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Ishbak

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: I By: George A. Morrish

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Son of Abraham and Keturah. Abraham gave him gifts, and sent him away from Isaac unto the east country (Gen. 25:2, 6²And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. (Genesis 25:2)
⁶But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. (Genesis 25:6); 1 Chron. 1:32³²Now 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. (1 Chronicles 1:32)). An Assyrian inscription mentions “Bur-anate of the land of Iasbuk” (Ia-as-bu-qa-ai) which is judged to refer to the above, situated on the west bank of the Euphrates.

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