Genesis 25:2
in Genesis 25and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
KJV
And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
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This verse in Genesis 25
Commentary
3 notes on this verseZimran - 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.
This site's exposition
Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah
on Genesis 25:1-4
Abraham marries Keturah after Sarah's death and fathers six more sons, so the man Romans 4:19 calls as good as dead ends with eight. Midian stands fourth in the list. Midianite traders will sell Joseph in Egypt at 37:36, and Moses will marry the daughter of a priest of Midian at Exodus 2:21.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And she bare him Zimran,.... That Keturah should bear children who probably, was a young woman, is not strange; but that Abraham, whose body forty years before this was dead should now have any bore to him, may seem difficult to account for, and only can be attributed to the fresh vigour his body was endued with at the generation of Isaac; and which still continued for the fulfilment of the promise to him of the multiplication of his seed.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
קטורה, according to the plain meaning of the text this woman was not identical with Hagar.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֵּ֣לֶד | vateled | and she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| ל֗וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| זִמְרָן֙ | zimran | Zimran | H2175 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָקְשָׁ֔ן | yakeshan | Jokshan | H3370 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מְדָ֖ן | medan | Medan | H4091 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִדְיָ֑ן | midyan | Midian | H4080 → | 59 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִשְׁבָּ֖ק | yishbak | Ishbak | H3435 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שֽׁוּחַ׃ | shuach | Shuah | H7744 → |
וַתֵּ֣לֶדand she bore
vateledH3205 →496 times
ל֗וֹto <the> him
lo
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
זִמְרָן֙Zimran
zimranH2175 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יָקְשָׁ֔ןJokshan
yakeshanH3370 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מְדָ֖ןMedan
medanH4091 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִדְיָ֑ןMidian
midyanH4080 →59 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יִשְׁבָּ֖קIshbak
yishbakH3435 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שֽׁוּחַ׃Shuah
shuachH7744 →
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 37:25
And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to…
- 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
Numbers 31:8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
it leads to
- Joshua 13:21–22
all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and…
- Numbers 25:15
And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
- Jude 1:11
Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
- Joshua 13:21–22
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).