Gen 25:1-10 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 25:1-10 (NET)

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The Death of Abraham

25:1 Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah. 25:2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 25:3 Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites. 25:4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah. 25:5 Everything he owned Abraham left to his son Isaac. 25:6 But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac. 25:7 Abraham lived a total of 175 years. 25:8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. He joined his ancestors. 25:9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite. 25:10 This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

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Names, People and Places:

· Abida the son of Midian son of Abraham and Keturah

· Abraham a son of Terah; the father of Isaac; ancestor of the Jewish nation.,the son of Terah of Shem

· Asshurim son of Dedan, grandson of Abraham and Keturah

· Dedan an island off the southwest coast of Asia Minor in the Mediterranean Sea,an island on the south coast of Turkey, 170 km NE of Crete

· Eldaah son of Midian son of Abraham and Keturah

· Ephah concubine of Caleb, son of Hezron of Judah,son of Jahdai of Judah,son of Midian son of Abraham and Keturah,a people descended from Ephah, & Midian of Abraham and Keturah

· Epher son of Midian son of Abraham and Keturah,son of Ezrah a descendant of Judah,head of a clan in eastern Manasseh in the time of Jotham

· Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite who sold a cave to Abraham,a mountain on the border of Judah and Benjamin (OS),a town on the south. border of Benjamin and about 5 km NE of Jerusalem

· Hanoch son of Midian son of Abraham and Keturah,son of Reuben son of Israel

· Hittite a person/people living in the land of Syro-Palestine

· Ishbak son of Abraham and Keturah

· Ishmael son of Abraham and Hagar,father of Zebadiah, governor of Judah under Jehoshaphat,son of Azel of Benjamin,son of Jehohanan,a priest of the Pashur clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Nethaniah; a militia leader who assasinated Gedaliah

· Jokshan son of Abraham and Keturah

· Keturah Abraham's second wife

· Le-Ummim son of Dedan, grandson of Abraham and Keturah

· Letushim son of Dedan, grandson of Abraham and Keturah

· Mach-Pelah a place, (a field with a cave)

· Mamre a place where Abraham camped, probably a few km north of Hebron,an Amorite chief who was Abraham's ally, with Eshcol and Aner

· Medan son of Abraham and Keturah

· Midian resident(s) of the region of Midian

· Sarah the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac,daughter of Terah; wife of Abraham

· Sheba son of Raamah son of Cush son of Ham son of Noah,son of Joktan of Shem,son of Jokshan son of Abraham and Keturah,a town that belonged to the tribe of Simeon,son of Bichri (Benjamin) who led a revolt against David,a country in southern Arabia whose queen visited Solomon (OS),son of Abihail; a founding father of one of the clans of Gad

· Shuah son of Abraham and Keturah

· Zimran son of Abraham and Keturah

· Zohar father of Ephron the Hittite from whom Abraham bought land,son of Simeon

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NET Notes: Gen 25:1 Heb “And Abraham added and took.”

NET Notes: Gen 25:3 The names Sheba and Dedan appear in Gen 10:7 as descendants of Ham through Cush and Raamah. Since these two names are usually interpreted to be place ...

NET Notes: Gen 25:4 Or “sons.”

NET Notes: Gen 25:6 Heb “And he sent them away from upon Isaac his son, while he was still living, eastward to the land of the east.”

NET Notes: Gen 25:7 Heb “and these are the days of the years of the lifetime of Abraham that he lived.” The normal genealogical formula is expanded here due t...

NET Notes: Gen 25:8 Heb “And he was gathered to his people.” In the ancient Israelite view he joined his deceased ancestors in Sheol, the land of the dead.

NET Notes: Gen 25:9 The cave of Machpelah was the place Abraham had purchased as a burial place for his wife Sarah (Gen 23:17-18).

NET Notes: Gen 25:10 See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.

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