Abraham’s Last Days
Genesis 25:1-11
I. Abraham Takes Another Wife / Concubine (vs. 1-6, 1 Chron. 1:32)
a. Although he was “old, well advanced in age (Gen 24:1)” what does Abraham do in verse 1?
b. Although Abraham was adamant that Isaac’s wife not be from the Canaanites where does it seem Keturah was likely from?
c. Who were the sons born to Keturah?
d. What do you find very significant in verse 5?
e. Does Abraham do anything for his other progeny?
f. What final act does Abraham do concerning his other sons in favor of Isaac?
II. Problems With Polygamy
a. In creation how does God establish a precedent for a one-man, one-woman marriage relationship? (Gen. 2:22-24)
b. When Abram and Sarai could not conceive and they presumed to help God with their problem what solution did Sarai offer? (Gen. 16:2-3)
c. Who bears the blame for the wrong? (Gen. 16:5)
d. What problems arise between the children of competing wives / concubines? (Gen 21:9, Gen. 30, Gen 37:8, 11, Numbers 25, Judges ch. 6-8)
III. Abraham Dies (vs. 7-11)
a. How old is Abraham when he dies?
b. How does verse 8 read as more of a eulogy than an obituary?
c. Who buries Abraham?
d. Where is Abraham buried?
e. What does it say about all the other relationships Abraham had that he was buried with Sarah at his death?
f. The blessing of God that had rested on Abraham was now on whom?
APPLICATION: What do these Scriptures affirm? (Gen. 15:6, Psalm 106:31, Romans 4:3)
