The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 25:1-11
The last days of Abraham. I. ABRAHAM 'S OLD AGE . 1. The taking of a second wife . 2. The making of his will . II. ABRAHAM 'S DEATH . 1. Before death . The age to which the patriarch had attained was— 2. At death . His end was peaceful; he "breathed out his spirit" into the hands of Jehovah. So did Isaac ( Genesis 35:29 ), Jacob ( Genesis 49:33 ), David ( Psalms 31:5 ), Christ ( Luke 23:46 ). "Mark the perfect, and behold the upright" ( ... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - 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... read more