This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went. Jacob would eventually have to endure many years of hardship and testing because of his manipulative actions and deceitfulness. But why is that? Hope this helps. Why did the prodigal return? So,—obviously,—there are 54 years between the “giving” of Hagar and Kenturah’s marriage with Abraham,—when he was 140 years old, 2148am in 1878bc—3 years after the death of Sarah,—in her 127th year,—2145am in 1881bc (not 2085AM, 1807BC). Genesis 25:12-18. Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them. 4 0 obj However,—Abraham was only 85 years old,—when Sarah “gave” Hagar to Abraham in,— 2033AM, 1859BC,— and Ishmael was born in the next year,—2034AM, 1858BC,—when Abraham was 86 years old and Sarah was 76 years old.

Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob. The right of the firstborn to a double portion of the inheritance and a leadership position in the family when the father passes was Esau’s by birth but Jacob’s by promise.

Genesis 25:6. Further information about Abraham, Keturah, and their descendants can be found in “The Antiquities of the Jews” by Flavius Josepheus, Book 1, Chapter XV. I’m very glad that God gave him this retirement after all of his troubles. And that’s it! Actually, that’s worth dwelling on for a moment because it’s one of the more shameful passages in the whole of the bible. In my opinion Hagar can not be Keturah because of age. 70 Descendants of Noah 2. Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people. Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”, “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. Genesis 25:1-4. You may make a different choice than I and still be in great company. This prophecy from Isaiah speaks of the descendants of Abraham and Ketura. Genesis and First Chronicles also list seven of her grandsons (Sheba, Dedan, Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah). Sheba, the son of Jokshan in Genesis 25:3, Abraham’s grandson and twelve generations after Noah. Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites. Esau was a hunter, like two notorious hunters in the Bible who lived before him. You probably associate Sheba with the Queen of Sheba, a woman who visited the court of King Solomon to discover his wisdom. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.” Genesis 10:9, Nimrod is traditionally considered the leader of those who built the Tower of Babel in the land of Shinar. Abraham’s treatment of Hagar was shameful and it’s very easy for us as readers (today and in the past) to wish that she had been redeemed and that they could be happy together in their old age. He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! Instead Abram who apparently is the only child of his mother to whom all others Haran, Nahor and Sarai were half-sibling of. It is interesting that the Magi, who are also known as the “Wise Men,” brought gifts of gold and frankincense to the newborn Messiah. But on Mount Zion will be deliverance; it will be holy, and Jacob will possess his inheritance. Was Abraham’s grandson Sheba the patriarch of that tribe? Eagle-eyed observers will note only two differences between those two lists: Keturah is called a “wife” in Genesis and a “concubine” in Chronicles, and the chronicler omits the tribes descended from Dedan. Terah’s 2nd wife was taken only to have children because the first wife was barren; this fact is implied by the fact that despite Haran losing the inheritance from self-suicide and murder of his wives so that he could not give Terah’s rights to his son Lot, that nor did Nahor’s grandson Nahor II get Terah’s rights despite his being NEXT, and despite thus being named after grandpa Nahor. if you think os then you are not looking at a natural biological science as God-created). God is faithful to fulfill his promises and the prophetic word of the LORD is sure to come to pass. So for Midian, for example, we are left to infer that the Midianites are related to him rather than being explicitly told so. Your email address will not be published. Keturah bore Abraham six sons. Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites. All these were descendants of Keturah. x��[�o�F�n���ާJ���\> 70 Descendants of Israel 4.

If there is any good here, it’s that the genocide failed. He lived in the desert and became an archer. That is why Paul writing to the church at Rome reminds that God proclaimed, Church of the Latter-Day Saints, Mormonism. Islam means The Truth so we should not always be quick to accuse all they have written as being The Lie. It hardly seems fair, but I’ll get to that eventually when we get to the Book of Numbers. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. Why are people as important as Abraham’s children not involved in the story? Why did the Midians become such a thorn in the Israelite side? Abraham sent the rest of the children away, so they couldn’t interfere with the promise that God had made him. Of Abraham’s six sons, only Midian ends up with some dubious prominence later in the bible.

In Genesis 21:14 God made the following promise to Abraham: And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. Sarah was not barren at age 75, she was barran at age 17 and for 48 years remained barran until age 65 at which time 10 years later she not God proved she would be barren even with a cease of menstruation which presumed no egg released, However, if one ovary stops so that the cramps are only one side ever 2 months, the hormone level has dropped enough to cease the the blood cycle but not stop the one-side from releasing an egg. The Messiah would descend from Isaac’s son who held the birthright. From Jacob, the younger son, the Israelites would emerge. Although he was a skilled hunter, the LORD prevented him from finding any game. Similar stories exist for Dedan (the two mentions above plus additional others that suggest he was descended from Esau) and the Ashurites (listed as descendants of Shem as well as the name of an Assyrian god). He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.”. It entailed more than material blessings. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. Your research is quite interesting and drove me into a deeper study on the topic. All these were descendants of Keturah. She was called Keturah because her deeds were as beautiful as incense, and because she tied her opening, for she was not intimate with any man from the day she separated from Abraham. And they lived in hostility toward all the tribes related to them. He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! Unless primordial geography of the Bible is discovered, we cannot find out the truth behind all the names we come across in the holy books. The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. The Jotanite Tribes still resident in Souther Arabis. It was because he was hungry. Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. Some of the descendants of Keturah went to Persia while others scattered into Assyria. Genesis 25:19-20. Nimrod is closely associated with the Hebrew word meaning “rebel.”, God was with the boy as he grew up. However,—Abraham was only 85 years old,—when Sarah “gave” Hagar to Abraham in,— 2093am in 1933bc (not 2033AM, 1859BC),— and Ishmael was born in the next year,—2094am in 1932bc (not 2034AM, 1858BC),—when Abraham was 86 years old and Sarah was 76 years old. Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people. That is why Paul writing to the church at Rome reminds that God proclaimed, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” Romans 9:13 b. I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.) Why was Esau famished?

The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. Jacob will be a fire and Joseph a flame; Esau will be stubble, and they will set him on fire and destroy him. The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. But such a man was not only convinced by his wife that menstruation menopause means both ovaries have stopped, and that his uncircumcized dirt could never be cleaned, nor heal her allergy to him (causing the imflammation which aborted implantation) he was still yet convinced that by his own faith that he was monogamous. Keturah bore Abraham six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. endobj I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.). Ishmael’s descendants are Muslims who seek the annihilation of the descendants of Jacob. Had a brother named Dedan. As descendants of Keturah and a sub-tribe of Midian, they will be part of this calling. It was due to a famine in the land. endobj Had a brother named Dedan. Contents: 1. Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah. He lived seventy-five years after Isaac’s birth and thirty-eight years after Sarah’s death. When it comes to describing Abraham’s new wife and children, the bible is very straight-forward. Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years.

Having this attitude at 75-90 does not mean the woman is a wrinkled ole weak prude for 37 more years to age 127. Extra-biblical sources place the Queen of Sheba as being from roughly Ethiopia, biblically Cushite territory. Psalm 141:9. And so Isaac dies satisfied, like father Abram dies satisfied, yet Jacob says he is dying miserable with all the crap his own family pulled on him besides that of the world. His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham lived 175 years. If you are looking for a less meta-textual explanation, you could always just say that Abraham’s grandchildren were named in honor of the sons of Ramaah. Required fields are marked *. Ishmael became an archer. Genesis 25:1-6. She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. While Abraham sent his later children away to the east, at least some Midianites emigrated west. 1 Chronicles 1:28,32-33. Keturah’s sons became the fathers of Arabian tribes living east of Israel.