Keturah

Keturah

According to the Hebrew Bible, Keturah or Ketura ()] and was in bad health. [ It is probably also for this reason that the sons of Abraham's concubines were separated from Isaac..] . Keturah was the mother of six sons, representing Arab tribes south and east of Palestine, so that through the offspring of Keturah Abraham became "the father of many nations". []

Some, but not all, Jewish philosophers identify Keturah with Hagar, stating that Abraham sought her out after Sarah's death. [ [http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/2636/jewish/The-Return-of-Hagar.htm "The Return of Hagar"] , commentary on Parshat Chayei Sarah, Chabad Lubavitch.] [ [http://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/eng/chaye/sha.html "Who Was Ketura?"] , Bar-Ilan University's Parashat Hashavua Study Center, 2003.] [ [http://www.ou.org/torah/ti/5763/chayeisara63.htm "Parshat Chayei Sarah"] , "Torah Insights," Orthodox Union, 2002.] This interpretation is set forth in the Midrash [Bereshit Rabbah 61:4.] and is supported by Rashi, Gur Aryeh, Keli Yakar, and Obadiah of Bertinoro. The contrary view (that Keturah was someone other than Hagar) is advocated by Rashbam, Abraham ibn Ezra, Radak, and Ramban.

Adherents of the Bahá'í faith believe their founder, Bahá'u'lláh, to have been a descendant of both Keturah and Sarah. [ [http://www.uhj.net/genealogy/genealogy-of-christ.html Genealogy showing prophets and descendants from Adam to Bahá'u'lláh] ]

References

External links

* [http://bibletools.org//index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/Easton/ID/2180/Keturah. "Keturah"] in Easton's Bible Dictionary
* [http://bibletools.org//index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/5288/Keturah.htm "Keturah"] in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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