Genesis 25:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.”
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“and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and she beareth to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 25:2 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 36:35When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.
- Genesis 37:28So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
- Genesis 37:36Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
- Exodus 2:15When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
- Exodus 18:1Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
- Numbers 22:4So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
- Numbers 25:17“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.
- Numbers 31:2“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
- Numbers 31:8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
- Judges 6:1Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
- 1 Kings 11:18Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.
- 1 Chronicles 1:32The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
- Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
- Jeremiah 25:25all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
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