Keturah - wikipedia Keturah For other uses, see Keturah ( disambiguation ). `` The template Infobox religious biography is being considered for merging. '' Keturah The wives and sons of Abraham with Keturah standing at the far right with her six sons from the 1630 Venice Haggadah. Spouse Abraham Children Zimran ( son ), Jokshan ( son ), Medan ( son ), Midian ( son ), Ishbak ( son ), Shuah ( son ) Relatives Sheba ( grandson ), Dedan ( grandson ), Ephah ( grandson ), Epher ( grandson ), Enoch ( grandson ), Abida ( grandson ), Eldaah ( grandson ) Keturah ( Hebrew : קְטוּרָה ‎, Modern Ktura, Tiberian Qəṭûrā ; possibly meaning `` incense '' ) was a concubine and wife of the Biblical patriarch Abraham. According to the Book of Genesis, Abraham married Keturah after the death of his first wife, Sarah. Abraham and Keturah had six sons. One modern commentator on the Hebrew Bible has called Keturah `` the most ignored significant person in the Torah ''. The medieval Jewish commentator Rashi, and some previous rabbinical commentators, related a traditional belief that Keturah was the same person as Hagar, although this idea can not be found in the biblical text. The biblical traditions concerning Abraham and related characters are generally regarded as non-historical by today 's scholars. Contents 1 Sources for Keturah 2 Relationship of Keturah to Abraham 3 Keturah and Hagar 4 Descendants 5 References Sources for Keturah Keturah is mentioned in two passages of the Hebrew Bible : in the Book of Genesis, and also in the First Book of Chronicles. Additionally, she is mentioned in Antiquities of the Jews by the 1st - century Romano - Jewish historian Josephus, in the Talmud, the Midrash, the Palestinian Targumim, the Genesis Rabbah, and various other writings of Jewish theologians and philosophers. Among most scholars, the traditions of Genesis are no longer regarded as being historically reliable. Relationship of Keturah to Abraham Keturah is referred to in Genesis as `` another wife '' of Abraham ( Hebrew : אִשָּה ‎ Translit. : ' išāh Translated : woman, wife ). In First Chronicles, she is called Abraham 's `` concubine '' ( Hebrew : פִּילֶגֶשׁ ‎ Translit. : pilegeš Translated : concubine ). Keturah and Hagar There is disagreement amongst Jewish scholars as to whether Keturah was, or was not, the same person as Hagar -- the servant of Abraham 's wife Sarah, and Abraham 's concubine -- who ( together with her son Ishmael ) was sent away by Abraham at the insistence of Sarah. The discussion of Genesis 25 : 1 -- 6 in the Genesis Rabbah includes statements by Rabbi Yehuda ha - Nasi arguing that Hagar returned to Abraham and was renamed Keturah. Her new name ( Keturah means incense in Hebrew ) is said to refer to the pleasant aroma of incense -- symbolic of her having turned from misdeeds committed during her time away from Abraham. Since Keturah is referred to in First Chronicles as Abraham 's concubine ( in the singular ), some scholars concluded that this was why Keturah was identified with Hagar in the Midrash and the Palestinian Targumim. An alternative interpretation of the name Keturah ( based on an Aramaic root meaning `` to tie '' or `` to adorn '' ) is also cited in the Genesis Rabbah to suggest that Hagar did not have sexual relations with anyone else from the time she left Abraham until her return. The theory that Keturah was Hagar was also supported by the 11th - century scholar Rashi. Biblical scholar Richard Elliott Friedman dismisses the identification of Keturah with Hagar as `` an old rabbinic idea '' for which `` there is no basis... in the text '', and also notes that the idea was rejected by traditional commentators such as Ibn Ezra, Ramban, and Rashbam. The Book of Jubilees also supports the conclusion that Keturah and Hagar were two different people, by stating that Abraham waited until after Hagar 's death before marrying Keturah. Descendants Keturah bore Abraham six sons : Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Genesis and First Chronicles also list seven of her grandsons ( Sheba, Dedan, Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah ). Keturah 's sons were said to have represented the Arab tribes who lived south and east of Palestine. According to the African writer Olaudah Equiano, the 18th - century English theologian John Gill believed the African people were descended from Abraham via Keturah. According to the Bahá'í author John Able, Bahá'ís consider their founder, Bahá'u'lláh, to have been `` descended doubly, from both Abraham and Sarah, and separately from Abraham and Keturah. '' References Jump up ^ Schloen, J. David. `` Caravans, Kenites, and Casus Belli : Enmity and Alliance in the Song of Deborah. '' The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, vol. 55, no. 1, 1993, pp. 18 -- 38. