Genesis 25:2

Medan and

Midian were half-brothers with Ishmael, and they were mixed up together in their dealings. See note on Genesis 37:25; Genesis 37:28.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Death of Abraham 1. קטוּרה qeṭûrâh , “Qeturah, incense.” 2. זמרן zı̂mrān , “Zimran, celebrated in song.” יקשׁן yāqshān ,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Descendants of Abraham and Keturan. The section belongs apparently to a late stratum of J. The obvious meaning is that Abraham married again an...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. Zimran - [Septuagint, Zombran, has been supposed by some...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sons of Abraham by Keturah. Death and Burial of Abraham. Descendants of Ishmael. Birth and Youth of Esau and Jacob 1. It is not known at what...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zimran. — The home of Keturah’s descendants is placed by Josephus and Jerome in Arabia-Felix; but the supposed traces of their names are untrustwor...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The record of the death of Abraham is full of beauty. His life had been spent in the realm of the supernatural, the region of vision, the power of th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. Six so...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. Ver. 2. No Text for this verse.
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Quest. How could Abraham, being now about one hundred and forty years old, have so many children, when his body was dead in his hundredth year? An...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 25:1 . Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. “Keturah is called a concubine in 1 Chronicles 1:32 ....
Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 25 (with Hebrews 12:16-17 ) The chief use, apparently, of some men's lives is that they may serve as beacons, warning off those who co...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. cir. 2152. B.C. cir. 1852. she bare. 1 Chronicles 1:32 1 Chronicles 1:33 Jeremiah 25:25 Zimri. Midian. Genesis 36:35 Genesis 37:28 Ge...

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

Related Commentaries of Genesis 25:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 25:2