Ishbak (Hebrew: יִשְׁבָּ֣ק Yīšbāq, "he will leave; leaving"), also spelled Jisbak and Josabak, was, according to the Bible, the fifth son of Abraham and Keturah. Ishbak had five brothers, Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian and Shuah.
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." Little else is known about him, but his descendants may be the people identified in a cuneiform inscription to a people known as Jasbuqu.
References
- Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, Hebrew Dictionary, 3435
- Josephus, Flavius, Antiquities, 1.15.1
- Genesis 25:2–6
- 1Chronicles 1:32
- Genesis 25:1–6
- Josephus, Flavius, Antiquities, 1.15.1
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Volume 1, Review and Herald Publishing Association (Washington, D.C., USA), 1953, p.367
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External links
- Easton's Bible Dictionary: Ishbak
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