KJV King James Version
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these [were] the children of Keturah.
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Genesis 25:4
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these [were] the children of Keturah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
WEB World English Bible
The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
ASV American Standard Version
And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the sons of Midian are Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah: all these are sons of Keturah.
Surrounding context — Genesis 25
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 gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
7 And these [are] the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּבְנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childמִדְיָ֗ןH4080 · mid.yanMidianעֵיפָ֤הH5891 · e.phahEphahוָעֵ֙פֶר֙H6081 · e.pherEpherוַחֲנֹ֔ךְH2585 · cha.nokhEnochוַאֲבִידָ֖עH28 · a.vi.daAbidaוְאֶלְדָּעָ֑הH420 · el.da.ahEldaahכָּל־H3605 · kolallאֵ֖לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseבְּנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childקְטוּרָֽה׃H6989 · qe.tu.rahKeturah
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