Ge 25:1 Abraham again took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

2 And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

3 Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were

4 And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and

5 And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.

6 But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east.

7 This is the sum of the years of Abraham's life which he lived: one hundred and seventy-five years.

8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,

10 the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.

11 And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at Beer Lahai Roi.


Moses is showing here to his original Israelite readers that even though Abraham married and had many other children other than Isaac, children who will later on become nations in fulfillment of God's promise in Gen. 17:4, Isaac ever remained the child of blessing, the one in whom the line of Abrahamic blessing will continue. He made sure that this will be so.

He gave all that he had to Isaac. He he sent his other sons eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east.

His sons, Isaac and Ishmael, buried him in the Promise Land, and Isaac himself dwelt in the area not Ishmael.

All this to show that it was Isaac who was the heir of the Abrahamic blessing not the other sons of Abraham who later on became other nations themselves.

Moses is showing that his Israelite readers, being descendants of Isaac, had a claim to the land they were about to possess.