* Genesis 25:1-11

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-1-11 1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. 7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; 10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.

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* Gen 25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

- 1 Chr 1:32,33 Keturah is called Abraham’s concubine

- and her name was Keturah. -

- = incense, perfumed

* Why Genealogies? Every Individual counts to God!

- God is longsuffering and wants no one to perish!

- Why so many concubines? I am convinced that geneologies here represent fulfilled promise to Abraham who would be “Father to Many Nations

* Was A concubine considered a Wife?

* Promised seed Messiah comes through Isaac but none of the other blood lines!

* Difference BETWEEN Sarah, Hagar, Keturah? Not after the flesh

- Then again Abraham took a wife

*THE FATHER OF MANY NATIONS

-BOTH PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY

-GOD HONORED HIS PROMISE TO ABRAHAM TO BE

* Gen 25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

* And she bare him Zimran, 1Chr 1.32

-= musician

-baring gave birth, generations of Abraham

* and Jokshan Gen 25.2-3; 1Chr 1.32

- = snarer,

* and Medan Gen 25.2; 1Chr 1.32

-= contention

* and Midian, Midianites 59 times

-= strife

-Father of Midianites, Arabians

-desert territory north of the Arabian peninsula -land to which Moses fled to as he escaped Pharoah -Moses took wife from Jethro the priest of Midian -It was a Midiaitish woman who was killed in the tent of an Israelite to stay the plague Num 25.15 -Moses directed Israel to go to war with Midianites to avenge the Lord -Gideon fought against Midian; Midian was very active in war against Israel in Judges

* and Ishbak Gen 25.2; 1Chr 1.32

-= he releases

* and Shuah. Gen 25:2; 1Chr 1.32

-= wealth

Gen 25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

* And Jokshan - see Gen 25.2

* begat Sheba 23

- = “seven” or “an oath”

- Of foreign origin; Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district: - Sheba, Sabeans.

- 2Chr9:1-12; 1Ki10:1-10; 1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, 5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. 6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. 7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. 8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. 10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. 12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. 13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

-Psalm 72 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. 14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. 15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. 16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

- Isaiah 60:6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.

- Ezekiel 27:22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. 23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. 24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

- Ezekiel 38: 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

* and Dedan. 11

-Dedan = “low country”

-Of uncertain derivation; Dedan, the name of two Cushites and of their territory. The second form used in Eze 25:13: - Dedan.

-Genesis 10:7-9 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod

1) the son of Raamah and grandson of Cush. A son of Jokshan and grandson of Keturah (noun proper masculine)

2) a place in south Arabia (noun proper locative) -Jer 49:8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

-Eze 25:12 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

-Ezek 27:15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony. ….. 20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

* And the sons of Dedan

* were Asshurim 1

-= “steps”

1) a tribe inhabiting the plain of Esdraelon

2) a tribe descended from Abraham and Keturah

* and Letushim 1

- = “hammered”

* and Leummim 1

-= “peoples”

* Gen 25:4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

* And the sons of Midian;

* Ephah 5

-= “gloomy”

1) a son of Midian (noun proper masculine)

2) a Judaite, son of Jahdai (noun proper masculine)

3) a concubine of Caleb in the line of Judah (noun proper feminine) -The same as H5890; Ephah, the name of a son of Midian, and of the region settled by him; also of an Israelite and of an Israelitess: - Ephah.

-1 Chronicles 1:33

-Isaiah 60: 6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.

* and Epher 4

-= “a calf”

-1 Chronicles 1:33

-1 Chr 4: 17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

-THE HALF-TRIBE OF MANASSEH

- 1Chr 5:23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon. 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. 25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

* and Hanoch 16 same as Enoch, Henoch

-= “dedicated”

1) eldest son of Cain (noun proper masculine)

2) son of Jared and father of Methuselah whom God took home to heaven without dying (noun proper locative)

3) the city which Cain built and named after himself (noun proper locative)

4) a son of Midian, the third child (noun proper masculine)

5) the eldest son of Reuben (noun proper masculine)

* and Abida or Abidah 2

-= “my father knows”

* and Eldaah 2

-= “God has known”

-Gen 25:4, 1Ch 1:33

All these were the children of Keturah.

* Gen 25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. Gen 12:1-3 and all the othe expanding Covent explanations!

* WHY?

-And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac?

- Abraham was given a son and his bloodline would be the way Messiah would eventually step out of glory into human flesh to save many people alive!

- He blessed Isaac with everything

- Fullied the Covenant?

* Gen 25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

-But unto the sons of the concubines,

-which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts,

* WHY

-and sent them away from Isaac his son, -while he yet lived, -EAST -eastward, -unto the east country.

-WHY?

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* Gen 25:7-8 7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. * Gen 25:8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

- 175 years of life

- 38 years Abraham lived after Sarah. The miracle of God enabled Abraham to continue to father children until he reached 175 years Gen 25:8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

- gave up the ghost died

- Died in a good old age

- An old man

- Full, of years

- Gathered to his people

* HOW LONG?

* HOW SIGNIFICANT? JUST WHO WAS THIS MAN?

- SO ENDED THE PHYSICAL LIFE OF THE MAN ABRAHAM BY *1. WHOM GOD HAS COVENANTED WITH US SO GREAT A SALVATION AND SO MANY BLESSINGS!

*2. HE WAS THE FRIEND OF GOD in James 2:23 *3. HE WAS REFERRED TO AS OUR FATHER in James 2:21 *4. He illustrated fir us justification In Rom 4, Gal 3 & James 2:27 *5. He illustrated Faith in Hebrews 11:8-19

* Gen 25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

* Father of Many Nations blessed exceedingly

* his sons Isaac & Ishmael

* Isaac SARAH 1-12+ Israel

* Ishmael - HAGAR 1-12+ Arabs

* Keturah 6 + Other Nations

- Buried him

- in the Cave of Machpelah

- That which he bought to bury Sarah in;

- In the field of Ephon the Zohar the Hittite

- Which is before Mamre, = Hebron

DEATH IS APPOINTED!

* Gen 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

- the field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth

- There was Abraham buried and Sarah his wife

* Gen 25:11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.

- And it came to pass after the death of Abraham

- That God blessed his son Isaac

- And Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi

- Gen 16: 13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? 14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

- AV-the well Lahairoi 2, Beerlahairoi 1; 3

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