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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/25.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/25.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />She bore to him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />She bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And she bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And she bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and they had six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Keturah gave birth to these sons of Abraham: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and she bears to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and she beareth to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And she will bring forth to him, Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who bore to him Zamran, and Jecsan, and Madan, and Madian, and Jesboc, and Sue. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And she bore to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And she bore to him Zimran and Yaqshan and Madan and Median and Ashbaq and Ashwakh.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And she bore to him Zombran, and Jezan, and Madal, and Madiam, and Jesboc, and Soie.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/25-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=5761" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/25.htm">Abraham and Keturah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah, <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: wat·tê·leḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">and she bore</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">him</a> <a href="/hebrew/2175.htm" title="2175: zim·rān (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Abraham. From zamar; musical; Zimran, a son of Abraham by Keturah.">Zimran,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3370.htm" title="3370: yā·qə·šān (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Abraham and Keturah. From yaqosh; insidious; Jokshan, an Arabian patriarch.">Jokshan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4091.htm" title="4091: mə·ḏān (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Abraham and Keturah. The same as mdan; Medan, a son of Abraham.">Medan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4080.htm" title="4080: miḏ·yān (N-proper-ms) -- The same as midyan; Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and his descendants.">Midian,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3435.htm" title="3435: yiš·bāq (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Abraham and Keturah. From an unused root corresponding to shbaq; he will leave; Jishbak, a son of Abraham.">Ishbak,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7744.htm" title="7744: šū·aḥ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Abraham and Keturah. From shuwach; dell; Shuach, a son of Abraham.">and Shuah.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-32.htm">1 Chronicles 1:32-33</a></span><br />The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. / The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah’s sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/21-2.htm">Genesis 21:2-3</a></span><br />So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised. / And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/16-15.htm">Genesis 16:15</a></span><br />And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-20.htm">Genesis 17:20</a></span><br />As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-20.htm">Genesis 22:20-24</a></span><br />Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor: / Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram), / Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-36.htm">Genesis 24:36</a></span><br />My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-9.htm">Genesis 28:9</a></span><br />Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/36-3.htm">Genesis 36:3</a></span><br />and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/37-28.htm">Genesis 37:28</a></span><br />So 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-21.htm">Exodus 2:21</a></span><br />Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/12-1.htm">Numbers 12:1</a></span><br />Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3</a></span><br />Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/25-1.htm">1 Samuel 25:1-3</a></span><br />When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran. / Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel. / His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-3</a></span><br />King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-28.htm">1 Chronicles 1:28</a></span><br />The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/1-32.htm">1 Chronicles 1:32,33</a></b></br> Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-25.htm">Jeremiah 25:25</a></b></br> And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,</p><p class="hdg">Zimri.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/36-35.htm">Genesis 36:35</a></b></br> And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city <i>was</i> Avith.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/37-28.htm">Genesis 37:28,36</a></b></br> Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty <i>pieces</i> of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/2-15.htm">Exodus 2:15,16</a></b></br> Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well… </p><p class="hdg">Shuah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/2-11.htm">Job 2:11</a></b></br> Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/24-47.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/genesis/24-36.htm">Beareth</a> <a href="/genesis/24-47.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-32.htm">Ishbak</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-32.htm">Jokshan</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-32.htm">Medan</a> <a href="/acts/7-29.htm">Midian</a> <a href="/acts/7-29.htm">Mid'ian</a> <a href="/genesis/24-67.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-11.htm">Shuah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-32.htm">Zimran</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/genesis/29-32.htm">Beareth</a> <a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-32.htm">Ishbak</a> <a href="/genesis/25-3.htm">Jokshan</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-32.htm">Medan</a> <a href="/genesis/25-4.htm">Midian</a> <a href="/genesis/25-4.htm">Mid'ian</a> <a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/genesis/38-2.htm">Shuah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-32.htm">Zimran</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-1.htm">The sons of Abraham by Keturah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-5.htm">The division of his goods.