1 Chronicles 1:32
in 1 Chronicles 1The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And 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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 1
Commentary
3 notes on this verseKeturah, 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.
This site's exposition
The sons of Abraham
on 1 Chronicles 1:28-34
The Chronicler's sorting rule shows itself: Ishmael's twelve princes and Keturah's sons are listed first and finished, and then the line the book cares about is taken up last, and Abraham begat Isaac. The non-elect branches are honored with their names and dismissed from the story in the same breath, the pattern Genesis itself set with its toledoth and Esau's list before Jacob's. Nothing is said against the other sons; they are simply not where this book is going.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Keturah, Abraham’s concubine - This passage, and Gen 25:6, sufficiently prove that the position of Keturah was not that of the full wife, but of the “secondary” or “concubine wife” Jdg 19:1 so common among Orientals.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֨י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| קְטוּרָ֜ה | keturah | Keturah | H6989 → | |
| פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁ | pilegesh | [the] concubine of | H6370 → | 37 times |
| אַבְרָהָ֗ם | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| יָלְדָ֞ה | yaldah | she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| זִמְרָ֧ן | zimran | Zimran | H2175 → | |
| וְיָקְשָׁ֛ן | veyakeshan | and Jokshan | H3370 → | |
| וּמְדָ֥ן | umedan | and Medan | H4091 → | |
| וּמִדְיָ֖ן | umidyan | and Midian | H4080 → | 59 times |
| וְיִשְׁבָּ֣ק | veyishbak | and Ishbak | H3435 → | |
| וְשׁ֑וּחַ | veshuach | and Shuah | H7744 → | |
| וּבְנֵ֥י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יָקְשָׁ֖ן | yakeshan | Jokshan | H3370 → | |
| שְׁבָ֥א | sheva' | Sheba | H7614 → | 23 times |
| וּדְדָֽן׃ ס | udedan | and Dedan | H1719 → |
וּבְנֵ֨יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
קְטוּרָ֜הKeturah
keturahH6989 →
פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁ[the] concubine of
pilegeshH6370 →37 times
אַבְרָהָ֗םAbraham
ʾavrahamH85 →175 times
יָלְדָ֞הshe bore
yaldahH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
זִמְרָ֧ןZimran
zimranH2175 →
וְיָקְשָׁ֛ןand Jokshan
veyakeshanH3370 →
וּמְדָ֥ןand Medan
umedanH4091 →
וּמִדְיָ֖ןand Midian
umidyanH4080 →59 times
וְיִשְׁבָּ֣קand Ishbak
veyishbakH3435 →
וְשׁ֑וּחַand Shuah
veshuachH7744 →
וּבְנֵ֥יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
יָקְשָׁ֖ןJokshan
yakeshanH3370 →
שְׁבָ֥אSheba
sheva'H7614 →23 times
וּדְדָֽן׃ סand Dedan
udedanH1719 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 37:28So 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.
it leads to
- Acts 7:9
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
- Psalms 105:17
He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
- Genesis 45:4–5
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
- Genesis 25:2
and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
- Matthew 26:15
and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
- Acts 7:9
Through
Job 6:19The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
it leads to
- Isaiah 21:14
Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
- Genesis 25:15
Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
- Isaiah 21:14
Through
Jeremiah 25:23Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
it leads to
- Jeremiah 9:26
Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in…
- Jeremiah 9:26
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).