Dumah, son of Ishmael
Dumah is mentioned in 2 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 25:14.
Family of Dumah
Who was Dumah?
Silence, (comp. Ps. 94:17), the fourth son of Ishmael; also the tribe descended from him; and hence also the region in Arabia which they inhabited (Gen. 25:14; 1 Chr. 1:30).
There was also a town of this name in Judah (Josh. 15:52), which has been identified with ed-Domeh, about 10 miles southwest of Hebron. The place mentioned in the “burden” of the prophet Isaiah (21:11) is Edom or Idumea.
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Dumah
- Genesis 25:14
And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
- 1 Chronicles 1:30
Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,