Genesis 25:1-7

The Death of Abraham

1 Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah.
2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.
3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites.
4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
5 Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
6 But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
7 Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years.

Genesis 25:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 25

This chapter contains an account of Abraham's marriage with another woman, and of the children he had by her and of their posterity Ge 25:1-4; of Abraham's disposal of his substance; and his sons, Ge 25:5,6; of the years of his life, his death and burial, Ge 25:7-11; of the children of Ishmael, and of the years of his life, and of his death, Ge 25:12-18; and of the sons of Isaac the fruit of prayer, and of the oracle concerning them before they were born, and of their temper and disposition, conduct and behaviour, Ge 25:19-34.

Cross References 11

  • 1. Jeremiah 25:25
  • 2. Genesis 36:35; Genesis 37:28,36; Exodus 2:15; Numbers 22:4; Numbers 25:6,18; Numbers 31:2; Joshua 13:21; Judges 6:1,3; Judges 7:1; Judges 8:1,22,24; Judges 9:17; 1 Kings 11:18; Psalms 83:9; Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 10:26; Isaiah 60:6; Habakkuk 3:7
  • 3. Job 2:11; Job 8:1; 1 Chronicles 1:32,33
  • 4. S Genesis 10:7
  • 5. S Genesis 10:7
  • 6. Isaiah 60:6
  • 7. S Genesis 24:36
  • 8. S Genesis 22:24
  • 9. S Genesis 21:10,14
  • 10. Genesis 29:1; Judges 6:3,33; 1 Kings 4:30; Job 1:3; Ezekiel 25:4
  • 11. ver 26; Genesis 12:4; Genesis 35:28; Genesis 47:9,28; Genesis 50:22,26; Job 42:16
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