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Keturah (Hebrew: קְטוּרָה, Qəṭūrā, possibly meaning "incense"; Arabic: قطورة) was a wife and a concubine of the Biblical patriarch Abraham. According to the Book of Genesis, Abraham married Keturah after the death of his first wife, Sarah. Abraham and Keturah had six sons.
Oct 26, 2018 · Once his son Isaac was married off, Abraham, at age 140, married Keturah, who bore him six children. But who exactly was Keturah and why did Abraham marry her? What pushed him to have six more children so late in life?
Jan 4, 2022 · Keturah was Abraham’s second wife, following the death of Sarah, his first wife (Genesis 23:2; 25:1). We know little about Keturah, other than her name and the names of the sons she bore to Abraham (Genesis 25:2; 1 Chronicles 1:32–33).
Keturah was one of Abraham’s wives. The Rabbis describe her as a woman of virtue, for which she was worthy of being joined to Abraham. Though the Torah describes them separately, the rabbis often identify Keturah with Hagar, who they state came back to remarry Abraham after Sarah’s death.
KETURAH kĭ tŏŏr’ ə ( קְטוּרָֽה, meaning incense or perfumed one) was a wife of Abraham. Nothing is known of her background. She is mentioned by name only ( Gen 25:1, 4; 1 Chron 1:32, 33 ). In the latter reference she is referred to as Abraham’s concubine.
KETURAH. ke-tu'-ra, ke-too'-ra (qeTurah; Chettoura, "incense"): The second wife of Abraham ( Genesis 25:1 1 Chronicles 1:32 f ). According to the Biblical tradition, he contracted this second marriage after the death of Sarah (compare Genesis 23 ), and very likely after the marriage of Isaac (compare Genesis 24 ).
Oct 25, 2013 · The Torah introduces Keturah as an אִשָּׁה, “wife” (Gen 25:1), and yet the same passage also refers to Abraham’s “concubines” and their children: בראשׁית כה:ה וַיִּתֵּן אַבְרָהָם אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ לְיִצְחָק.
KETURAH (, lit. "incense"): By: Emil G. Hirsch, M. Seligsohn. Abraham's second wife, whom he married after the death of Sarah (Gen. xxv. 1; I Chron. i. 32). She was the ancestress of sixteen tribes, among which were Arabian and Midianite ones.
Keturah: Bible. by Naomi Steinberg. Keturah, one of Abraham’s three wives, with her children (right); Sarah and Isaac are in the center, Hagar and Ishmael are on the left. From the Venice Haggadah of 1609.
KETURAH (Heb. קְטוּרָה), a wife (Gen. 25:1) or concubine of Abraham (cf. 25:6; i Chron. 1:32). She bore him six sons (Gen. 25:2; i Chron. 1:32), the most prominent of these being *Midian.
