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Keturah
Incense, the wife of Abraham, whom he married probably after Sarah’s death (Gen 25:1–6), by whom he had six sons, whom he sent away into the east country. Her nationality is unknown. She is styled “Abraham’s concubine” (1 Chr 1:32). Through the offshoots of the Keturah line Abraham became the “father of many nations.”
Named in the Bible
4 verses
- Genesis 25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
- Genesis 25:4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:32 Now 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 Chronicles 1:33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
