Jokshan
Jokshan ("an offense", "hardness", or "a knocking"); most probably Josephus' Jazar.[1] According to the Bible he was the second son of Abraham and his concubine[2] Keturah, whom he wed after the death of Sarah.[3] Jokshan had five other brothers: Zimran, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah [4]; as well as two half brothers: Ishmael and Isaac.
Josephus records that "Abraham contrived to settle them in colonies; and they took possession of Troglodytis and the country of Arabia the Happy, as far as it reaches to the Red Sea."[5] Abraham in all probability, tried to keep them apart from Isaac to avoid conflict while fulfilling God's commission to spread out and inhabit the globe.[6][7][8]
Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan had three sons, named Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ Josephus, Flavius, Antiquities 1.15.1
- ^ 1Chronicles 1:32
- ^ Genesis 25:2-6
- ^ Genesis 25:1-6
- ^ Josephus, Flavius, Antiquities, 1.15.1
- ^ Genesis 1:27,28
- ^ Genesis 9:1
- ^ Josephus, Flavius, Antiquities, 1.4.1-3
- ^ Genesis 25:3
- Calmet, Augustin (1837). Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. LCC BS440.C3.
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