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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)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.