Genesis 25:1-6 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 25:1-10

Abraham lived, after the marriage of Isaac, thirty-five years, and all that is recorded concerning him during the time lies here in a very few verses. We hear no more of God's extraordinary appearances to him or trials of him; for all the days, even of the best and greatest saints, are not eminent days, some slide on silently, and neither come nor go with observation; such were these last days of Abraham. We have here, I. An account of his children by Keturah, another wife whom he married... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:1

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 F26 Abul. Pharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 14. says she was a daughter of the king of the Turks; another F1 Elmacinus, p. 34. apud Hottinger. Smegma, p. 309. of them calls her the daughter of King Rama; and another F2 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:2

And she bare him Zimran ,.... That Keturah should bear children who probably, was a young woman, is not strange; but that Abraham, whose body forty years before this was dead should now have any bore to him, may seem difficult to account for, and only can be attributed to the fresh vigour his body was endued with at the generation of Isaac; and which still continued for the fulfilment of the promise to him of the multiplication of his seed. But if the notion of a late learned bishop F5 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:3

And Jokshan begat Sheba and Dedan ,.... Bochart F15 Phaleg. l. 2. c. 9. col. 227. is of opinion, that the posterity of this Sheba are the same with the Sabeans who inhabited at the entrance of Arabia Felix, not far from the Nabathaeans; and who, by Strabo F16 Geograph. l. 16. p. 536. , are mentioned together as near to Syria, and used to make excursions on their neighbours; and not without some colour of reason thought to be the same that plundered Job of his cattle, Job 1:15 .... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:4

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; Numbers 31:8 ; their names follow: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah : the two first of these, whom Cleodemus F20 Apud Euseb. ut supra. (Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 20. p. 432.) calls Aphra and Apher, and makes them to be sons of Abraham by Keturah, when they were his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:5

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" F4 נתן "dederat", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; or the sense is, that he had at that time purposed and promised to give all that he had to Isaac, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:6

But unto the sons of the concubines which Abraham had ,.... These were Hagar and Keturah, though they are both called his wives, Genesis 16:3 ; yet they were concubines; so Keturah, 1 Chronicles 1:32 ; they were, as some render the word, "concubine wives" F5 הפילגשים "concubinarum uxorum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; they were half wives or secondary ones: the Jewish writers say that they were espoused, but not by writing, as wives were; they were under the lawful wife,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 25:1

Then again Abraham took a wife - When Abraham took Keturah we are not informed; it might have been in the lifetime of Sarah; and the original ויסף vaiyoseph , and he added, etc., seems to give some countenance to this opinion. Indeed it is not very likely that he had the children mentioned here after the death of Sarah; and from the circumstances of his age, feebleness, etc., at the birth of Isaac, it is still more improbable. Even at that age, forty years before the marriage of Isaac,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 25:2

Zimran - Stephanus Byzantinus mentions a city in Arabia Felix called Zadram, which some suppose to have been named from this son of Keturah; but it is more likely, as Calmet observes, that all these sons of Abraham resided in Arabia Deserta; and Pliny, Hist. Nat., lib. vi., c. 28, mentions a people in that country called Zamarenians, who were probably the descendants of this person. Jokshan - Several learned men have been of opinion that this Jokshan was the same as Kachtan, the father... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 25:3

Sheba - From whom sprang the Sabeans, who robbed Job of his cattle. See Bochart and Calmet. Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim - We know not who these were, but as each name is plural they must have been tribes or families, and not individuals. Onkelos interprets these words of persons dwelling in camps, tents, and islands; and Jonathan ben Uzziel calls them merchants, artificers, and heads or chiefs of people. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 25:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 25:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 25:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 25:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 25:3

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