2And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
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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. …
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. …
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)Abraham lived, after the marriage of Isaac, thirty-five years, and all that is recorded concerning him during the time lies here in a very few verses. We hear no more of God’s extraordinary appearances to him or trials of him; for all the days, even of the best and greatest saints, are not eminent days, some slide on silently, and neither come nor go with observation; such were these last days of…
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