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Genesis 25:2

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 25:1-11

- The Death of Abraham 1. קטוּרה qeṭûrâh, “Qeturah, incense.” 2. זמרן zı̂mrān, “Zimran, celebrated in song.” יקשׁן yāqshān, “Joqshan, fowler.” מדן medān, “Medan, judge.” מדין mı̂dyān, “Midian,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 25:1-10

Abraham lived, after the marriage of Isaac, thirty-five years, and all that is recorded concerning him during the time lies here in a very few verses. We hear no more of God's extraordinary…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And she bare him The genealogy of Keturah is found again in a shortened form in 1Ch 1:32. That we have to do with a tradition relating to tribes and places rather than to individuals, is clearly shewn…