Midian

How Nave’s arranged it

• Son of Abraham by KeturahGenesis 25:2Genesis 25:41 Chronicles 1:321 Chronicles 1:33

The passages, in Bible order (4)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 25:2

   and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 25:21 voice

   “Zimran - Stephanus Byzantinus mentions a city in Arabia Felix called Zadram, which some suppose to have been named from this son of Keturah; but it is more likely, as Calmet observes, that all these sons of Abraham resided in Arabia Deserta; and Pliny, Hist. Nat., lib. vi., c. 28, mentions a people in that country called Zamarenians, who were probably the descendants of this person. Jokshan - Several learned men have been of opinion that this Jokshan was the same as Kachtan, the father of the Arabs.

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2. Genesis 25:4

   The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 25:41 voice

   “Ephah, and Epher, etc. - Of these we know no more than of the preceding; an abundance of conjectures is already furnished by the commentators.

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3. 1 Chronicles 1:32

   The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:321 voice

   “Keturah, Abraham’s concubine - Abraham’s pilegesh, or wife of the second rank; she was neither whore, harlot, nor concubine, in our sense of these words.

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4. 1 Chronicles 1:33

   The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah’s sons.

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