Genesis 25 · Verse 2

Genesis 25:2

And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Genesis 25:2, King James Version

Genesis 25:2 in other translations

BSBand she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
WEBShe bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
ASVAnd she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
YLTand she beareth to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
DARBYAnd she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
BBEShe became the mother of Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.
WebsterAnd she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

What does Genesis 25:2 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 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. The testimonies in favor of this opinion see in Dr. Hunt's Oration, De Antiquitate, etc., Linguae Arabicae, p. 4. Calmet supposes that the Cataneans, who inhabited a part of Arabia Deserta, sprang from this Jokshan. Medan, and Midian - Probably those who peopled that part of Arabia Petraea contiguous to the land of Moab eastward of the Dead Sea. St. Jerome terms the people of this country Madinaeans; and Ptolemy mentions a people called Madianites, who dwelt in the same place. Ishbak - From this person Calmet supposes the brook Jabbok, which has its source in the mountains of Gilead, and falls into the sea of Tiberias, took its name. Shuah - Or Shuach. From this man the Sacceans, near to Batanla, at the extremity of Arabia Deserta, towards Syria, are supposed to have sprung. Bildad the Shuhite, one of Job's friends, is supposed to have descended from this son of Abraham.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 25:1-10

Esau despises and sells his birth-right. (29-34) Verses 1-10 All the days, even of the best and greatest saints, are not remarkable days; some slide on silently; such were these last days of Abraham. Here is an account of Abraham's children by Keturah, and the disposition which he made of his estate. After the birth of these sons, he set his house in order, with prudence and justice. He did this while he yet lived…

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Genesis 25:2 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.

וַתֵּ֣לֶדva.Te.ledand she boreH3205
ל֗וֹloto <the> him
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
זִמְרָן֙zim.RanZimranH2175
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
יָקְשָׁ֔ןya.ke.ShanJokshanH3370
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
מְדָ֖ןme.DanMedanH4091
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
מִדְיָ֑ןmid.YanMidianH4080
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
יִשְׁבָּ֖קyish.BakIshbakH3435
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
שֽׁוּחַ\׃Shu.achShuahH7744

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Cross references for Genesis 25:2

  • 1 Chronicles 1:32-33

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

  • Numbers 31:8

    And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

  • Genesis 37:36

    And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.

  • Numbers 25:17-18

    Vex the Midianites, and smite them: For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.

  • Numbers 31:2

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

  • Numbers 22:4

    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.

  • Exodus 18:1-4

    When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt; Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

  • Genesis 37:28

    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 pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

  • Genesis 36:35

    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 was Avith.

  • Job 2:11

    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.

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 25:25

    And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. cir. 2152. B.C. cir. 1852. she bare.
1Ch 1:32,33; Jer 25:25
Zimri. Midian.
36:35; 37:28,36; Ex 2:15,16; 18:1-4; Nu 22:4; 25:17,18; 31:2,8
Jud 6:1-8:35
Shuah.
Job 2:11

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Context

  • Genesis 25:1

    Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

  • Genesis 25:2

    And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

  • Genesis 25:3

    And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

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Genesis 25:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La cual le parió á Zimram, y á Joksan, y á Medan, y á Midiam, y á Ishbak, y á Sua.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et elle lui enfanta Zimran, et Jokshan, et Medan, et Madian, et Jishbak, et Shuakh.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie gebar ihm Simran und Jokschan und Medan und Midian und Jischbak und Schuach.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
quæ peperit ei Zamran et Jecsan, et Madan, et Madian, et Jesboc, et Sue.