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Genesis 25:3–8

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And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
¶ And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
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From verse 3

  1. Ezekiel 25:13Rank 1 from verse 3
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    13Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

  2. 1 Kings 10:1Rank 2 from verse 3
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    1AND when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.

  3. Ezekiel 27:20Rank 3 from verse 3
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    20Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

  4. Ezekiel 27:6Rank 4 from verse 3
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    6Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.

  5. Jeremiah 25:23Rank 5 from verse 3
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    23Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,

  6. Jeremiah 49:8Rank 6 from verse 3
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    8Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

  7. Job 6:19Rank 7 from verse 3
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    19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

  8. 2 Samuel 2:9Rank 8 from verse 3
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    9And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

  9. Psalms 72:10Rank 9 from verse 3
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    10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

From verse 4

  1. Isaiah 60:6Rank 1 from verse 4
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    6The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord.

From verse 5

  1. Genesis 24:36Rank 1 from verse 5
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    36And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

  2. Galatians 3:29Rank 2 from verse 5
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    29And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  3. Hebrews 1:2Rank 3 from verse 5
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    2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

  4. 1 Corinthians 3:21–23Rank 4 from verse 5
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    21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

    22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

    23And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

  5. Genesis 21:10–12Rank 5 from verse 5
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    10Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

    11And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

    12¶ And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

  6. John 3:35Rank 6 from verse 5
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    35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

  7. Matthew 11:27Rank 7 from verse 5
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    27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

  8. Matthew 28:18Rank 8 from verse 5
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    18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

  9. Psalms 68:18Rank 9 from verse 5
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    18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

  10. Romans 8:17Rank 10 from verse 5
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    17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

  11. Romans 8:32Rank 11 from verse 5
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    32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

  12. Colossians 1:19Rank 12 from verse 5
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    19For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

  13. Galatians 4:28Rank 13 from verse 5
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    28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

  14. John 17:2Rank 14 from verse 5
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    2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

  15. Romans 9:7–9Rank 15 from verse 5
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    7Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

    8That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

    9For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

From verse 6

  1. Genesis 21:14Rank 1 from verse 6
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    14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

  2. Judges 6:3Rank 2 from verse 6
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    3And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

  3. Acts 14:17Rank 3 from verse 6
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    17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

  4. Genesis 16:3Rank 4 from verse 6
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    3And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

  5. Genesis 25:1Rank 5 from verse 6
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    1THEN again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

  6. Genesis 32:22Rank 6 from verse 6
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    22And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

  7. Genesis 35:22Rank 7 from verse 6
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    22And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

  8. Job 1:1Rank 8 from verse 6
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    1THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

  9. Job 1:3Rank 9 from verse 6
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    3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

  10. Judges 19:1–2Rank 10 from verse 6
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    1AND it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

    2And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.

  11. Judges 19:4Rank 11 from verse 6
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    4And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

  12. Luke 11:11–13Rank 12 from verse 6
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    11If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

    12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

    13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

  13. Matthew 5:45Rank 13 from verse 6
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    45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

  14. Psalms 17:14–15Rank 14 from verse 6
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    14From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

    15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

  15. Genesis 30:4Rank 15 from verse 6
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    4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

  16. Genesis 30:9Rank 16 from verse 6
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    9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

From verse 7

  1. Genesis 12:4Rank 1 from verse 7
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    4So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

From verse 8

  1. Genesis 35:28–29Rank 1 from verse 8
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    28And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

    29And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

  2. Genesis 15:15Rank 2 from verse 8
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    15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

  3. 1 Chronicles 29:28Rank 3 from verse 8
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    28And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

  4. Genesis 49:33Rank 4 from verse 8
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    33And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

  5. Genesis 25:17Rank 5 from verse 8
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    17And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.

  6. Genesis 47:8–9Rank 6 from verse 8
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    8And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

    9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

  7. Job 42:17Rank 7 from verse 8
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    17So Job died, being old and full of days.

  8. Job 5:26Rank 8 from verse 8
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    26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

  9. Judges 8:32Rank 9 from verse 8
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    32¶ And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.

  10. Acts 13:36Rank 10 from verse 8
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    36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

  11. Proverbs 20:29Rank 11 from verse 8
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    29The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

  12. Genesis 25:7Rank 12 from verse 8
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    7And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

  13. Acts 5:10Rank 13 from verse 8
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    10Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

  14. Genesis 49:29Rank 14 from verse 8
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    29And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

  15. Genesis 35:18Rank 15 from verse 8
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    18And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

  16. Jeremiah 6:11Rank 16 from verse 8
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    11Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

  17. Judges 2:10Rank 17 from verse 8
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    10And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

  18. Numbers 20:24Rank 18 from verse 8
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    24Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

  19. Numbers 27:13Rank 19 from verse 8
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    13And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.

  20. Acts 12:23Rank 20 from verse 8
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    23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  21. Acts 5:5Rank 21 from verse 8
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    5And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

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Genesis 25:3

COMBINED MEANING

begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 25:4

COMBINED MEANING

Ephah

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A personal name borne by descendants of Midian or Caleb, and a people named with Midian.

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COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 25:5

COMBINED MEANING

Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 25:6

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

concubines

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Women held in a recognized secondary marital or household relation to a man, distinct from wives of primary rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

gifts

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Sense 1: Things given or bestowed; presents. Sense 2: Endowments or abilities. Sense 3: Bribes.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lived

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of live. Sense 1: To have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

east

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The direction of sunrise; lands or regions toward that direction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 25:7

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lived

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of live. Sense 1: To have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 25:8

COMBINED MEANING

Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ghost

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Sense 1: A spirit. Sense 2: In the title Holy Ghost, the divine Spirit of God. Sense 3: The life or spirit yielded up at death, in the expression to give or yield up the ghost.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

old

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1. Advanced in age or existing for a long time. 2. Of the stated or specified age. 3. Ancient, former, previous, or worn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

age

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Sense 1: A period of life or history; the length or stage of one's life. Sense 2: A generation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

gathered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gather, meaning to collect, bring together, or assemble.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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25:1THEN again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

25:2And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

25:3And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

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25:4And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

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25:5¶ And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

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25:6But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

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25:7And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

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25:8Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

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25:9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

25:10The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

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