Genesis 25:1 - Exposition

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 Sarah's death (Lyra), since Genesis 25:6 speaks of concubines.