13The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
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Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, …
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
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.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-17)Arabia was a large country, that lay eastward and southward of the land of Canaan. Much of it was possessed by the posterity of Abraham. The Dedanim , here mentioned (Isa. 21:13), descended from Dedan, Abraham’s son by Keturah; the inhabitants of Tema and Kedar descended from Ishmael, Gen. 25:3 , 13 , 15 . The Arabians generally lived in tents, and kept cattle, were a hardy people, inured to labou…
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