Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
Then again Abraham took a wife - Hebrew, 'added and took.'
Keturah, х QªTuwraah (H6989)] - incense. Hupfeld asserts that the first six verses are an interpolation by a later hand than that of Moses. But, as relating some interesting particulars respecting the Abrahamic family, they must be considered essential to the completion of the genealogical tree, and they exhibit, in the numerous progeny of the patriarch by Keturah, historical evidence of the fulfillment of the promise, that "he should be a father of many nations" (Genesis 17:6). There is reason, however, to believe that this portion, extending at least to the 10th verse, is inserted here out of its proper chronological order; because as Abraham's generative energy is described, at the birth of Isaac, as gone (Romans 4:19; Hebrews 11:12), it is improbable that he contracted a new marriage after the death of Sarah, who lived 37 years after that event; still more improbable that he became the father of six sons by one woman, and lived to see them established in independence. It has been considered by the best commentators to be clear that, in order not to break the thread of the principal narrative, this record was postponed to form part of the winding up of Abraham s biography; and this view, which is supported by the use of the word х 'ishaah (H802)], wife, in a secondary sense (Genesis 30:4; Genesis 30:9), is still further confirmed by the fact that Keturah is expressly designated Abraham's concubine (Genesis 25:6; 1 Chronicles 1:32).