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| 1 And Abraham addeth and taketh a wife, and her name [is] 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 beareth to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. |
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| 3 And Jokshan hath begotten Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim; |
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| 4 and the sons of Midian [are] Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah: all these [are] sons of Keturah. |
Children of Keturah – Type of the restitution class of the Millennium. R4309:5
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| 5 And Abraham giveth all that he hath 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 and to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham hath, Abraham hath given gifts, and sendeth them away from Isaac his son (in his being yet alive) eastward, unto the east country. |
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| 7 And these [are] the days of the years of the life of Abraham, which he lived, a hundred and seventy and five years; |
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| 8 and Abraham expireth, and dieth in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is 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 bury him at the cave of Machpelah, at the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre |
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| 10 the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth there hath Abraham been buried, and Sarah his wife. |
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| 11 And it cometh to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blesseth Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelleth by the Well of the Living One, my Beholder. |
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| 12 And these [are] births of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, hath borne to Abraham; |
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| 13 and these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their births: first-born of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, |
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| 14 and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, |
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| 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: |
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| 16 these are sons of Ishmael, and these their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples. |
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| 17 And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years; and he expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people; |
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| 18 and they tabernacle from Havilah unto Shur, which [is] before Egypt, in [thy] going towards Asshur; in the presence of all his brethren hath he fallen. |
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| 19 And these [are] births of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham hath begotten Isaac; |
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| 20 and Isaac is a son of forty years in his taking Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean, from Padan-Aram, sister of Laban the Aramaean, to him for a wife. |
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| 21 And Isaac maketh entreaty to Jehovah before his wife, for she [is] barren: and Jehovah is entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiveth, |
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| 22 and the children struggle together within her, and she saith, 'If [it is] right why [am] I thus ' and she goeth to seek Jehovah. |
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| 23 And Jehovah saith to her, 'Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two peoples from thy bowels are parted; and the [one] people than the [other] people is stronger; and the elder doth 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 And her days to bear are fulfilled, and lo, twins [are] 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 cometh out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau; |
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| 26 and afterwards hath his brother come out, and his hand is taking hold on Esau's heel, and one calleth his name Jacob; and Isaac [is] a son of sixty years in her bearing them. |
Threescore years – 85 years after the Abrahamic covenant. B231
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| 27 And the youths grew, and Esau is a man acquainted [with] hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob [is] a plain man, inhabiting 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 loveth Esau, for [his] hunting [is] in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob. |
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| 29 And Jacob boileth pottage, and Esau cometh in from the field, and he [is] weary; |
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| 30 and Esau saith unto Jacob, 'Let me eat, I pray thee, some of this red red thing, for I [am] weary;' therefore hath [one] called his name Edom [Red]; |
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 saith, 'Sell to-day thy birthright to me.' |
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| 32 And Esau saith, 'Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me 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 saith, 'Swear to me to-day:' and he sweareth to him, and selleth 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 hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the 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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