Keturah

Gender: Female

Years: -1853 - -1804

Dictionary Text: Incense, the wife of Abraham, whom he married probably after Sarah’s death, by whom he had six sons, whom he sent away into the east country. Her nationality is unknown. She is styled “Abraham’s concubine”. Through the offshoots of the Keturah line Abraham became the “father of many nations.”

Family Members

• Children:
  • Jokshan
  • Shuah
  • Midian
  • Zimran
  • Ishbak
  • Medan

Verses

• Genesis 25:1: Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
• 1 Chronicles 1:33: And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.
• Genesis 25:4: And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
• 1 Chronicles 1:32: Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.