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Zimran ben Abraham by Keturah
- Preferred Name: Zimran ben Abraham by Keturah[1] [2]
- Alternate Name: Zanrã
- Alternate Name: Zinrã
- Gender: M
- FSID: 9H4X-5GP
- Death: 1769 BC in Land of Canaan at LATI: N1.8616 LONG: E5.1244
- Birth: ABT 1848 BC in Canaan at LATI: N1.8616 LONG: E5.1244
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Zimran (Hebrew: זִמְרָן, Zimrān, "vine dresser; celebrated; song;"; Greek: Ζεμραμ, Ζεμβραν, Arabic: زمران), also known as Zambran, was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first son of the marriage of Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, and Keturah, whom he wed after the death of Sarah. Zimran had five other brothers, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Josephus tells us 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." For such reasons Zimran has also been tentatively identified by some with the Arabian town of Zabran, between Mecca and Medina (i.e. Jeddah).
According to the Book of Jasher, the children of Zimran were Abihen, Molich and Narim.
Professor Jan Retso and William Hazlitt (registrar) suggested that the descendants of Zimran are the same people known as "Banizomenes" which were mentioned in the records of the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus.
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Book of Jasher 25
1. And it was at that time that Abraham again took a wife in his old age, and her name was Keturah, from the land of Canaan.
2. And she bare unto him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuach, being six sons. And the children of Zimran were Abihen, Molich and Narim.
3. And the sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan, and the sons of Medan were Amida, Joab, Gochi, Elisha and Nothach; and the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Chanoch, Abida and Eldaah.
4. And the sons of Ishbak were Makiro, Beyodua and Tator.
5. And the sons of Shuach were Bildad, Mamdad, Munan and Meban; all these are the families of the children of Keturah the Canaanitish woman which she bare unto Abraham the Hebrew.
6. And Abraham sent all these away, and he gave them gifts, and they went away from his son Isaac to dwell wherever they should find a place.
7. And all these went to the mountain at the east, and they built themselves six cities in which they dwelt unto this day.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Abraham ben Terah, b. 1996 BC in Ūr, Dhī Qār, Iraq d. 1821 BC in Al Khalīl, West Bank, Palestine
Mother: Keturah bint Joktan, b. ABT 2150 BC in Ur, Chaldea d. in Hebron, Canaan, Îsraîl
Family 1: Wife Of Zimran Ben Abraham , d. DECEASED
- Molich Ben Zimran,
Sources:
- Title: The First Book of the Chronicles
Author: "The First Book of the Chronicles." Churchofjesuschrist https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/1-chr/1.27,28,32,34?lang=eng. Accessed 6 Mar. 2022.
Publication: Name: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/1-chr/1.27,28,32,34?lang=eng;
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