Sarah actually forces Abraham, against his paternal instinct, to banish the competitor child. And why the circumlocution, why not mention the women’s names—unless the implication is that Abraham had many concubines, not just them (or not them at all.). Keturah (Hebrew: קְטוּרָה , Modern: Ktura, Tiberian: Qəṭûrā, possibly meaning "incense") was a concubine and wife of the Biblical patriarch Abraham. [3] See Robert Wilson, Genealogy and History in the Biblical World (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977). 27 As Jacob and Esau grew older, Esau liked the outdoors and became a good hunter, while Jacob settled down and became a shepherd. Abraham and Keturah had six sons. Keturah (Hebrew: .mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-size:1.15em;font-family:"Ezra SIL","Ezra SIL SR","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey Ashkenaz","Taamey David CLM","Taamey Frank CLM","Frank Ruehl CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli","SBL BibLit","SBL Hebrew",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}קְטוּרָה, Modern: Ktura, Tiberian: Qəṭûrā, possibly meaning "incense") was a concubine and wife of the Biblical patriarch Abraham. Genesis 25:1 says that Keturah was his wife; 1 Chronicles 1:32 calls her his concubine. Sign up for The Berean: Daily Verse and Comment, and have Biblical truth delivered to your inbox. Where this source/tradition came from and …
Join over 145,000 other subscribers. Perhaps verses 1-4 are one unit and verses 5-6 another unit. (Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:16, 17) This article briefly describes just some of the women mentioned in the Bible.Many are fine examples to imitate. First, whether the spelling is defective or plene should make no difference in meaning. [1] Rashi and Rabbi Menachem bar Shlomo (Midrash Sekhel Tov) ad loc., actually claim that the term “concubines” is singular, but this seems indefensible. On the other hand if we posit that this marriage to Keturah happened earlier on in his life, it pulls the rug from under some of the basic assumptions about Abraham in the storyline up to this point. Abraham was buried there beside his wife Sarah. Considering this, the editor was left with little choice but to put the Keturah account after the death of Sarah. 5-6 While Abraham was still alive, he gave gifts to the sons of Hagar and Keturah. With her extremely jealous reaction to Hagar and Ishmael, would she really have countenanced another rival? The second unit assumes an Abraham with multiple concubines and offspring, something never explicitly said in any narrative.
7-8 Abraham died at the ripe old age of one hundred seventy-five. Genealogies elsewhere in the Bible are similarly symbolic according to many biblical scholars; this is especially clear in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10, which explains geographical proximity and ethnic similarity through family relationships. 12 Ishmael was the son of Abraham and Hagar, the slave woman of Sarah. Genesis 25 records that Keturah is the wife Abraham married after his first wife Sarah died. Stepmothers are known to have complicated relationships with their stepchildren. The second unit assumes an Abraham with multiple concubines and offspring, something never explicitly said in any narrative. A woman Abraham sent for from the home country? This page was last modified on September 15, 2017, at 4:46 AM. According to parashat Chaya Sarah, the Jewish people also has a stepmother; following the description Sarah’s death and Isaac’s marriage to Rebecca, the end of the parashah reads (Genesis 25:1): This short paragraph brings up a number of questions: The Torah gives us no background whatsoever regarding Keturah. The Bible introduces us to many women whose lives can teach us valuable lessons. All these are the sons of Keturah. We rely on the support of readers like you. Here a redaction critical approach could help. Now Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. The first unit was meant simply to reference the six descendants of Abraham through Keturah, and were aimed at tying these tribes into Abraham/Israel/Judah. and R. Yosef Karo (Beit Yosef, YD 275). There has been some debate as to whether Keturah was Abraham’s wife or his concubine, since she is described as each in different places in Scripture. She thought, “Why is this happening to me?” Finally, she asked the Lord why her twins were fighting, 23 and he told her: “Your two sons will become two separate nations. He also sent their sons to live in the east far from his son Isaac, and when Abraham died, he left everything to Isaac. Genesis 25:1 | View whole chapter | See verse in context Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 5-6 and the mention of children of concubines, these verses seem to be expressing a viewpoint that Abraham had concubines and children all along – it was just that his wife (Sarah) didn’t have children. Both Genesis and First Chronicles record that Keturah bore Abraham six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. This may explain why we do not know who she is, but what about the discord between wife/concubine? Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 25 Abraham married Keturah, 2 and they had six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. If it is a reference to other concubines, what happened to the six sons referenced above? Almost twenty years later, 21 Rebekah still had no children. 3 Later, Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan, and when Dedan grew up, he had three sons: Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. “What good will those rights do me?”. Others provide warning examples.—1 Corinthians 10:11; Hebrews 6:12. This is odd for two reasons. First Chronicles 1:32 refers to Keturah as Abraham's concubine, so there is some debate as to the exact nature of their relationship. 1-4 as being from a separate source, he sees clearly that they bear no real relationship to vv. Genesis 25 records that Keturah is the wife Abraham married after his first wife Sarah died. Who was Keturah in the Bible? // Javascript URL redirection Was she a local Canaanite woman? Give me some of that red stew right now!” That’s how Esau got the name “Edom.”[i], 31 Jacob replied, “Sell me your rights as the first-born son.”[j], 32 “I’m about to die,” Esau answered. Keturah (Hebrew: קְטוּרָה , Qet'ura, possibly meaning "incense") was a concubine and wife of the Biblical patriarch Abraham.According to the Book of Genesis, Abraham married Keturah after the death of his first wife, Sarah.Abraham and Keturah had six sons. The first unit was meant simply to reference the six descendants of Abraham through Keturah, and were aimed at tying these tribes into Abraham/Israel/Judah. 24 When Rebekah gave birth, 25 the first baby was covered with red hair, so he was named Esau. 4 Midian also had five sons: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. King James Bible Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
While Rashi seems confident that he knows Keturah is Hagar, however, Rashbam, Radak and Ibn Ezra, following a simple reading of the text, state unequivocally that Keturah is not Hagar, but a different woman. Genesis 25 Contemporary English Version (CEV) Abraham Marries Keturah.
11 God blessed Isaac after this, and Isaac moved to a place called “The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me.”[b]. De Bibl auf Bairisch Dyr Abryham gheirett non aynmaal, und zwaar de Kettura.
According to the Book of Genesis, Abraham married Keturah after the death of his first wife, Sarah. 32 The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The Torah is the foundation of Judaism – how we study it shapes our future. For that Rashi quotes a midrash. Radak tries to deal with some of the above problems: Although Radak’s approach recognizes and solves some of the interpretive problems, it only does so partially.
Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. [4] Richard Elliot Friedman suggests something similar in his Bible with Sources Revealed. Second, in our Torah texts (and in the Samaritan Pentateuch) the spelling is, in fact, plene, as is pointed out by Chizkuni (ad loc.) The Berean: Daily Verse and Comment. 3 Later, Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan, and when Dedan grew up, he had three sons: Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. [5] Insofar as vv. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim. [h] Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.