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-7.htm">His age, death, and burial.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-11.htm">God blesses Isaac.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">The generations of Ishmael.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-17.htm">His age and death.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-19.htm">Isaac prays for Rebekah, being barren.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-22.htm">The children strive in her womb.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-24.htm">The birth of Esau and Jacob.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-27.htm">Their different characters and pursuits.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-29.htm">Esau sells his birthright.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>and she bore him Zimran</b><br>Zimran is one of the sons of Abraham and Keturah. The name Zimran is not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible, and little is known about him. His inclusion in the genealogy highlights the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham that he would be the father of many nations. This reflects the broader theme of God's covenant and the expansion of Abraham's lineage beyond Isaac and Ishmael.<p><b>Jokshan</b><br>Jokshan is another son of Abraham and Keturah. His descendants are mentioned later in Genesis, specifically his sons Sheba and Dedan. These names are associated with regions in Arabia, suggesting that Jokshan's lineage contributed to the population and development of the Arabian Peninsula. This connection emphasizes the spread of Abraham's descendants into various regions, fulfilling the promise of numerous offspring.<p><b>Medan</b><br>Medan is listed among the sons of Keturah and Abraham, but like Zimran, there is little additional biblical information about him. His name, however, is significant in demonstrating the diversity and reach of Abraham's descendants. The mention of Medan, along with his brothers, underscores the theme of God's blessing and the multiplication of Abraham's seed.<p><b>Midian</b><br>Midian is perhaps the most notable of Keturah's sons due to the later biblical references to the Midianites. The Midianites play a significant role in the story of Moses, as Moses flees to Midian and marries Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, a priest of Midian. This connection highlights the ongoing interaction between the descendants of Abraham and the unfolding narrative of God's people. The Midianites are also involved in various conflicts with Israel, illustrating the complex relationships between Abraham's descendants.<p><b>Ishbak</b><br>Ishbak is another son of Keturah and Abraham, with limited biblical information available. His inclusion in the genealogy serves to emphasize the breadth of Abraham's progeny. The name Ishbak, like those of his brothers, contributes to the understanding of the diverse groups that emerged from Abraham's lineage, fulfilling God's promise of numerous descendants.<p><b>and Shuah</b><br>Shuah is the last of the sons listed from Keturah and Abraham. The name Shuah appears elsewhere in the Bible, notably in the Book of Job, where Bildad the Shuhite is one of Job's friends. This connection suggests that Shuah's descendants may have settled in regions that later interacted with other biblical figures. The mention of Shuah completes the list of Keturah's sons, reinforcing the theme of God's blessing and the expansion of Abraham's family.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/k/keturah.htm">Keturah</a></b><br>The wife of Abraham after Sarah's death. Her role is significant as she bore Abraham six sons, contributing to the fulfillment of God's promise to make Abraham a father of many nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/z/zimran.htm">Zimran</a></b><br>One of the sons of Abraham and Keturah. Little is known about him, but he represents the expansion of Abraham's lineage.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jokshan.htm">Jokshan</a></b><br>Another son of Abraham and Keturah. He is noted for being the father of Sheba and Dedan, linking to other significant biblical lineages.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/medan.htm">Medan</a></b><br>A son of Abraham and Keturah. His descendants are not detailed in the Bible, but he is part of the broader account of Abraham's offspring.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/midian.htm">Midian</a></b><br>A son of Abraham and Keturah, whose descendants, the Midianites, play a significant role in later biblical accounts, including interactions with Moses.<br><br>6. <b><a href="/topical/i/ishbak.htm">Ishbak</a></b><br>Another son of Abraham and Keturah. Like Medan, his specific descendants are not detailed, but he contributes to the fulfillment of God's promise.<br><br>7. <b><a href="/topical/s/shuah.htm">Shuah</a></b><br>The last son of Abraham and Keturah mentioned in this verse. His lineage is not detailed, but he is part of the broader account of Abraham's descendants.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a></b><br>God's promise to Abraham to make him a father of many nations is evident through the birth of these sons. This reminds us of God's faithfulness and the importance of trusting His promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_lineage_and_legacy.htm">The Importance of Lineage and Legacy</a></b><br>The genealogies in the Bible, including the sons of Keturah, highlight the importance of lineage and legacy. We are encouraged to consider the spiritual legacy we are leaving for future generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/diversity_in_god's_plan.htm">Diversity in God's Plan</a></b><br>The various descendants of Abraham through Keturah show the diversity in God's plan for humanity. This diversity is a reminder of the inclusivity of God's love and the call to embrace all people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_lesser-known_figures.htm">The Role of Lesser-Known Figures</a></b><br>Figures like Zimran, Medan, and Ishbak, though not prominent, played a role in God's plan. This teaches us that every person has a purpose in God's kingdom, even if it is not widely recognized.