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Genesis 25:2
ESV She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
NIV She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.
NASB She bore to him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
CSB and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
NLT She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
KJV And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
NKJV And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

What does Genesis 25:2 mean?

God had promised to make Abraham the father of many nations (Genesis 17:4). He will clearly become the father of Israel through Isaac and his descendants. Abraham also fathered several nations and tribes through Ishmael, his son by Sarah's servant Hagar (Genesis 25:13–16).

This verse reveals six more sons, all by Abraham's wife Keturah: Zimram, whose people may have settled in Arabia, Jokshan, Medan, Midian—whose descendants become traders in the deserts around Israel; Moses's wife will be a Midianite—as well as Ishbak, namesake of a town in northern Syria, and Shuah, the name of a town near Babylon.

Clearly God kept his promise to make many nations from His much-blessed servant Abraham, as the following verses will continue to reveal.
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