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The sonsוּבְנֵיof Midian:מִדְיָןEphah,עֵיפָהEpher,וָעֵפֶרEnoch,וַחֲנֹךְAbida,וַאֲבִידָעand Eldaah.וְאֶלְדָּעָהAllכָּלtheseאֵלֶּהwere the sonsבְּנֵיof Keturah.קְטוּרָה
Genesis 25:4
Study it in the app“The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 25:4, word by word
- 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- Enochחֲנֹךְchanoch
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
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
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
3Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim.
4 · This verse (above)
5Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.
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?