Genesis 25:5

_AND ABRAHAM GAVE ALL THAT HE HAD UNTO ISAAC_ _ AND ABRAHAM GAVE ALL THAT HE HAD UNTO ISAAC._ Gave unto Isaac ... unto the sons of the concubines. While the chief part of the inheritance went to Isaac, the other sons, Ishmael included, migrating to the "East country" - i:e., Arabia, at first perhaps restricted to the wilderness of Beer-sheba and Paran, but in the widest sense embracing the whole of the two portions of the Arabian peninsula, Arabia Petraea and Deserta-received each a portion of the patrimony, perhaps in cattle and other things. Whether such a distribution was customary (Luke 15:12), or merely a prudential arrangement of Abraham's, the settlement must have given satisfaction, since it is still the rule followed among the pastoral tribes. Some of these sons of Keturah became founders of semi-nomad tribes east and south of Moab; but most of them were insignif

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...

Verse Genesis 25:5. _GAVE ALL THAT HE HAD UNTO ISAAC._] His principal flocks, and especially his right to the land of Canaan, including a confirmation to him and his posterity of whatever was contained in the promises of God....

- 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

AND ABRAHAM GAVE ALL THAT HE HAD UNTO ISAAC. By his last will and testament; not all out of his own hand, while he lived, at least he reserved somewhat for himself, and for gifts to his other children; so his servant declared to the parents and friends of Rebekah, Genesis 24:35; wherefore some render the words here "had given" d; or the sense is, that he had at that time purposed and promised to give all that he had to Isaac, and now he actually did it. d נתן "dederat", Junius Tremellius, Piscator....

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....

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 preserves the recollection of an early connexion between the ancestors of Israel and the clans or tribes on the borders of the North Arabian desert....

DISCOURSE: 24 ABRAM JUSTIFIED BY FAITH Genesis 25:5. _And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness._ THE enjoyment of the divine presence is truly satisfying to the soul. In having the light of God’s countenance we have all that we can desire: we are elevated above earthly things; the possession of them cannot add to our happiness; the want of them cannot diminish it. Yet, in another sense, the soul is not satisfied: the more it has of God, the more it desires; nor will it ever be satisfied, till it shall have attained the full, uninterrupted, everlasting fruition of him. Unspeakably blessed was the state of Abram, when God, in return for his active and disinterested zeal in rescuing L