother of us all," that is, of those who, by grace, are one with the true Son of promise, of whom Isaac was the type (John 3:6); (Galatians 4:26); (Galatians 4:28); (Galatians 4:29); (Hebrews 2:11) and joint heirs of His wealth; (Hebrews 1:2); (Romans 8:16); (Ro

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) Abraham's marriage to Keturah and the offspring from her concludes the history of this remarkable character. That this took place after Isaac's marriage (typifying the marriage of the Lamb) makes it very interesting. After the church is completed and the present age ends the seed of Abraham will be blessed for the nations of the earth and nations will be born and walk in the light. This will be the result after Israel's restoration. Then all the families of the earth will be blessed in Abraham's seed

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 remarkable in view of the fact that the birth of Isaac was effected only by the miraculous intervention of Providence. Midian (Exodus 2:15 *) is the best known of the peoples mentioned, the Dedanites and Sabæ ans also occur several times....