Genesis 25:1-8

1 Abraha toke hi another wyfe cald Ketura

2 which bare hi Sunram Iacksam Medan Midia Iesback and Suah.

3 And Iacksan begat Seba and Deda. And the sonnes of sedan were Assurim Letusim and Leumim.

4 And the sonnes of Midian were Epha Epher Hanoch Abida and Elda. All these were the childern of Bethura.

5 But Abraha gaue all that he had vnto Isaac.

6 And vnto the sonnes of his concubines he haue giftes and sent them awaye from Isaac his sonne (while he yet lyved) east ward vnto the east contre.

7 These are the dayes of the life of Abraha which he lyved: an hudred and .lxxv. yere

8 and than fell seke ad dyed in a lustie age (whe he had lyved ynough) ad was put vnto his people.

Genesis 25:1-8 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.