Chayei Sarah 25:1 · unit 1

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 25:1

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֧סֶף אַבְרָהָ֛ם וַיִּקַּ֥ח אִשָּׁ֖ה וּשְׁמָ֥הּ קְטוּרָֽה׃

Avraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Basra / Midrash (order of marriage).

TT lemma: ויקח אשה.

Sefaria — related

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לִמֶּדְךָ תּוֹרָה דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ מֵאַבְרָהָם שֶׁאִם יֵשׁ לְאָדָם בָּנִים גְּדוֹלִים יַשִּׂיאֵן תְּחִלָּה וְאַחַר כָּךְ יִשָּׂא הוּא אִשָּׁה, וּכְמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב וַיְבִאֶהָ יִצְחָק הָאֹהֱלָה וְאַחַר כָּךְ וַיֹּסֶף אַבְרָהָם וַיִּקַּח אִשָּׁה.

English: The Torah teaches proper conduct from Avraham: if a person has grown sons, he should marry them off first and only afterward take a wife himself, as it is written “And Yitzchak brought her into the tent” and afterward “And Avraham took another wife.”

On the daf / in context: The sequence of the narrative (Yitzchak’s marriage first, then Avraham’s) models the priority of settling one’s children before remarrying.

Type of Learning

Custom (Midrash — order of marriage for a father of grown children)

What Is Learned

A father of grown children should see to their marriages before taking a new wife for himself; Avraham’s sequence after Yitzchak’s marriage supplies the model.