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43721140. ^ Jump up to : 1 Chronicles 1 : 32 -- 33 ( 1917 Jewish Publication Society of America translation ). `` And the sons of Keturah, Abraham 's second wife... '' ^ Jump up to : Genesis 25 : 1 -- 4 ( 1917 Jewish Publication Society of America translation ). `` And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah... '' ^ Jump up to : Friedman, Richard Elliott ( 2001 ). Commentary on the Torah. New York, NY : HarperCollins. p. 85. ISBN 0 - 06 - 062561 - 9. Keturah. The most ignored significant person in the Torah. Rashi follows an old rabbinic idea that she is Hagar. But there is no basis for this in the text, and other traditional commentators reject it ( Ibn Ezra, Ramban, Rashbam ). ^ Jump up to : McNutt, Paula M. ( 1999 ). Reconstructing the Society of Ancient Israel. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 41. ISBN 978 - 0 - 664 - 22265 - 9. Jump up ^ Flavius Josephus ( 1930 ). Josephus : Jewish Antiquities, Books I -- IV. Thackeray, H. St. J. ( translator ). London : William Heinemann Ltd. p. 117 ( book 1, ch. 15, para. 238 ). Abraham afterwards married Katura, by whom he had six sons... ^ Jump up to : Harris, Maurice ( 1901 ). The Talmud Midrashim and Kabbala. M. Walter Dunne. p. 241. Rashi supposes that Keturah was one and the same with Hagar -- so the Midrash, the Targum Yerushalmi, and that of Jonathan... but Aben Ezra and most of the commentators contend that Keturah and Hagar are two distinct persons... Jump up ^ Strong 's Concordance, Hebrew word # 376. Jump up ^ Strong 's Concordance, Hebrew word # 6370. Jump up ^ Genesis 21 : 9 -- 14. Jump up ^ Neusner, Jacob ( 1985 ). Genesis Rabbah : The Judaic Commentary to the Book of Genesis : A New American Translation. 2. Atlanta, Georgia : Scholars Press. pp. 334 -- 335 ( section 61 : 4 ). ISBN 0 - 89130 - 933 - 0. ' Abraham took another wife '... R. Judah said, ' This refers to Hagar. ' Jump up ^ Singer, Isidore ; Adler, Cyrus, eds. ( 1907 ). `` Keturah ''. The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York, New York : Funk & Wagnalls. Jump up ^ Singer, Isidore ; Adler, Cyrus, eds. ( 1907 ). `` Hagar ''. The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York, New York : Funk & Wagnalls. Jump up ^ Rashi on Genesis 25 : 1 cites Genesis Rabbah 61 : 5 in his commentary : `` Keturah : This is Hagar. She was called Keturah because her deeds were as pleasant as keturah ( incense ), and because she remained chaste ( katrah, from the Aramaic for `` restrained '' ) and did not consort with another man from the day she separated from Abraham ``. Jump up ^ Jubilees 19 : 11. Singer, Isidore ; Adler, Cyrus, eds. ( 1907 ). `` Jubilees, Book of ''. The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York, New York : Funk & Wagnalls. Jump up ^ Orr, James, ed. ( 1915 ). `` Keturah ''. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago : Howard - Severance Co. Jump up ^ Equiano, Olaudah ( 1995 ). The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings. Penguin Books. p. 44. ISBN 0 - 14 - 243716 - 6. Jump up ^ Able, John ( 2011 ). Apocalypse Secrets : Baha'i Interpretation of the Book of Revelation. McLean, Virginia : John Able Books Ltd. p. 219. ISBN 978 - 0 - 9702847 - 5 - 4. Sons of Abraham by wife in order of birth Hagar Ishmael Sarah Isaac Keturah Zimran Jokshan Medan Midian Ishbak Shuah Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keturah&oldid=800017945 '' Categories : Midian Torah people Abraham Book of Genesis Concubines Women in the Old Testament Women in the Hebrew Bible Hidden categories : Good articles Pages using infobox religious biography with unsupported parameters Articles containing Hebrew - language text Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Čeština Deutsch Ελληνικά فارسی Français Bahasa Indonesia עברית Magyar Nederlands Нохчийн Polski Português Română Русский Suomi Türkçe Українська Zazaki 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 11 September 2017, at 04 : 30. About Wikipedia

Question: who did abraham marry after the death of sarah
Answer: Keturah