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Genesis 25:3

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

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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.

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Genesis 25:3

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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.

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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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