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_keturah_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Keturah in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_abraham_father_kids_so_old.htm">How could Abraham father additional children at such an advanced age (Genesis 25:1–6)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_abraham's_descendants.htm">Who are considered the descendants of Abraham?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_many_wives_did_abraham_have.htm">What is the total number of Abraham's wives?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Zimran.</span>--The home of Keturah's descendants is placed by Josephus and Jerome in Arabia-Felix; but the supposed traces of their names are untrustworthy.<p><span class= "bld">Midian</span> is the one son of Keturah who had a great future before him, for his race became famous traders (<a href="/genesis/37-28.htm" title="Then there passed by Midianites merchants; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.">Genesis 37:28</a>); and as they are called <span class= "ital">Me� danites </span>there in the Hebrew, in <a href="/genesis/37-36.htm" title="And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.">Genesis 37:36</a>, it is probable that Medan and Midian coalesced into one tribe. Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, belonged to them (<a href="/context/exodus/2-15.htm" title="Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelled in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.">Exodus 2:15-16</a>), and, enriched by commerce, they became so powerful as to be dangerous neighbours to the Israelites. (Judges 6, 7, 8)<p><span class= "bld">Shuah.</span>--From him perhaps descended Bildad the Shuhite, Job's friend (<a href="/job/2-11.htm" title="Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come on him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.">Job 2:11</a>). The name in the Hebrew is different from that also rendered "Shuah" in <a href="/genesis/38-2.htm" title="And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in to her.">Genesis 38:2</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And she bare him</span> (since the patriarch's body at 100 years was practically dead, it is almost certain that his marriage with Keturah took place after the renewal of his powers; and it is easier to suppose that his physical vigor remained for some years after Sarah's death than that, with his former experience of concubinage, and his parental joy in the birth of Isaac, he should add a second wife while Sarah lived) <span class="cmt_word">Zimran</span>, - identified with <span class="accented">Zabram</span>, west of Mecca, on the Red Sea (Knobel, Keil); or the <span class="accented">Zimareni</span>, in the interior of Arabia (Delitzsch, Kalisch) - <span class="cmt_word">and Jokshan,</span> - the <span class="accented">Kassamitae</span>, on the Red Sea (Knobel); or the Himarytish tribe Jakish, in Southern Arabia (Keil) - <span class="cmt_word">and Medan, and Midian</span>, <span class="accented">- Modiana</span>, on the east of the Elamitic Gulf, and <span class="accented">Madiana</span>, north of this (Rosenmüller, Keil, Knobel) - <span class="cmt_word">and Ishbak</span>, - perhaps preserved in Schobeck, in the land of the Edomites (Knobel, Keil) - <span class="cmt_word">and Shuah</span> - for which the epithet Shuhite (<a href="/job/2-11.htm">Job 2:11</a>) may point to Northern Idumaea (Keil, Knobel, Kalisch). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/25-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">and she bore</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֵּ֣לֶד</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tê·leḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him Zimran,</span><br /><span class="heb">זִמְרָן֙</span> <span class="translit">(zim·rān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2175.htm">Strong's 2175: </a> </span><span class="str2">Zimran -- a son of Abraham</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jokshan,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָקְשָׁ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(yā·qə·šān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3370.htm">Strong's 3370: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jokshan -- a son of Abraham and Keturah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Medan,</span><br /><span class="heb">מְדָ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ḏān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4091.htm">Strong's 4091: </a> </span><span class="str2">Medan -- a son of Abraham and Keturah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Midian,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדְיָ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(miḏ·yān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4080.htm">Strong's 4080: </a> </span><span class="str2">Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled </span><br /><br /><span class="word">Ishbak,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁבָּ֖ק</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·bāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3435.htm">Strong's 3435: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ishbak -- a son of Abraham and Keturah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Shuah.</span><br /><span class="heb">שֽׁוּחַ׃</span> <span class="translit">(šū·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7744.htm">Strong's 7744: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shuah -- a son of Abraham and Keturah</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/25-2.htm">Genesis 25:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/25-2.htm">Genesis 25:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/25-2.htm">Genesis 25:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/25-2.htm">Genesis 25:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/25-2.htm">Genesis 25:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/25-2.htm">Genesis 25:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/25-2.htm">Genesis 25:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/25-2.htm">Genesis 25:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/25-2.htm">Genesis 25:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/25-2.htm">Genesis 25:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/25-2.htm">OT Law: Genesis 25:2 She bore him Zimran Jokshan Medan Midian (Gen. 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