Ishbak

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Ishbak (Hebrew: ish'băk; "he will leave; leaving"), also spelt Jisbak [1] and Josabak.[2] 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,[6] and the country of Arabia the Happy, as far as it reaches to the Red Sea."[7] Abraham in all probability, tried to keep them appart from Isaac to avoid conflict while fulfilling God's commision to spread out and inhabit the globe.[8][9][10] Little else is known about him, but but he may be identified with a reference in cuneiform inscriptions to a people know as Jasbuqu[11].


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  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. ^ see Troglodytae
  7. ^ Josephus, Flavious, Antiquities, 1.15.1
  8. ^ Genesis 1:27,28
  9. ^ Genesis 9:1
  10. ^ Josephus, Flavious, Antiquities, 1.4.1-3
  11. ^ Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Review and Herald Publishing Association (Washington, D.C., USA), 1953, p.367


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Sons of Abraham by wife in order of birth
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Sarah Isaac (2)
Keturah Zimran Jokshan Medan Midian Ishbak Shuah