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And the sonsוּבְנֵיof Midian:מִדְיָןEphah,עֵיפָהEpher,וָעֵפֶרEnoch,וַחֲנוֹךְAbida,וַאֲבִידָעand Eldaah.וְאֶלְדָּעָהAllכָּלtheseאֵלֶּהwerethe sonsבְּנֵיof Keturah.קְטוּרָה
1 Chronicles 1:33
Study it in the app“And the sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.”
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1 Chronicles 1:33, word by word
- And the sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- of Midianמִדְיָןmidyan
Midian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appears- Ephahעֵיפָהefa
Ephah
Ephah, a son of Midian and the region named after him; also the name of an Israelite man and woman.
Where else “efa” appears- Epherעֵפֶרefer
Epher
Epher, a son of Midian; also the name of two Israelites.
Where else “efer” appears- Enochחֲנוֹךְchanoch
Enoch
Enoch, the name of a son of Cain and of the descendant of Seth who walked with God and was taken by him (Genesis 5:18-24); also a city, and other men.
Where else “chanoch” appears- Abidaאֲבִידָעavida
Abida
Abida, a son of Midian.
Where else “avida” appears- and Eldaahאֶלְדָּעָהeldaa
Eldaah
Eldaah, a son of Midian.
Where else “eldaa” appears- of Keturahקְטוּרָהketura
Keturah
Keturah, a woman Abraham took as wife besides Sarah; mother of six of his sons.
Where else “ketura” appears
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Genesis 25:1-4Genesis 25:12-16
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1 Chronicles 1:28-34
28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. 29These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 32And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. 33And the sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. 34And Abraham fathered Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
1Abraham again took a wife, whose name was Keturah. 2She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim. 4The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
12These are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave woman, bore to Abraham. 13These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve chiefs according to their peoples.
Places in this verse
Midian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
The context
32And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
33 · This verse (above)
34And Abraham fathered Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.