1 Chronicles 1:32

SONS OF KETURAH. (Ch1 1:32-33)

sons of Keturah--These became founders of nomadic tribes in the north of Arabia and Syria, as Midian of the Midianites (Gen 36:35; Jdg 6:2).

and Shuah--from whom Bildad sprang (Job 2:11).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Read Gen. 25:4.

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Verse 32. Keturah, Abraham's concubine] Abraham's pilegesh, or wife of the second rank; she was neither whore, harlot, nor concubine, in our sense of these words.

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(32) The sons of Keturah.—An extract from Gen_25:1-4.

Medan is very likely a mere repetition of Midian, due to a mistake of some ancient copyist. Gen_25:3 adds, “And the sons of Dedan were Asshuriin, and Letushim, and Leummim;” which is, perhaps, an interpolation, as the three names are of a different form from the others in the section; and the chronicler would hardly have omitted them had he found them in his text.

Midian.—The most important of these tribes. The Midianites dwelt, or rather wandered, in the peninsula of Sinai.

Sheba, and Dedan.—See 1Ch_1:9, where these names appear as sons of Cush. The names may have been common to different tribes settled in different regions. Sheba (Assyr. Saba’â’a) Massa, Tema, and Adbeel, are described by Tiglath-pileser as lying “on the border of the sunset lands”

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32. Medan, Midian] Kindred tribes often bore names only slightly differing in form.

Midian] In Jdg_8:24 the Midianites are reckoned as Ishmaelites.

Sheba and Dedan] The same two names occur in 1Ch_1:9 among the descendants of Ham. See note there.

32, 33. The Descent of Arabian Tribes from Abraham through Keturah (= Gen_25:1-4)

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Keturah, Abraham’s concubine - This passage, and Gen 25:6, sufficiently prove that the position of Keturah was not that of the full wife, but of the “secondary” or “concubine wife” Jdg 19:1 so common among Orientals.

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Concubine. She was his lawful wife, but of an inferior degree, and such were called concubines. (Challoner) --- She has the title of wife, Genesis xxv. 1. --- And the sons of Dadan, &c., seems to be copied from Genesis, as the addition is not found in many Latin manuscripts, no more than in the Hebrew or Septuagint. (Calmet)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Vers. 32, 33, contain the list of Abraham"s sons by Keturah, here called one of his concubines; but in Genesis, "a wife," and apparently not taken by Abraham till after Sarah"s death. (Gen_25:1-4) The sons are six; the grandsons, two by the son placed second in order, and five by the son placed fourth in order; in all thirteen names. But the passage in Genesis gives also three great-grandsons, through the second grandson. All the thirteen are in the Authorized Version identical in the two places and in the Hebrew text; but in the Septuagint slight differences occur, as Zembram, Iexan, Madam, Sobak, Soe, Daidan, Sabai, Opher, Abida, and Eldada here, for Zombran, Iezan, Madal, Iesbok, Soie, Dedan, Saba, Apheir, Abeida, and Eldaga there. It is carefully stated in Gen_25:5, Gen_25:6, after the enumeration of Keturah"s children, and in spite of her having been called "wife" in the first verse, that "Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his sou, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country."

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The Descendants of Esau and the Dukes of Edom

v. 32. Now, the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, the half-brothers of Ishmael; she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah, these being the founders of nomadic tribes in the northern part of Arabia and in Syria. Cf Gen 25:1-2; Gen 36:35; Job 2:11. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

v. 33. And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Renoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons, the descendants, of Keturah.

v. 34. And Abraham begat Isaac, this verse continuing the enumeration of 1Ch 1:28. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

v. 35. The sons of Esau, who forfeited his birthright and was not the bearer of the Messianic promise: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. Cf Gen 36:9-14.

v. 36. The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

v. 37. The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

v. 38. And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.

v. 39. And the sons of Lotan: Rori, and Roman (or Heman); and Timna was Lotan’s sister.

v. 40. The sons of Shobal: Alian (or Alvan), and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.

v. 41. The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Amram (or Hemdan), and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

v. 42. The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zavail, and Jakan (or Akan). The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. Cf Gen 36:20-28. These men were founders of nomadic tribes occupying the country between the Red Sea and the Euphrates, some of the mightiest ones being found near the boundary of Chaldea.

v. 43. Now, these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel: Bela, the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. This has been identified with O’Daeb, a well known town in the center of Al Dahna, a great northern desert in the direction of Chaldea and the Euphrates.

v. 44. And when Bela was dead, Jobab, the son of Zerah, of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

v. 45. And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

v. 46. And when Husham was dead, Hadad, the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Avith.

v. 47. And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

v. 48. And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

v. 49. And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan, the son of Acabor, reigned in his stead.

v. 50. And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad (or Hadar) reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. It appears from this that the country had no definite capital at this time, and that the royal power was not hereditary. Probably the ruler was elected from the total number of princes or most influential sheiks.

v. 51. Hadad died also, and after his death the office of king seems to have been abolished. And the dukes of Edom were: Duke Timnah, Duke Aliah, Duke Jetheth,

v. 52. Duke Aholibamah, Duke Elah, Duke Pinon,

v. 53. Duke Kenaz, Duke Teman, Duke Mibzar,

v. 54. Duke Magdiel, Duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom. For the entire passage compare Gen 36:31-43. This list has only geographical importance, as naming the chief Edomite principalities. It has been preserved to show how completely the Lord fulfilled His promise concerning Esau.

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General Information:

All of the names here except for Keturah are names of men. Keturah is the name of a woman. (See: How to Translate Names)

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concubine

Midian

descend

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And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine Anything disgraceful that he could tell about them he tells to enhance Isaac’s honor, i.e., they were all the children of a concubine, but he was the mainstay and the master of the household.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.