Abraham and Keturah

“Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.”  Genesis 25:1-2

God loved Abraham, and He had tested and tried him as few men have been.  Abraham had met the tests marvelously, and now, rejuvenated, God blessed him with a young woman.  Earlier (Gen. 24:1), we see Abraham “old, and well stricken in age.”  Now he married Keturah and fathers six sons, and he sees them grow to maturity.  More than what this tells us about Abraham is what it tells us about God.  God does not bless Abraham by finding some ancient monastery for him.  Rather, God provides for His friend (James 2:23) a fresh bride in his old age.  Failure to see this means a failure to know the God of Scripture.

From: R.J. Rushdoony: Commentary on the Pentateuch. Genesis. California 2002, p.182.

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