Genesis 25:3

Genesis 25:3

 

And Jokshan begat Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

 

a. NLT: Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan’s descendants were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites. [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

 

b. NIV: Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites. [THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.]

 

c. YLT: And Jokshan hath begotten Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim; [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

 

d. Amplified Bible: Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

 

e. Septuagint: And Jezan begot Saba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Assurians and the Latusians, and Laomim.

 

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: Jokshan begot Shebah and Dedan, and the children of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE TANACH--STUDENT SIZE EDITION Copyright 1996, 1998 by Mesorah Publications, Ldt.]

 

1. “And Jokshan begat Sheba and Dedan…”

 

a. Jokshan [Strong: 3370 Yoqshan yok-shawn'; from3369; insidious; Jokshan, an Arabian patriarch:--Jokshan.]

 

b. begat [Strong: 3205 yalad yaw-lad'; a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage:--bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).]

 

c. [Strong: 853 'eth ayth apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):--(as such unrepresented in English).]

Sheba [Strong: 7614 Shba' sheb-aw'; of foreign origin; Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district:--Sheba, Sabeans.]

 

d. [Strong: 853 'eth ayth apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):--(as such unrepresented in English).]

Dedan [Strong: 1719 Ddan ded-awn' or (prolonged) Ddaneh; of uncertain derivation; Dedan, the name of two Cushites and of their territory:--Dedan.]

 

2. “…And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.”

 

a. [And the] sons [Strong: 1121 ben bane; from 1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.)):--+ afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]

 

b. Dedan [Strong: 1719 Ddan ded-awn' or (prolonged) Ddaneh; of uncertain derivation; Dedan, the name of two Cushites and of their territory:--Dedan.]

 

c. were [Strong: 1961 hayah haw-yaw a primitive root (Compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.]

Asshurim [Strong: 805 'Ashuwriy ash-oo-ree' or iAshshuwriy {ash-shoo-ree'}; from a patrial word of the same form as 804; an Ashurite (collectively) or inhabitant of Ashur, a district in Palestine:--Asshurim, Ashurites.]

 

d. Letushim [Strong: 3912 3912 Ltuwshim let-oo-sheem' masculine plural of passive participle of 3913; hammered (i.e. oppressed) ones; Letushim, an Arabian tribe:--Letushim.]  

e. Leummim [Strong: 3817 L'ummiym leh-oom-meem'; plural of 3; communities; Leum mim, an Arabian:--Leummim.]