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1 Chronicles 1:32
32Abraham's slave wife Keturah gave birth to these sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. Jokshan's sons were: Sheba and Dedan.
1 Chronicles 1:32 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now the sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.
Context of 1 Chronicles 1:32
30Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. Those men were Ishmael's sons. Abraham's slave wife Keturah gave birth to these sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. Jokshan's sons were: Sheba and Dedan. 33Midian's sons were: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaah. All those men were descendants of Keturah. 34Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac's sons were: Esau and Israel.
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וּבְנֵ֨י קְטוּרָ֜ה פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁ אַבְרָהָ֗ם יָלְדָ֞ה אֶת־זִמְרָ֧ן וְיָקְשָׁ֛ן וּמְדָ֥ן וּמִדְיָ֖ן וְיִשְׁבָּ֣ק וְשׁ֑וּחַ וּבְנֵ֥י יָקְשָׁ֖ן שְׁבָ֥א וּדְדָֽן׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Now the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- of Keturahקְטוּרָהqeţûrâh · KeturahH6989
- Abraham’sאַבְרָהָם'abrâhâm · AbrahamH85
- concubineפִּלֶ֫גֶשׁpîylegesh pilegesh · concubineH6370
- she bareיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
- Zimranזִמְרָןzimrân · ZimranH2175
- and Jokshanיׇקְשָׁןyoqshân · JokshanH3370
- and Medanמְדָןmedân · MedanH4091
- and Midianמִדְיָןmidyân · MidianH4080
- and Ishbakיִשְׁבָּקyishbâq · IshbakH3435
- and Shuahשׁוּחַshûach · ShuahH7744
- Shebaשְׁבָאshebâ' · ShebaH7614
- and Dedanרֹדָןdedân dedâneh · DedanH1719
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:32
- Genesis 25:1Abraham then married another woman. Her name was Keturah.
- Genesis 37:28When the Midianite traders came near to Joseph's brothers, they pulled him out of the dry well. They sold him to the Ishmaelites for 20 silver coins. The Ishmaelites took Joseph with them to Egypt.
- Exodus 2:15Pharaoh heard about what had happened. He wanted to kill Moses. So Moses ran away from Pharaoh. He went from Egypt to the country called Midian and he lived there. One day, Moses sat down by a well which was near where he lived.
- Numbers 22:4So the Moabites said to the leaders of the Midianites, ‘This large group of people will destroy everything round us. They will be like a bull that eats all the grass in a field!’ So Balak, the king of Moab,
- Numbers 25:6Moses and all the people were at the door of the Tent of Meeting. They were weeping. While they were there, an Israelite man brought a Midianite woman into his tent. Moses and all the people could see them.
- Numbers 31:2‘You must punish the Midianites because they caused the Israelites to worship idols. After you have done that, you will die.’
- Judges 6:1The Israelites did things that the Lord saw were evil. So the Lord put them under the power of the Midianites for seven years.
- 1 Kings 10:1The Queen of Sheba heard news that Solomon was a great king who served the Lord. So she came to ask Solomon some difficult questions to see how wise he was.
- Job 6:19Travellers from Tema look everywhere for these streams. Traders from Sheba hope to find water.
- Psalms 72:10Kings from Spain and from other far places will pay taxes to him. Kings from Sheba and from Seba will bring gifts to him.
- Isaiah 60:6Traders will bring things on their camels so that your roads are full. Young camels will come from Midian and from Ephah. People will come from Sheba. They will bring gold and incense. They will sing aloud to praise the Lord.
- Isaiah 21:13This is a message about Arabia. Traders from Dedan, you put up your tents in Arabia's wilderness.
- Jeremiah 25:23the people of Dedan, Tema, and Buz; the people who live in the desert and who cut their hair short;
- Jeremiah 49:8You people who live in Dedan, run away and escape! Go and find somewhere safe to hide! The time has come for me to punish Esau's descendants. I will cause them to have terrible trouble.
- Ezekiel 25:13So the Almighty Lord God says this: I will use my power to punish Edom. I will destroy Edom's people and animals. Edom will become an empty place. Enemy soldiers will use their swords to kill the people, everywhere from Teman to Dedan.
- Ezekiel 27:20Traders from Dedan sold you blankets for your horses.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32Keturah, 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32Keturah, Abraham‘s concubine - This passage, and Genesis 25:6, sufficiently prove that the position of Keturah was not that of the full wife, but of the “secondary” or “concubine wife” Judges 19:1 so common among Orientals.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-54Verses 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 distinguished as the Lord's…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-33The Chronicler, like the author of Genesis, lists Abraham's descendants separately from Isaac. He mentions Ishmael's sons (1 Chronicles 1:29–31; compare Genesis 25:12–15) and Keturah's sons (1 Chronicles 1:32–33; compare Genesis 25:1–3) before focusing on the chosen family line.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. 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.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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