Ishbak [61520]
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Ishbak (Hebrew: ish'b "he will leave; leaving"), also spelt Jisbak [1] and Josabak.[2] According to the Bible he was the fifth son of Abraham , the patriarch of the Israelites , and Keturah whom he wed after the death of Sarah .[3][4] Ishbak had five brothers, Zimran , Jokshan, Medan , Midian and Shuah . [5]
Josephus tells us that "Abraham contrived to settle them in colonies; and they took possession of Troglodytis and the country of Arabia the Happy, 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] Little else is known about him, but his descendants may be the people identified in a cuneiform inscription to a people know as Jasbuqu[10]. References 1. ^ Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, Hebrew Dictionary, 3435 2. ^ Josephus , Flavious, Antiquities, 1.15.1 3. ^ Genesis 25:2-6 4. ^ 1Chronicles 1:32 5. ^ Genesis 25:1-6 6. ^ Josephus, Flavious, Antiquities, 1.15.1 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 External links Easton's Bible Dictionary: Ishbak
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