Genesis 25:1-18

Abraham's Death and His Descendants

1 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.
2 1She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
5 2Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.
6 But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he 3sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward 4to the east country.
7 These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years.
8 Abraham 5breathed his last and 6died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
9 Isaac and Ishmael 7his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,
10 the field 8that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. 9There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife.
11 After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at 10Beer-lahai-roi.
12 These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, 11whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.
13 12These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: 13Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and 14Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
15 Hadad, 15Tema, 16Jetur, 17Naphish, and Kedemah.
16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, 18twelve princes according to their tribes.
17 (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He 19breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)
18 20They settled from Havilah to 21Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled[a] over against all his kinsmen.

Genesis 25:1-18 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 21

Footnotes 1

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