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She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.[a]

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  1. 25:2 Three of the six names can be identified: the Midianites are a trading people, mentioned in the Bible as dwelling east of the Gulf of Aqaba in northwest Arabia; Ishbak is a north Syrian tribe; Shuah is a city on the right bank of the Middle Euphrates. The other names are probably towns or peoples on the international trade routes.

15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

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15 Hadad, Tema,(A) Jetur,(B) Naphish and Kedemah.

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19 The caravans of Tema[a] search,
    the companies of Sheba have hopes;

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  1. 6:19 Tema: in northwest Arabia. Sheba: home of the Sabeans; see note on 1:15.

19 The caravans of Tema(A) look for water,
    the traveling merchants of Sheba(B) look in hope.

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23 Dedan and Tema and Buz,[a] all the desert dwellers who shave their temples;

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  1. 25:23 Dedan and Tema and Buz: North Arabian tribes.

23 Dedan,(A) Tema,(B) Buz(C) and all who are in distant places[a];(D)

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  1. Jeremiah 25:23 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads