“But indeed, we should not fail to notice from these things that are reported by the literal meaning, what generations and of what sort they are, which are propagated from Keturah.For if we remember these things, we will be able to recognize more easily those things that are said about the diverse nations in the Script…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON GENESIS 11.2
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1And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
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— Genesis 24:1 —
2And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
3And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: