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Gen 25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
Keturah
As Sarah stands for "the mother of us all," i.e. of those who, by grace, are one with the true Son of promise, of whom Isaac was the type (John 3:6-8; Galatians 4:26, 28, 29; Hebrews 2:11-13), and joint heirs of His wealth (Hebrews 1:2; Romans 8:16, 17), so Keturah (wedded after the full blessing of Isaac) and her children by Abraham may well stand for the fertility of Israel the natural seed, Jehovah's wife (Hosea 2:1-23) after the future national restoration under the Palestinian covenant (Scofield Deuteronomy 30:3, note).
Gen 25:25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
Esau
Esau stands for the mere man of the earth (Hebrews 12:16, 17). In many respects a nobler man, naturally, than Jacob, he was destitute of faith, and despised the birthright because it was a spiritual thing, of value only as there was faith to apprehend it.
Gen 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
Edom
i.e. red.
Gen 25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
birthright
The "birthright" had three elements:
For all that was revealed, in Esau might have fulfilled those two great Messianic promises. This birthright Esau sold for a momentary fleshly gratification. Jacob's conception of the birthright at that time was, doubtless, carnal and inadequate, but his desire for it evidenced true faith.
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