Keturah
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Keturah (Hebrew: קְטוּרָה, Qəṭūrā, possibly meaning "incense";[1] Arabic: قطورة) was a wife[2] and a concubine[3] 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.[2] According to Jewish tradition, she was a descendant of Noah's son Japheth.[4]
Keturah | |
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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) Asshurim (great-grandson) Letushim (great-grandson) Leummim (great-grandson) Sarah (half sister-in-law) Nahor (brother-in-law) Haran (brother-in-law) Terah (father-in-law) |
One modern commentator on the Hebrew Bible has called Keturah "the most ignored significant person in the Torah".[5] 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 cannot be found in the biblical text.[5] However, Hagar was Sarah's Egyptian maidservant.[6]