Genesis 25:1

Study note

Setting — The narrator reports Abraham’s action following Sarah’s death (Genesis 23:1) and introduces a new marital union that will produce additional sons.

The words — וַ/יִּקַּ֥ח (va/i.yi.Kach) = "and he took" and אִשָּׁ֖ה ('i.Shah) = "a wife" denote the formal acquisition of Keturah as a spouse.

The thread — The text resurfaces in 1 Chronicles 1:32, which lists Keturah’s sons and identifies her as Abraham’s concubine, while Genesis 28:1 later contrasts Abraham’s household arrangements with Isaac’s command to avoid Canaanite wives.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to track how patriarchal lineage expands through non-covenantal unions and to note the structural shift in family composition before the covenant line narrows to Isaac.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.