and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Parallel translations
- WEB She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
- KJV And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
- NKJV And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
- NASB She bore to him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
- NLT She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
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Quick answer
Keturah bears Abraham six sons, including Midian.
Overview
These sons became ancestors of various Arabian peoples, notably the Midianites. The list shows Abraham as father of many nations, partly fulfilling God's promise of numerous descendants. Still, these lines stand outside the chosen covenant line through Isaac.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Chr 1:32–33The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
- Num 25:17–18“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.
- Jer 25:25all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
- Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
- Exod 18:1–4Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
- Exod 2:15–16When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
- Gen 37:28So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
- Num 22:4So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
- Gen 37:36Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
- Num 31:2“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
- Num 31:8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
- Gen 36:35When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.
- Judg 6:1–8Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
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