Ishbak

- Yes, date unknown

• Name	Ishbak
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	«b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishbak Ishbak«/b» (Hebrew: ish'b "he will leave; leaving"), also spelt «b»Jisbak«/b» «u»[1]«/u» and «b»Josabak«/b».«u»[2]«/u» According to the «u»Bible«/u» he was the fifth son of «u»Abraham «/u», the «u»patriarch «/u» of the «u»Israelites «/u», and «u»Keturah «/u» whom he wed after the death of «u»Sarah «/u».«u»[3][4]«/u» Ishbak had five brothers, «u»Zimran «/u», «u»Jokshan«/u», «u»Medan «/u», «u»Midian «/u» and «u»Shuah «/u». «u»[5]«/u» 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."«u»[6]«/u» Abraham in all probability, tried to keep them apart from «u»Isaac «/u» to avoid conflict while fulfilling God's commission to spread out and inhabit the globe.«u»[7][8][9]«/u» Little else is known about him, but his descendants may be the people identified in a cuneiform inscription to a people know as «i»Jasbuqu«u»«/i»[10]«/u». «b»References «u»1. ^«/u»«/b» Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, Hebrew Dictionary, 3435 «u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» «u»Josephus «/u», Flavious, «i»Antiquities«/i», 1.15.1 «u»«b»3. ^«/u»«/b» «u»Genesis 25:2-6 «/u» «u»«b»4. ^«/u»«/b» «u»1Chronicles 1:32 «/u» «u»«b»5. ^«/u»«/b» «u»Genesis 25:1-6 «/u» «u»«b»6. ^«/u»«/b» Josephus, Flavious, «i»Antiquities«/i», 1.15.1 «u»«b»7. ^«/u»«/b» «u»Genesis 1:27,28 «/u» «u»«b»8. ^«/u»«/b» «u»Genesis 9:1 «/u» «u»«b»9. ^«/u»«/b» Josephus, Flavious, «i»Antiquities«/i», 1.4.1-3 «u»«b»10 ^«/u»«/b» «i»Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Volume 1«/i», Review and Herald Publishing Association (Washington, D.C., USA), 1953, p.367 «b» External links «tab»«u»«/b»Easton's Bible Dictionary: «/u» Ishbak
  Person ID	I61520	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2009

  
  

  Father	Abraham (Ibrahim) (Avraham) ben Tarakr,   b. Abt 2052 B.C.   d. Abt 1877 B.C.
  Mother	Keturah   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F551617667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Jokshan-Zimran-Midian-ShuahMED.jpg Apparent and approximate emigration patters of Abraham’s children to Katurah, excepting those of whom insufficient is known to draw a conclusion.