1 Chronicles 1 · Verse 32

1 Chronicles 1:32

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.
1 Chronicles 1:32, King James Version

1 Chronicles 1:32 in other translations

BSBThe sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
WEBThe sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
DARBY— And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
BBEAnd the sons of Keturah, Abraham's servant-wife: she was the mother of Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
WebsterNow the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

What does 1 Chronicles 1:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. sons of Keturah--These became founders of nomadic tribes in the north of Arabia and Syria, as Midian of the Midianites (Ge 36:35; Jud 6:2). and Shuah--from whom Bildad sprang (Job 2:11). 1Ch 1:34-42. Posterity of Abraham by Esau.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:28-54

The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. Ec 1:4; Nu 32:14, and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be…

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1 Chronicles 1:32 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבְנֵ֨יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
קְטוּרָ֜הke.tu.RahKeturahH6989
פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁpi.Le.gesh[the] concubine ofH6370
אַבְרָהָ֗ם'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85
יָלְדָ֞הYal.dahshe boreH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
זִמְרָ֧ןzim.RanZimranH2175
וְיָקְשָׁ֛ןve.ya.ke.Shanand JokshanH3370
וּמְדָ֥ןu.me.Danand MedanH4091
וּמִדְיָ֖ןu.mid.Yanand MidianH4080
וְיִשְׁבָּ֣קve.yish.Bakand IshbakH3435
וְשׁ֑וּחַve.Shu.achand ShuahH7744
וּבְנֵ֥יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
יָקְשָׁ֖ןya.ke.ShanJokshanH3370
שְׁבָ֥אshe.Va'ShebaH7614
וּדְדָֽן\׃\ \סu.de.Danand DedanH1719

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 1:32

  • Genesis 25:1-4

    Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

  • Numbers 31:2

    Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

  • Isaiah 60:6

    The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord.

  • Psalms 72:15

    And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

  • 1 Kings 10:1

    And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.

  • Numbers 25:6

    And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Numbers 22:4-7

    And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

  • Jeremiah 49:8

    Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

  • Judges 6:1-6

    And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. …

  • Job 6:19

    The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

  • Jeremiah 25:23

    Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,

  • Exodus 2:15-16

    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. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 2151. B.C. 1853. the sons.
Ge 25:1-4
Midian.
Ge 37:28; Ex 2:15,16; Nu 22:4-7; 25:6; 31:2; Jud 6:1-6
Sheba.
1Ki 10:1; Job 6:19; Ps 72:10,15; Isa 60:6
Dedan.
Isa 21:13; Jer 25:23; 49:8; Eze 25:13; 27:20

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 1:31

    Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:32

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:33

    And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

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1 Chronicles 1:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los hijos de Jobsán: Seba y Dedán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Et les fils de Ketura, concubine d’Abraham: elle enfanta Zimran, et Jokshan, et Medan, et Madian, et Jishbak, et Shuakh. Et les fils de Jokshan: Sheba et Dedan.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Söhne der Ketura, des Kebsweibes Abrahams: sie gebar Simran und Jokschan und Medan und Midian und Jischbak und Schuach. Und die Söhne Jokschans: Scheba und Dedan.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Filii autem Ceturæ concubinæ Abraham, quos genuit: Zamran, Jecsan, Madan, Madian, Jesboc, et Sue. Porro filii Jecsan: Saba, et Dadan. Filii autem Dadan: Assurim, et Latussim, et Laomim.