Genesis 25:4
Strong's Lexicon
The sons
וּבְנֵ֣י (ū·ḇə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

of Midian
מִדְיָ֗ן (miḏ·yān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4080: Midian or Midianite = 'strife' n pr m 1) son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians 2) the tribe descended from Midian n pr loc 3) the territory of the tribe descended from Midian; located principally in the desert north of the Arabian peninsula; land to which Moses went when he fled from Pharaoh

were Ephah,
עֵיפָ֤ה (‘ê·p̄āh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5891: Ephah = 'gloomy' n pr m 1) a son of Midian 2) a Judaite, son of Jahdai n pr f 3) a concubine of Caleb in the line of Judah

Epher,
וָעֵ֙פֶר֙ (wā·‘ê·p̄er)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6081: Epher = 'a calf' 1) the 2nd son of Midian 2) a son of Ezra, among the descendants of Judah 3) one of the heads of the families of Manasseh on the east of the Jordan

Hanoch,
וַחֲנֹ֔ךְ (wa·ḥă·nōḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2585: Enoch = 'dedicated' n pr m 1) eldest son of Cain 2) son of Jared and father of Methuselah whom God took home to heaven without dying n pr loc 3) the city which Cain built and named after his son Enoch (after himself) Hanoch = 'dedicated' n pr m 4) a son of Midian, the third child 5) the eldest son of Reuben

Abida,
וַאֲבִידָ֖ע (wa·’ă·ḇî·ḏā‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 28: Abida or Abidah = 'my father knows' 1) fourth son of Midian and grandson of Abraham by his wife Keturah (after Sarah died)

and Eldaah.
וְאֶלְדָּעָ֑ה (wə·’el·dā·‘āh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 420: Eldaah = 'God has known' 1) a son or descendant of Midian

All
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

these
אֵ֖לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: 1) these 1a) used before antecedent 1b) used following antecedent

were descendants
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

of Keturah.
קְטוּרָֽה׃ (qə·ṭū·rāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6989: Keturah = 'incense' 1) wife of Abraham after Sarah's death

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

Young's Literal Translation
and the sons of Midian [are] Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah: all these [are] sons of Keturah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And Midian’s sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were sons of Keturah.

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Midian [were] Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these [were] the sons of Keturah.

King James Bible
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these [were] the children of Keturah.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

New Living Translation
Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. These were all descendants of Abraham through Keturah.

English Standard Version
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Midian were Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

King James Bible
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were sons of Keturah.

International Standard Version
Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah's descendants.

NET Bible
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

American Standard Version
And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

English Revised Version
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

Young's Literal Translation
and the sons of Midian are Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah: all these are sons of Keturah.
















Cross References
Genesis 25:3
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

Genesis 25:5
And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

1 Chronicles 1:33
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

Isaiah 60:6
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 25:2
And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

Genesis 25:1
Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

Genesis 25:6
But 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 25:7
And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
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