Genesis 25:1-2

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.

Genesis 25:1-2 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 3

  • 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
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