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| 1 And Abraham took another wife, and, her name, was Keturah; |
Took a wife – Not, however, as taking the full place of Sarah as his joint-heir. R4440:2
Keturah did not become a wife, or covenant, until after Isaac's marriage, which typified the marriage between Christ and the Church. R4309:5
After Isaac's marriage Abraham took Keturah to wife, thus illustrating the New covenant. R283:5
Name was Keturah – Means increase, or sweet. R4371:6
Type of the New covenant of restitution. E106; R5178:3; Q196:5
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| 2 and she bare to him Zimran, and Yokshan, and Medan, and Midian,–and Ishbak, and Shuah. |
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| 3 And, Yokshan, begat Sheba and Dedan,–and, the sons of Dedan, were Asshurim and Letushim, and Leummim. |
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| 4 And, the sons of Midian, Ephah and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah,–all these, were the sons of Keturah. |
Children of Keturah – Type of the restitution class of the Millennium. R4309:5
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| 5 And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac; |
And Abraham – Type of Jehovah. F170; OV320:5
At his death, at age 175, one hundred years after the covenant was made, hence 1945 BC, hence 3826 years back from AD 1881, corresponding to the 3826 pyramid inches back from the lower terminus of the "well" to the entrance of the pyramid. C367
Gave all that he had unto Isaac – Type of The Christ, who was thus in position to bless Ishmael, type of natural Israel, and the many sons of Keturah, typical of the world in general. C367; R5300:1, R5178:3
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| 6 but, to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts,–and then sent them away from Isaac his son, while he himself yet lived, eastward, unto the land of the east. |
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| 7 Now, these, are the days of the years of the life of Abraham, which he lived,–a hundred and seventy-five years. |
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| 8 So Abraham breathed his last, and died, in a fine old age, old and satisfied,–and was gathered unto his people. |
Gathered to his people – He went to the same place they were, sheol, the tomb, the death state. R5611:5
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| 9 And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him, in the cave of Machpelah,–in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, which is over against Mamre; |
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| 10 the field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth,–there, was buried Abraham, with Sarah his wife. |
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| 11 And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son,–and Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi. |
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| 12 Now, these, are the generations of Ishmael, son of Abraham,–whom Hagar the Egyptian woman, the handmaid of Sarah, bare to Abraham; |
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| 13 and, these, are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, after their generations,–the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar and Adbeel, and Mibsam; |
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| 14 and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa; |
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| 15 Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: |
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| 16 these same, are the sons of Ishmael, and, these, their names, by their villages, and by their encampments,–twelve princes, after their tribes. |
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| 17 And, these, are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty-seven years,–and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered unto his people. |
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| 18 And they stretched their habitations, from Havilah as far as to Shur, which is over against Egypt, as thou goest in towards Assyria,–over against all his brethren, he settled down. |
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| 19 And, these, are the generations of Isaac, son of Abraham,–Abraham, begat Isaac; |
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| 20 and it came to pass, that, Isaac, was forty years old, when he took Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, of the Plain of Syria,–sister of Laban the Syrian, to himself to wife. |
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| 21 So then Isaac made entreaty unto Yahweh, in behalf of his wife, for she was, barren,–and Yahweh suffered himself to be entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. |
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| 22 And the sons within her struggled together, so she said–If so, wherefore now am, I, [thus]? And she went to seek Yahweh. |
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| 23 And Yahweh said to her, Two nations, are in thy womb, And, two races, from thy body, shall be parted,–And, one race, shall be stronger, than the other race, And, the elder, shall serve the younger. |
Serve the younger – This promise was treasured up by Rebekah and doubtless communicated to Jacob. R1624:3
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| 24 Then were fulfilled her days to bring forth,–and lo! twins, in her womb. |
There were twins – Representing that the Jewish and Gospel dispensations should be of equal length. R1624:6
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| 25 And the first came forth red, all over, as a mantle of hair,–so they called his name, Esau. |
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| 26 And, after that, came forth his brother, with his hand fast hold of the heel of Esau, so they called his name, Jacob,–Now, Isaac, was sixty years old, when she bare them. |
Threescore years – 85 years after the Abrahamic covenant. B231
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| 27 And, when the youths grew up, it came to pass that, Esau, was a man skilled in game, a man of the field,–but, Jacob, was a ready man, dwelling in tents. |
A man of the field – Esau was full of vigor, athletic, a hunter. R5198:2
Dwelling In tents – Jacob was a home keeper. R5198:2
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| 28 And, Isaac, loved, Esau, because of the game [he put] in his mouth,–but, Rebekah, was a lover of, Jacob. |
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| 29 And Jacob had boiled pottage,–when Esau came in from the field, he, being famished. |
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| 30 So Esau said unto Jacob, Do let me devour some of the red–this red, for, famished, I am. For this cause, was his name called Edom. |
And Esau – Type of natural Israel and Christendom. D14; F172
Said to Jacob – Type of the New Creation. F172
Same red pottage – Type of earthly good things. F172; R5198:5
Presumably the occasion was a celebration of the birthday of their grandfather Abraham. R4722:1
It is the custom amongst the Arabs that the elder son shall recognize by fast the birth date of a celebrated ancestor. For him to partake of the feast on such an occasion would mean the renouncement of his birthright to the next one in succession. R4722:1
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| 31 And Jacob said,–Come sell, just now, thy birthright, unto me. |
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| 32 And Esau said, Here am, I, on the point of dying,–wherefore, then, should I, have, a birthright? |
And what profit – He only regarded so much of it as pertained to this present life. R1624:3; PD28/41
This birthright – Type of the heavenly blessings promised the Church. F172
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| 33 And Jacob said, Come swear to me, just now! And he sware to him,–and sold his birthright, to Jacob. |
Sold his birthright – Showing that he placed very small valuation upon it. R1624 R5198:3
Unto Jacob – Who thus came lawfully into possession of it. R1624:3, R4722:4
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| 34 And, Jacob, having given to Esau bread and a dish of lentils, he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way,–thus Esau despised, his birthright! |
Pottage – The enjoyment of the fleeting pleasures of the present life, for which some Christians barter their glorious inheritance and lose the great prize. R5452:1, R4871:4
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