Genesis 25:1 Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah.

English Standard Version
Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.

New American Standard Bible
Now Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.

King James Bible
Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah,

International Standard Version
Abraham had taken another wife whose name was Keturah.

American Standard Version
And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Abraham married another wife, named Cetura:

Darby Bible Translation
And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.

Young's Literal Translation
And Abraham addeth and taketh a wife, and her name is Keturah;

Cross References

Genesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

Genesis 25:2
And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

1 Chronicles 1:32
Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

25:1-10 All the days, even of the best and greatest saints, are not remarkable days; some slide on silently; such were these last days of Abraham. Here is an account of Abraham's children by Keturah, and the disposition which he made of his estate. After the birth of these sons, he set his house in order, with prudence and justice. He did this while he yet lived. It is wisdom for men to do what they find to do while they live, as far as they can. Abraham lived 175 years; just one hundred years after he came to Canaan; so long he was a sojourner in a strange country. Whether our stay in this life be long or short, it matters but little, provided we leave behind us a testimony to the faithfulness and goodness of the Lord, and a good example to our families. We are told that his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him. It seems that Abraham had himself brought them together while he lived. Let us not close the history of the life of Abraham without blessing God for such a testimony of the triumph of faith.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

CHAPTER 25

Ge 25:1-6. Sons of Abraham.

1. Abraham took a wife—rather, "had taken"; for Keturah is called Abraham's concubine, or secondary wife (1Ch 1:32); and as, from her bearing six sons to him, it is improbable that he married after Sarah's death; and also as he sent them all out to seek their own independence, during his lifetime, it is clear that this marriage is related here out of its chronological order, merely to form a proper winding up of the patriarch's history.