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JokshanוְיָקְשָׁןfatheredיָלַדShebaאֶת שְׁבָאand Dedan.וְאֶת דְּדָןThe sonsוּבְנֵיof Dedanדְדָןwereהָיוּthe Asshurim,אַשּׁוּרִםthe Letushim,וּלְטוּשִׁיםand the Leummim.וּלְאֻמִּים
Genesis 25:3
Study it in the app“Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 25:3, word by word
- Jokshanיָקְשָׁןyakshan
Jokshan
Jokshan, a son of Abraham and Keturah.
Where else “yakshan” appears- fatheredיָלַדyalad
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “yalad” appears- Shebaשְׁבָאsheva
Sheba
Sheba, the name of several men and of a region in southern Arabia known for its trade (the queen of Sheba, 1 Kings 10).
Where else “sheva” appears- and Dedanדְּדָןdedan
Dedan
Dedan, the name of men and of a people of Arabia.
Where else “dedan” appears- The sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- the Asshurimאַשּׁוּרִםashurim
Asshurim
A tribe of the Arabian desert, descended from Dedan, grandson of Abraham and Keturah.
Where else “ashurim” appears- the Letushimלְטוּשִׁיםletushim
Letushim
Letushim, a people descended from Dedan.
Where else “letushim” appears- and the Leummimלְאֻמִּיםleumim
Leummim
Leummim, a people descended from Dedan.
Where else “leumim” 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.
The context
2She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 · This verse (above)
4The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
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?