Keturah

Who

Named as mother of Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian and 2 others and wife of Abraham (Genesis 25:1).

Generated from the genealogies; a fuller description is still to be written.

Key verses

1. Genesis 25:1

   Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.

Where the Bible names her

Family

Husband

• AAbrahamGenesis 25:1

Children

• ZZimranGenesis 25:1–2
• JJokshanGenesis 25:1–2
• MMedanGenesis 25:1–2
• MMidianGenesis 25:1–2
• IIshbakGenesis 25:1–2
• SShuahGenesis 25:1–2

Discussed by

Comments on the verses that name her.

• Jerome, Letters Letter 22

  To Eustochium. Perhaps the most famous of all the letters. In it Jerome lays down at great length (1) the motives which ought to actuate those who devote themselves to a life of virginity, and (2) the rules by which…

• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVI.34

  What is Meant by Abraham’s Marrying Keturah After Sarah’s Death. What did Abraham mean by marrying Keturah after Sarah’s death? Far be it from us to suspect him of incontinence, especially when he had reached such an…