Zimran [61511]

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Zimran (Hebrew : ; "vine dresser; celebrated; song;"), also known as Zambran.[1] was according to the Hebrew Bible the first son of Abraham , the patriarch of the Israelites , and Keturah whom he wed after the death of Sarah .[2][3] Zimran had five other brothers, Jokshan , Medan , Midian , Ishbak , and Shuah .[4]

Josephus tells us that "Abraham contrived to settle them in colonies; and they took possession of Troglodytis[5] and the country of Happy Arabia , as far as it reaches to the Red Sea."[6] 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.[7][8][9] For such reasons Zimran has also been tentatively identified by some with the Arabian town of Zabran, between Meeca and Medina.[10]
According to the Book of Jasher , the children of Zimran were Abihen , Molich and Narim .
References
1. ^ Josephus , Flavious, Antiquities, 1.15.1
2. ^ Genesis 25:2-6
3. ^ 1Chronicles 1:32
4. ^ Genesis 25:1-6
5. ^ In this case the word is applied to the cave dwelling peoples of the Rift Valley
6. ^ Josephus, Flavious, Antiquities, 1.15.1
7. 7. ^ Genesis 1:27,28
8. ^ Genesis 9:1
9. ^ Josephus, Flavious, Antiquities, 1.4.1-3
10 ^ Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Volume 1, Review and Herald Publishing Association (Washington, D.C., USA), 1953, p.367
"Genesis 25:2"