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eturn to Hebron, Sarah's encampment, but instead went to Beersheba, Keturah's encampment, and
it is to Beersheba that Abraham's servant brought Rebecca, Isaac's patrilineal parallel cousin who
became his wife.
The near sacrifice of Isaac is one of the most challenging, and perhaps ethically troublesome, parts
of the Bible. According to Josephus, Isaac was 25 years old at the time of the sacrifice or Akedah,
while the Talmudic sages teach that Isaac was 37. In either case, Isaac was a fully grown man, old
enough to prevent the elderly Abraham (who was 125 or 137 years old) from tying him up had he
wanted to resist. The narrative now turns to Isaac. To his "only son" (22:2, 12) Abraham gave all
he had, and dismissed his other sons, as Abraham himself had been dismissed by Terah after Terah
had given his territory to Nahor.
Death of Sarah
Sarah died at an old age at about 127, and was buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs near Hebron,
which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite, along with the adjoining field (Genesis
23). Here Abraham himself was buried so they could be with each other forever. Centuries later
the tomb became a place of pilgrimage and Muslims later built an Islamic mosque inside the site.
A wife for Isaac
Abraham, being reminded by this occurrence, probably, of his own great age, and the consequent
uncertainty of his life, became solicitous to secure an alliance between Isaac and a female branch
of his own family.
Eliezer his steward was therefore sent into Mesopotamia, to fetch from the country and kindred of
Abraham a wife for his son Isaac. Eliezer went on his commission with prudence, and returned
with Rebecca, daughter of Bethuel, granddaughter of Nahor, and, consequently, Abraham's niece.
Last years of Abraham
Abraham lived a long time after these events. After the death of Sarah, who died when he was 137
years of age [5] , and while in bad health (Gen 24:1), he took another wife, a concubine named
Keturah and had six sons with her. He died at the age of 175 years. [6] Jewish legend says that he
was meant to live to 180 years, but God purposely took his life because he felt that Abraham did
not need to go through the pain of seeing Esau's wicked deeds.
He was buried by his sons Isaac (aged about 76 years) and Ishmael (aged about 89 years), in the
Cave of the Patriarchs, where he had deposited the remains of his beloved Sarah.
Significance
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Biblical narratives represent Abraham as a wealthy, powerful and supremely virtuous man, but
humanly flawed, and when afraid for himself, miscalculating, and a sometimes deceiving and an
inconsiderate husband. But his central importance in the Book of Genesis, and his portrait as a
man favored by God, is unequivocal. Abraham's generations (Hebrew: toledoth, translated to
Greek: "Genesis") are presented as part of the crowning explanation of how the world has been
fashioned by the hand of God, how the boundaries and relationships of peoples were established
by Him, and how the Kingdom of God would be established through Abraham.
As the father of Isaac , Abraham is ultimately the common ancestor of the Israelites. As the father
of Ishmael, whose twelve sons became desert princes (most prominently, Nebaioth and Kedar),
along with Midian, Sheba and other Arabian tribes (25:1-4), the Book of Genesis gives a portrait