Zimran (; , ar, زمران), also known as Zambran, was, according to the
Hebrew Bible, the first son of the marriage of
Abraham
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, the
patriarch of the
Israelites, and
Keturah, whom he wed after the death of
Sarah. Zimran had five other brothers,
Jokshan,
Medan
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,
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
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Etymology
The term Arabi ...
, 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.
Professo
Jan Retsoand
William Hazlitt (registrar)
William Hazlitt (26 September 181123 February 1893) was an English lawyer, author, and translator, best known for his '' Classical Gazetteer'' and for overseeing the posthumous publication and republication of many of the works of his father, the ...
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.
[The Classical Gazetteer by William Hazlitt (1851), Page: 67]
References
“Genesis 25:2”
External links
''Easton's Bible Dictionary'':Zimran
Children of Abraham
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