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She boreוַתֵּלֶדhimלוֹZimran,אֶת זִמְרָןJokshan,וְאֶת יָקְשָׁןMedan,וְאֶת מְדָןMidian,וְאֶת מִדְיָןIshbak,וְאֶת יִשְׁבָּקand Shuah.וְאֶת שׁוּחַ
Genesis 25:2
Study it in the app“She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 25:2, word by word
- She boreתֵּלֶדteled
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appears- Zimranזִמְרָןzimran
Zimran
Zimran, a son of Abraham and Keturah.
Where else “zimran” appears- Jokshanיָקְשָׁןyakshan
Jokshan
Jokshan, a son of Abraham and Keturah.
Where else “yakshan” appears- Medanמְדָןmedan
Medan
Medan, a son of Abraham and Keturah.
Where else “medan” appears- Midianמִדְיָןmidyan
Midian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appears- Ishbakיִשְׁבָּקyishbak
Ishbak
Ishbak, a son of Abraham and Keturah.
Where else “yishbak” appears- and Shuahשׁוּחַshuach
Shuah
Shuah, a son of Abraham and Keturah.
Where else “shuach” appears
Parallel passages
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Descendants of Abraham
1 Chronicles 1:28-34Genesis 25:12-16
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Genesis 25:1-4
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.
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.
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
1Abraham again took a wife, whose name was Keturah.
2 · This verse (above)
3Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim.
To study Genesis 25 in a group
1. What it says
What did Esau do with his birthright, and what did he receive in exchange (vv. 29-34)?
2. What it means
What does the text mean when it ends, “Thus Esau despised his birthright” (v. 34)?
3. How I live it
What valuable thing are you at risk of trading away for a need of the moment?