King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 1:33 Mean?
“And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.”
Context
31
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
32
Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
33
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.
34
And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
35
The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(33) The five clans or tribes of Midian. These, with the seven names of 1Chronicles 1:31, make a total of twelve tribes for Keturah.
**Ephah.**—Called *Hâ’âpâ,* or *Hayâpa* by Tiglath-pileser.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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