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Abrahamאַבְרָהָםagainוַיֹּסֶףtookוַיִּקַּחa wife,אִשָּׁהwhose name wasוּשְׁמָהּKeturah.קְטוּרָה
Genesis 25:1
Study it in the app“Abraham again took a wife, whose name was Keturah.”
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Genesis 25:1, word by word
- Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- againיֹּסֶףyosef
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yosef” appears- tookיִּקַּחyikach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “yikach” appears- a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- whose name wasשְׁמָshema
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shema” appears- Keturahקְטוּרָהketura
Keturah
Keturah, a woman Abraham took as wife besides Sarah; mother of six of his sons.
Where else “ketura” appears
Parallel passages
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Descendants of Abraham
1 Chronicles 1:28-34Genesis 25:12-16
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Genesis 25:1-4
1Abraham again took a wife, whose name was Keturah. 2She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim. 4The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. 29These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 32And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. 33And the sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. 34And Abraham fathered Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
12These are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave woman, bore to Abraham. 13These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve chiefs according to their peoples.
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2She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
To study Genesis 25 in a group
1. What it says
What did Esau do with his birthright, and what did he receive in exchange (vv. 29-34)?
2. What it means
What does the text mean when it ends, “Thus Esau despised his birthright” (v. 34)?
3. How I live it
What valuable thing are you at risk of trading away for a need of the moment?