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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]
Sarah [a] (born Sarai) [b] is a biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions.While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife and half-sister [1] of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac.
Gershon Hepner concludes, through biblical exegesis and semantics, that it is plausible that the union of Abraham and Sarah was actually incestuous with Sarah being Abraham's half-sister. For example, in Genesis 20:13, Abraham, talking to Abimelech, alludes to Leviticus laws or the Holiness code , by using the phrase "loving kindness".
According to the Bible, Hagar was the Egyptian slave of Sarai, Abram's wife (whose names later became Sarah and Abraham). Sarai had been barren for a long time and sought a way to fulfill God's promise that Abram would be father of many nations, especially since they had grown old, so she offered Hagar to Abram to be his concubine.
The story of Abraham's burial is recounted in, for example, Ibn Kathir's 14th century Stories of the Prophets. Tomb of Abraham Jewish midrashic literature avows that, in addition to the patriarch couples, Adam , the first man, and his wife, Eve , were also interred in the Cave of the Patriarchs, [ 75 ] a tradition supported by ancient Samaritan ...
'NCIS' star Mark Harmon has been married to his wife, 'Mork & Mindy' actress Pam Dawber, since 1987. Read all the details on their marriage and kids.
Tuesday's episode of NCIS fast-forwarded to the pandemic, and revealed that one member of the team was hit especially hard by COVID-19.Jimmy Palmer suffered a devastating loss when his wife ...
In part 2 of season 4, Sarah finds out that she is pregnant. Though she is nervous at first, once she tells John B, the two are excited and ready to usher in a new chapter of their life .