October 17, 2025

1 Chronicles 1 is the genealogy from Adam to Abraham, and from Abraham to Jacob. It’s funny that I thought it would be boring; however, you can find a little bit of controversy and intrigue within those names. A little gossip about the characters who could be some of our ancestors: we already know the story of Abraham and Sarah, but when Sarah passed away, Abraham, being 140 years old, remarried. The woman he married was Keturah. According to some historians, Keturah was actually Hagar, who had changed her name, never remarried, and stayed pure for all those years after Ishmael was born and Abraham sent them away; remember this is extra-biblical and was written by Jewish historians, so take it as a tantalizing tidbit that adds interest to an otherwise tedious chapter in the Bible. Keturah added six more sons to Abraham’s lineage. We can glean historical information that dates back to well before Jesus, so why is it that there is little to no accurate historical information that can be trusted as truth outside the Bible after he died and rose again? Hopefully, I will be able to keep up with all the gossip of the Bible in the chapters to come. I’ll let you know about all the interesting tidbits that I find.

Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. 1 Chronicles 1:32