Genesis 25:3
Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Assyrian people, the Letush people, and the Leum people.
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In The King James Version
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
In Context
2She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
4Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were Keturah's descendants.
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:9He made Ishbosheth king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and over all Israel.
Job 6:19Caravans from Tema looked there, 1 while companies of Sheba hoped in them. 1
Isaiah 21:13A declaration about Arabia. 1 In the wilderness of Arabia you spend the night, you caravans of Dedanites. 1
Jeremiah 49:8Flee! Turn back! Stay in holes in the ground, inhabitants of Dedan. 1 For I am bringing the disaster of Esau on him at the time that I punish him. 1
Ezekiel 27:6They made your oars from the oaks of Bashan; 1 they made your decks out of cypress wood from Cyprus, and they overlaid them with ivory. 1
Ezekiel 27:20Dedan was your dealer in fine saddle blankets.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 25:2-11
Abraham's Death. ( b. c. 1822.) 1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave… Read the whole commentary →