Jokshan
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According to the Hebrew Bible, Jokshan was the fourth son of Abraham the patriarch of the Israelites, and was his second son by Keturah, his concubine. (Gen 25:2-6 and 1Chronicles 1:32)
The name Jokshan means "an offense", "hardness", or "a knocking". Jokshan had five full brothers — Zimran, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah (Genesis 25:1-6) — and two half brothers —Ismael and Isaac. Abraham sent his sons by Keturah to live in the east, far from his son Isaac. Jokshan is thought to have peopled part of Arabia, specifically Yemen, and to be the person whom the Arabians called Qahtan and acknowledged as the head of their nation.
Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan had three sons, named Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
[edit] References
- Genesis 25:2
- Genesis 25:6
- Calmet, Augustin (1837). Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. LCC BS440.C3.
