| Genesis 25:6
| And to the children of the concubines he gave gifts, and separated them from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, to the east country.
| Concubines. Agar and Cetura are here called concubines, (though they were lawful wives, and in other places are so called) because they were of an inferior degree: and such in Scripture are usually called concubines. (Challoner) --- The solemnities of marriage were omitted on these occasions, and the children were not entitled to a share in the inheritance. Jacob's two wives consented that all his children, by their handmaids, should be placed on the same footing with their own. (Calmet) --- Abraham contented himself with making suitable presents to the children, whom he had by these secondary wives, reserving the bulk of his property to Isaac, Genesis 24:36. He also provided for their establishment himself, that there might be no contest after his departure.
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