Jokshan (, ''yoqšān'') was, according to the
Bible, a son of
Abraham (Avraham) and his wife or concubine
Keturah, whom he wed after the death of
Sarah. Jokshan had five brothers:
Zimran,
Medan,
Midian,
Ishbak Ishbak ( ''Yīšbāq'', "he will leave; leaving"), also spelled Jisbak and Josabak, was, according to the Bible, the fifth son of Abraham and Keturah. Ishbak had five brothers, Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian and Shuah.
Josephus tells us tha ...
and
Shuah
Shuah is the name of one of four minor Biblical figures. It is sometimes used as the name of a fifth. Their names are different in Hebrew, but they were all transliterated as "Shuah" in the King James Version.
Genesis 25
Shuah (, "ditch; swimmi ...
; as well as two half brothers:
Ishmael
In the Bible, biblical Book of Genesis, Ishmael (; ; ; ) is the first son of Abraham. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah. He died at the age of 137. Traditionally, he is seen as the ancestor of the Arabs.
Within Isla ...
(Ismail) and
Isaac
Isaac ( ; ; ; ; ; ) is one of the three patriarchs (Bible), patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith. Isaac first appears in the Torah, in wh ...
(Ishaq). He was Keturah's second son and Abraham's fourth.
Josephus records that Abraham contrived to settle them in colonies; and they took possession of
Troglodytis and the country of
Arabia Felix, as far as it reaches to the
Red Sea
The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden. To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and th ...
."
Jokshan became the father of
Sheba and
Dedan. Dedan had three sons, named
Asshurim,
Letushim, and
Leummim.
In his "
History of the Prophets and Kings",
Tabari says that the wife of the North Arabian ancestor
Adnan, Mahdad bint Laham, was a descendant of Jokshan (Yaqshan).
References
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Children of Abraham