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Genesis 25

Gen. 25:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then again
yacaph (Hebrew #3254)
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
KJV usage: add, X again, X any more, X cease, X come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further, X gather together, get more, give more-over, X henceforth, increase (more and more), join, X longer (bring, do, make, much, put), X (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, X yet, yield.
Pronounce: yaw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
Abraham
'Abraham (Hebrew #85)
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram
KJV usage: Abraham.
Pronounce: ab-raw-hawm'
Origin: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
a wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
, and her name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
wask Keturah
Qtuwrah (Hebrew #6989)
perfumed; Keturah, a wife of Abraham
KJV usage: Keturah.
Pronounce: ket-oo-raw'
Origin: feminine passive participle of 6999
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1 Chron. 1:32• 32Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. (1 Chron. 1:32)

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Abraham,
Keturah,
Wife

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-4:  The sons of Abraham by Keturah.
5-6:  The division of his goods.
7-10:  His age, death, and burial.
11:  God blesses Isaac.
12-16:  The generations of Ishmael.
17-18:  His age and death.
19-21:  Isaac prays for Rebekah, being barren.
22-23:  The children strive in her womb.
24-26:  The birth of Esau and Jacob.
27-28:  Their different characters and pursuits.
29-34:  Esau sells his birthright.
A.M. cir. 2151.
B.C. cir. 1853.
Gen. 23:1‑2• 1And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
 2And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. (Gen. 23:1‑2)
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Gen. 28:1• 1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. (Gen. 28:1)
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1 Chron. 1:32‑33• 32Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
 33And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. (1 Chron. 1:32‑33)
• Chapter 25 is not in historical sequence. The “then” has no real force. It is a general gathering up of the different families of Abraham. (“Genesis 25” by J.N. Darby)
• The typical teaching of these chapters closes with the account of Abraham’s children by Keturah, given in the first six verses of chapter 25. These children, from whom many Eastern nations have their origin, received “gifts,” and thus came in for blessing through their connection with Abraham. Nevertheless, Isaac was placed in striking contrast to the other sons of Abraham. To others he may have given gifts; to Isaac he gave all that he had. (“The Call of Rebekah: Genesis 24:1-27” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Abraham took another wife, and her name [was] Keturah.